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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indiana Department of Health has released new COVID-19 data on the state’s coronavirus dashboard. The data was collected through Tuesday, June 25. The state’s dashboard is updated weekly on Wednesdays. Indiana’s COVID-19 death toll since March 2020 rose to 26,548 on Tuesday from 26,529 on May 28. That’s an increase of 19. On Jan. 2, the state had reported 25,978

CLEVELAND, Ohio – For the fourth week running, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio increased, moving from 1,489 last week to 1,745 this week, the state reported Thursday. Earlier in June, the weekly case number climbed over the 1,000-case mark for the first time since early May. Previously, the new case numbers had been on a generally downward trend since January. At least 1,374,800

This particular August jobs report may be the most closely watched snapshot of the labor market since the coronavirus pandemic. Economists will be watching Friday morning to see if the unemployment rate spike in July was a mere data quirk or indicative of a broader slowdown in the labor market. Federal Reserve officials will be using the data to steer interest rate cuts. And the presidential

So, you can see why I got excited when “Cowpuppy: An Unexpected Friendship and a Scientist’s Journey into the Secret World of Cows” (Harper Horizon. $29.99) came across my desk this week. Written by neuroscientist Gregory Berns, a professor of psychology at Emory, it recounts his experience communing with a growing herd of mini cows. It all started during the coronavirus pandemic when he and