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Ohio’s Health Dept. director resigns after backlash over stay-at-home orders

JTA • Published June 18, 2020

Amy Acton, the Department of Health director in Ohio who came under fire for the stay-at-home orders to stem the coronavirus crisis, including armed protesters carrying signs with anti-Semitic messages, has resigned.Acton will become the chief health...

House Democrats aim to unify the party behind anti-West Bank annexation message

BY RON KAMPEAS, JTA • Published June 18, 2020

WASHINGTON — House Democrats have put together a letter that they hope will unite their entire caucus in warning Israel against annexation of part of the West Bank.The letter, now circulating among the party’s House caucus and obtained exclusively...

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Ohio’s Health Dept. director resigns after backlash over stay-at-home orders

House Democrats aim to unify the party behind anti-West Bank annexation message

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