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Hermione Malone CIFF director
Cleveland International Film Festival
Arts & Culture
Cleveland International Film Festival names new executive director
Kabir Bhatia
Hermione Malone returns to Cleveland after working in nonprofit management in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.
A person with long blonde hair walks past red electric scooters parked in front of a black building marked Ohio Secretary of State with the Ohio seal.
Carolyn Kaster
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AP
Government & Politics
Ohio launches effort to clean up voter rolls ahead of November’s presidential election
A young Black man bent down in the starting blocks on an indoor racing track.
Gabriel Kramer
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Ideastream Public Media
At this Cleveland high school, a coach is building a track legacy by reviving past greatness
Gabriel Kramer
Government & Politics
$15 on an American flag
  1. GOP lawmaker proposes a $15/hour minimum wage to head off possible ballot issue
  2. Protesters rally on Kent State University campus on May 4th anniversary
  3. Controversy over Pride Fest sparks possible Broadview Heights law change
Law & Justice
Tristan Reed (bottom left) announces her resignation from Akron's Citizens' Police Oversight Board on May 1, 2024.
  1. Akron's Citizens' Police Oversight Board is losing another member
  2. George Floyd's attorney joins call for justice against Canton police
  3. Cleveland's commission created to review police discipline has never reviewed a case. Here's why
Health
  1. New funding aims to improve maternal health in Lorain County, Cleveland
  2. Amazon, Target and other retailers pull weighted infant sleepwear over safety fears
  3. The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike
Education
One person died after falling from the stands at the Ohio Stadium during Ohio State's commencement on May 5, 2024.
  1. 1 person dead after falling from stands during Ohio State commencement
  2. Photos: Campus protests continue nationwide as some turned violent
  3. Notre Dame College campus listed for sale online
Economy
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues voted to hold interest rates steady at a 23-year high on Wednesday. The central bank is trying to curb stubborn inflation.
  1. Fed keeps interest rates at 23-year high
  2. As childcare conundrum confronts Ohio parents, Ohio businesses seek to attract workers
  3. Wages, employment, inflation are up, causing headaches for the Fed
Environment & Energy
Water flows down a town's main street. A fire truck waits on the right side of the road.
  1. How one Ohio town is preparing for a future of floods
  2. Hobbyist photographer snaps photo of extremely rare bird in 1st U.S. sighting
  3. Akron the worst in the nation for progress toward sustainability, national report finds
Science & Technology
Eight daily newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Tuesday, alleging that the maker of ChatGPT copied its work without permission or payment.
  1. Eight newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement
  2. Scientists restore brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder
  3. Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense
Race, Gender & Identity
A number of Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced the CROWN Act, legislation that would ban discrimination based on one's hairstyle or hair texture. Here, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs Crown Act legislation on June 15, 2023 in Lansing, Mich. that will outlaw race-based hairstyle discrimination in workplaces and schools.
  1. Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discrimination
  2. United Methodist Church lifts bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings
  3. United Methodists will again debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings
Arts & Culture
Seedlings with bright green leaves are grown inside a greenhouse.
  1. Bring on the bees: How native plants benefit local wildlife
  2. 5 things to do in NEO: 'Peter Pan’ in Lorain, Star Wars burlesque and more
  3. From viral hit to major-label deal, Cleveland’s Jack Harris signs with Columbia Records
Community
Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.
  1. These Ohio groups are working to prevent extremist violence
  2. Northeast Ohio high school students to present findings from research on LGBTQ+ issues
  3. Akron Mayor Shammas Malik announces engagement to girlfriend Alice Duey
Sports
Cleveland Browns Stadium in April 2021, then branded as FirstEnergy Stadium. The Browns dropped their stadium naming rights with FirstEnergy in April 2023, after the utility admitted bribing Republican former speaker Larry Householder and former Public Utilities Commission Chairman Sam Randazzo in the case involving the nuclear power plant bailout law House Bill 6.
  1. Cleveland Browns meet with state officials to talk about investment in new or renovated stadium
  2. If the Browns go to Brook Park what does Cleveland do with the lakefront stadium?
  3. Cavs get complete team effort in hard-fought Game 5 win over Orlando
Reporters Notebook
A group of bird watchers and photographers standing tightly together at Magee Marsh, some with cameras and binoculars pointed up at the sky.
  1. Look, up in the sky, it's the Biggest Week in American Birding!
  2. Ohio leads the nation in tornadoes this year, but twisters are nothing new here
  3. Civic engagement is more than just voting and I've seen it in action