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After COVID setbacks, tribal police chief looks forward During the pandemic, officers often worked 16- to 24-hour shifts to fill in for sick or quarantined colleagues Author: Navajo Nation Police recruits stretch after running on sand dunes for physical training in Chinle, Arizona, on the reservation. A recent report said the 200-member department needs hundreds more officers to do its job. (Photo by Beth Wallis/ News21) During the pandemic, officers often worked 16- to 24-hour shifts to fill in for sick or quarantined colleagues Beth Wallace News21 WINDOW ROCK – Navajo Chief of Police Phil...

Nine people from Ohio and West Virginia were killed and 11 others were injured in the Scottown, Ohio, fireworks fire on July 3, 1996. Todd Hall, a 26-year-old brain-injured Proctorville, Ohio, man, was charged with starting the fire with a lighted cigarette. The charges were dropped after he was found incompetent to stand trial and committed to a state mental hospital in September 1996. File photo | The Herald-Dispatch

Tens of millions of Americans are taking immunosuppressive drugs that might weaken the effect of the Covid-19 vaccine, and they find themselves in uncharted territory, scared that their vaccinations might not have worked.

Millions of Americans are taking immunosuppressive drugs that might weaken the effect of the Covid-19 vaccine, and they find themselves in uncharted territory, scared that their vaccinations might not have worked.

Parents are ready to go back to work, but many are still searching for child care. However, more places are turning business away. Pre-pandemic parents had a choice. Now, they are hoping their child’s name will come up on a waitlist. Child care centers we spoke to do not want to turn families away, but like many other businesses, they can’t hire enough staff. That’s why they can’t take in more kids. “Right now, my center is full for the upcoming school year,” said Beth Wallace, the director of Zion Lutheran Early Childhood Center in south Fort Myers. “And I’m trying to open up...