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Paramedic Scott Widener crouches in the back of an outfitted ambulance. “I am six foot and I’m duckin',” he says, laughing.

Updated: 12:39 p.m., Friday Dec. 20, 2019. A tax reassessment requested by a gas transmission company has Lorain County officials frustrated by the possibility of losing nearly 40 percent of the expected taxes before the county has collected any money at all. The NEXUS pipeline was initially estimated to bring $9 million to Lorain County, but the company is appealing to the Ohio Department of Taxation for a reassessment of its value.

Helen Jones, a music teacher in Rivesville, W.V., shares a song that's getting her through: "Back Together" by Anders Osborne and North Mississippi Allstars.

When schools in Northeast Ohio closed their doors and sent their students home to help combat the spread of COVID-19, Akron-based photographer Andrew Dolph found himself furloughed from his job with Lifetouch, the professional photography company that documents everything from sporting events to graduations at schools across the country.

"Extended and extreme revenue challenges … as a result of government mandated shutdowns due to COVID-19" prompted staff terminations at Hubbard radio...

Essential worker Jessica Skoczylas responds to gas leak emergencies in Michigan. She shares the challenges she faces at work in the time of social distancing.

The famous food stalls and shops on Mumbai's Mohammed Ali Road are closed during India's lockdown. "This is the first time I'm seeing Mohammed Ali Road come to a standstill," says a restaurant owner.

In the shadow of Israeli watchtowers and settlements, Palestinians have set up improvised checkpoints to enforce a Palestinian Authority lockdown in areas where Palestinian police can't patrol.

Seven Veterans Affairs staffers have died from the virus, and unions for VA workers have been sounding the alarm about shortages of protective gear and insufficient staffing.

Updated: 5:37 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Most of the remaining staff at The Plain Dealer will no longer cover news in Cleveland or Cuyahoga and Summit counties, instead shifting to become a "bureau" covering outlying areas. The announcement comes just days after 22 staff were laid off. The 14 remaining reporters will cover five Northeast Ohio counties: Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina and Portage, according to a statement from the Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild Local 1.