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WBK: (18) OSU 104, Miami 65

Ohio State shot 60% from the field in the first half and went on to defeat the Miami Redhawks, 104-65, in women’s basketball Thursday afternoon at Value City Arena.

Unemployment claims surge along with COVID-19 cases

The number of Ohioans filing initial claims for unemployment benefits increased last week by the largest number since the opening days of the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating that the virus that has claimed over 7,000 lives also maintains a stranglehold on the state’s economy.

Michigan’s COVID-19 outbreak cancels The Game

Citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases in its program, Michigan canceled its annual showdown with the Buckeyes for the first time in 102 years, scrapping one of college football’s cornerstone rivalry games, and raising the possibility that Ohio State’s national championship hopes will fall victim to the coronavirus.

MBK: (22) OSU 90, Notre Dame 85

E.J. Liddell led five Ohio State players in double figures as the 22nd-ranked Buckeyes rallied from 11 points down in the second half and held off Notre Dame 90-85.

DOJ, FBI investigate shooting by deputy

A U.S. attorney said Tuesday that investigators from the Justice Department and FBI will help review the fatal shooting by an Franklin County sheriff’s deputy of a Black man whose family says that he was holding a sandwich, not a gun, and that he was shot in front of his grandmother and two toddlers while inside his home, not outside it.