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School districts and private schools are planning for a massive statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort of teachers and other school staff. Districts have...

The Cleveland Browns were informed Thursday another player tested positive for COVID-19 and the team’s facility was closed, while their Sunday opponent already had several coaches isolating. The Browns placed linebacker Sione Takitaki on the COVID-19 list Wednesday, joining four other players: lineman Chris Hubbard, Fullback Andy Janovich, and defensive ends Joe Jackson and Myles Garrett. Stefanski said Hubbard could return before Sunday’s game in Jacksonville.

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, there are more than 5,000 coronavirus-infected people admitted as inpatients to hospitals across Ohio. More than 1,000 of those patients are in intensive care units. Gov. Mike DeWine made the announcement during a Monday press conference, in which healthcare providers joined him to sound the alarm about surging patient numbers.

A recent government report called the mine safety standard regulating deadly silica dust "out of date," and difficult to enforce. The Biden administration may finally change that standard.

A search and rescue operation was underway for Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, which lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, according to transportation officials.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) continues to make improvements when it comes to college enrollment and high school graduation rates, according to the Cleveland Transformation Alliance’s (CTA) recently released report on the 2019-2020 academic year.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) has opted in to Ohio’s early coronavirus vaccination program for teachers and staff, aiming to move students out of remote learning and into a hybrid model “sometime in March,” according to CEO Eric Gordon. There is no guarantee on a start date for in-person learning, however, particularly with the current high rate of COVID-19 infections in Cuyahoga County, Gordon said.

An administration spokesman said senior government officials would be among the first to get the vaccine, but the president himself later said that White House staff would get it later.

As the U.S. awaits election results, Tanzania, Guinea and Ivory Coast are simmering in the aftermath of their elections, raising questions about whether democracy is in retreat in Africa.

"The vaccine is on its way, folks," Dr. Anthony Fauci announced. But what about the rest of world, especially families in poorer counties. Is the vaccine "on its way for them?"