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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Today’s weather is going to be split with some folks seeing weather similar to yesterday’s weather. Places north of Allegheny County though, will see temperatures significantly cooler today than yesterday thanks to increased cloud cover. READ MORE: Police Investigating Delivery Driver Carjacking In Homewood Also, while conditions on the surface will be similar to yesterday (winds out of the west at 5 to 10 mph), things are already changing above the surface. (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center) 850mb temperatures are expected to drop by around 4°F today as compared to yesterday. This is one of the reasons why I have actually today’s highs slightly below yesterday’s highs. Normally on days like today I’d expect temperatures to be a degree or two warmer. (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center) So a couple of things that are important to know about today. Pittsburgh highs today will be in the low 60’s. I have the airport hitting 61 for a … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh Weather: Cooler Temperatures Ahead Of Winter-Like Wednesday Weather

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Board of Pharmacy has agreed to more than double the number of medical dispensaries in the state over the next year to deal with patient complaints about access and high prices. The board voted Monday to add 73 dispensaries to the 52 currently operating. READ MORE: Pittsburgh Weather: Cooler Temperatures Ahead Of Winter-Like Wednesday Weather The application process is expected to be announced sometime this spring or summer. READ MORE: Police Investigating Delivery Driver Carjacking In Homewood Three of Ohio’s 31 medical marijuana districts in western Ohio currently have no dispensaries. The board in a presentation says the number of people who have registered to purchase medical marijuana is higher than anticipated after dispensaries opened in January 2019. MORE NEWS: City Of Pittsburgh To Add Hundreds Of Miles Of New Bike Lanes To Existing Network (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be … [Read more...] about Ohio Pharmacy Board Approves Large Increase In Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

My studies already disrupted by a 1,400 mile trip from Ethiopia, I heard my phone ping to tell me I’d be on the move again. This time, to a different COVID-19 quarantine facility, 20 minutes away. My school — Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois — is in the American Midwest, but I attend classes in Qatar, at the university’s Doha campus in the Gulf States region. I am working toward a bachelor’s degree in journalism, remotely, like most of the world’s students, because the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered campuses and pushed classes online. I had just returned from my home country, and was quarantined at a hotel in Doha for the standard seven days before I could join the general population. When the COVID-19 app on my phone failed to turn from quarantine yellow to go-ahead green by Day 7 after my entry COVID test, I knew I wouldn’t be set free. My phone app — called EHTERAZ, or “precaution” in Arabic — is a contact-tracing and risk detecting app, operated by the Ministry … [Read more...] about Code Yellow Has Student Quarantined in Qatar

For many high school seniors across the United States, an email or envelope in the mailbox leads to screaming, cheering, crying or despair as they learn whether they have been accepted to the college or university of their choice. “This year, I chose to apply to seven different universities: the University of Virginia, Howard University, James Madison University, Penn State University, University of Michigan, Pace University, and New York University,” said senior Bekah Lott, who will graduate from Rock Ridge High School in Virginia in May. Lott has committed to New York University, her top choice, she said. The Common Application, or Common App , a nonprofit that connects applicants with more than 900 colleges and universities through a standardized process, reported that applications were up 9% this season, compared with last year. But applications from first-generation students were up 20%, according to the Common App, to larger and more selective colleges. This was also … [Read more...] about University Applications Spike Amid Pandemic

The Arizona Board of Regents live-streamed a public portion of their virtual meeting , covering topics ranging from changes in student tuition to a contract extension of the University of Arizona's women’s basketball head coach on April 15. Finance, Capital, and Resources Committee The Finance, Capital, and Resources Committee put base tuition and mandatory fees for all three public Arizona universities — the UA, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University — as one of the first items on the agenda. According to Karrin Taylor Robson, secretary of ABOR and chair of the Finance, Capital, and Resources Committee, for a second year in a row there will be no tuition increase for resident undergraduate students at all three universities. MORE FROM THE DAILY WILDCAT Arizona students request lower tuition at ABOR public hearing Coronavirus timeline: UA announces health and wellness board, launches global campus (May 4) UA … [Read more...] about ABOR recap: UA tuition proposals pass, Adia Barnes earns contract renewal