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Guest Commentary: I'm a Mechanical Engineer Who Has Tested COVID Masks for Two Years. Here's How to Pick the Best Ones

Fit is a major component in how effective a mask is.

By Christian L'Orange, The Conversation

Jan 27, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on Jan. 14, 2022. The update states that cloth face coverings offer the least protection from the coronavirus compared with surgical masks or N95-style masks...

N95 and KN95 masks provide the best protection against COVID-19, experts say.

How to Order Free At-Home COVID Tests from the Government

By Scott Recker, LEO Weekly
Jan 19, 2022
Cannabis Compounds Could Prevent COVID-19 Infection, According to Study

By Lee DeVito
Jan 12, 2022
75% of Kroger Workers Meet Definition of 'Food Insecure,' According to New Report

By Maija Zummo
Jan 11, 2022
Wildcat Strikes, Google’s Union-Busting and Racism in Forced Sterilization: Project Censored’s Top 10 Stories

By Paul Rosenberg
Jan 11, 2022
20 Greater Cincinnati News Stories From 2021 That We’ll Never Forget

By Allison Babka and Maija Zummo
Dec 26, 2021
The Omicron COVID Variant Is Surging. Here’s What We’ve Learned So Far

By Erin Garcia de Jesus
Dec 21, 2021
COVID-19 Testing Is Complicated Right Now. Here Are Answers to 6 Big Questions

By Tina Hesman Saey
Dec 21, 2021
The CDC Recommends mRNA COVID Vaccines Over J&J’s, Citing Fewer Risks

By Tina Hesman Saey
Dec 20, 2021
Federal Lawsuit Accuses Discrimination in Ohio Congressional Redistricting

By Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal
Dec 6, 2021
At-Home COVID Tests To Be Covered By Insurance, But Details Are Still to Come

By Laura Olson, Ohio Capital Journal
Dec 6, 2021
Gov. Beshear Likened These Men To Violent Insurrectionists. Now, They’re Running For The Kentucky Legislature.

By Danielle Grady, LEO Weekly
Dec 6, 2021
What We Know and Don’t Know About the Omicron COVID Variant

By Erin Garcia de Jesus
Dec 3, 2021
Ohio Rep. Dave Joyce and AOC Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Bill to Make Expunging Non-Violent Pot Offenses Easier

By Sam Allard
Dec 3, 2021
‘The Gun’s in His Hand’: Ohio Police Department Sued After Homicide Victim Left Alone with Her Abuser

By Clare Amari, Eye On Ohio
Dec 2, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Mississippi Anti-Abortion Case That Could Affect Ohio and Other States

By Laura Olson and Ariana Figueroa Ohio Capital Journal and Allison Babka
Dec 2, 2021
Ohio House Passes Bill Creating Electric Vehicle Commission

By Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal
Nov 29, 2021
Hiding Drugs in Diapers Was a Shitty Idea, Feds Say After Cincinnati Bust

By Allison Babka
Nov 23, 2021
Ohio Schools Work to Give Kids a Safe Space to Learn

By Nadia Ramlagan, Ohio News Service
Nov 23, 2021
Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Could Further Restrict Kentucky Abortion Access

By Nadia Ramlagan, Public News Service - KY
Nov 23, 2021
Thanksgiving Miracle: Ohio's Gas Prices Are Going Down

By Allison Babka
Nov 23, 2021

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These Vintage Photos Show a Glimpse of Life During Greater Cincinnati's Blizzard of '78

These days, it’s considered a bitter memory. Forty-four years ago, it was a universally declared nightmare for the Greater Cincinnati area when…

By CityBeat Staff

Jan 14, 2022

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20 Greater Cincinnati News Stories From 2021 That We’ll Never Forget

What can we say about 2021? Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic was slightly more interesting than 2020 was, since safe, effective…

By Allison Babka

Dec 23, 2021

The Brent Spence Bridge Is Finally Fully Open
What a glorious day Nov. 8 was! After more than eight months of lane closures, delays and unholy traffic jams, the Brent Spence Bridge connecting Cincinnati with Covington finally reopened to regular traffic. The nation's No. 2 bottleneck for freight trucks was whole again. Read CityBeat's story about the bridge's ongoing frustrations (but the BSB isn't the only local bridge with problems).

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12 Weird Cincinnati Stories That Made Us Say 'Huh?' in 2021

We can all agree that 2020 was pretty bizarre, since it was the first year of the pandemic and none of us…

By Allison Babka

Dec 23, 2021

Cincinnati is once again home to nonprofit UFO investigation organization Mutual UFO Network, or MUFON (MUFON left Cincinnati in 2012 to relocate to Irvine, California but has now set up headquarters near Lunken Airport). Launched in 1969, MUFON has more than 600 trained investigators and 4,200 members across the world to help investigate UFO sightings and collect the data, promote UFO research and educate the public about UFO phenomenon. Read CityBeat's story about why MUFON moved back to Cincinnati and what the organization is investigating.

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Hundreds of Miles Away, Facebook Users Seek Owners of Photos and Keepsakes Found from the Quad-State Tornadoes

Tornadoes tore through four states on Dec. 10 and 11, traveling from Arkansas to Kentucky. Items picked up by these tornadoes seem to…

Dec 14, 2021

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The original poster has found the owner of this keepsake.

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