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Ex-Giants, Super Bowl coach Fassel dead at 71

Jim Fassel, whose bold guarantee of a playoff bid late in the 2000 season seemingly catapulted the New York Giants to a spot in the Super Bowl, has died. He was 71. The ...

June 09, 2021 Professional

Beer, guns, money gimmicks for COVID shot?

Jonathan Carlyle of Toledo, Ohio, had every intention of getting a COVID-19 shot — someday. The Amazon delivery driver was so busy that he kept putting it off. Then he l...

June 09, 2021 Other Voices

Cole accused of illegal pitches

Hitters say hurlers are doctoring ball MINNEAPOLIS — The pitches Gerrit Cole threw in his last start weren’t rotating as much, and the New York Yankees ace said the spin ...

June 09, 2021 Professional

Hayes misses 1st base on HR as Pirates fall to Dodgers, 5-3

PITTSBURGH — Ke’Bryan Hayes hastily missed first base and was called out after hitting a first-inning homer, sending Walker Buehler on his way to seven scoreless innings...

June 09, 2021 Professional

Rudolph wants to stay with Steelers

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers gave Mason Rudolph a vote of confidence when they offered him a contract extension this spring. Sort of. The agreement was just for ...

June 09, 2021 Professional

Mini Lady Liberty statue heads to U.S. for July 4 display

PARIS — A replica of the Statue of Liberty, smaller but based on the original plaster cast of its big sister on Liberty Island, a gift from France, was given a sendoff M...

June 09, 2021 International News

Keep on rolling

Record-setting Jeep parade returns to Butler A couple of fan favorite events will make their return for the 10th anniversary of the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival this wee...

June 09, 2021 Special Sections

Djokovic, Nadal defeat Italian teenage foes

PARIS — For two sets and more than two hours at the French Open on Monday, Novak Djokovic found himself being outplayed by a 19-year-old opponent from Italy making his G...

June 08, 2021 Professional

We must protect free press

Catching up with a friend over Zoom, I wondered recently what might have happened if China had come clean about the presence and origins of COVID-19 before it spread bey...

June 08, 2021 Other Voices

Polio: When vaccines and reemergence were just as daunting

Older adults see COVID parallels CINCINNATI — The COVID-19 pandemic and the distribution of the vaccines that will prevent it have surfaced haunting memories for American...

June 08, 2021 Local News

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