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Cleveland Caveliers head coach Kenny Atkinson looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, Sunday, March 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City.
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Sports
Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson wins NBCA coach of the year award after leading Cavs to 64-win season
Associated Press
The NBA will also give out a coach of the year award in the coming weeks. The NBCA has done its own separate award since 2017 named for Michael H. Goldberg, the organization’s first executive director.
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NPR News
Ukraine wary of Putin's Easter truce and says it will reciprocate only a genuine ceasefire
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NPR News
White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event
Alana Wise
Government & Politics
  1. Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under Alien Enemies Act
  2. Issue 2: Ohio voters will decide whether to renew infrastructure bond program on May ballot
  3. Executions stand still in Ohio, but the death penalty debate persists
Law & Justice
An illustration shows a silhouette of a man with his hands up in frustration as he looks at a woman on a laptop screen. The background is a large representation, blurred with color, of the same woman, who is White with shoulder-length gray hair.
  1. All stick, no carrot: Ohio’s Reagan Tokes law acts as a ‘one-way ratchet’ for prison time
  2. Akron police auditor clears officer for punching student but wants changes to head strike policy
  3. 3 East Cleveland police officers sentenced to prison
Health
  1. 'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites
  2. How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe
  3. You're probably taking over-the-counter painkillers incorrectly
Education
Protesters stood outside the City Club of Cleveland Thursday to protest State Senator Jerry Cirino's visit.
  1. State Sen. Jerry Cirino defends higher education law in Cleveland talk
  2. With federal funding on the line, school leaders weigh Trump DEI order
  3. 'Toxic, demeaning, and hostile.' Inside the investigation of Akron Superintendent Robinson
Economy
U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno in Chillicothe in April 2025.
  1. Chillicothe paper mill to pause its permanent closure, Ohio Sen. Moreno says
  2. Ohio’s Rust Belt cities hope Intel investment can fuel their revival
  3. Small manufacturers feel strain of shifting tariff policy nationwide, in Northeast Ohio
Environment & Energy
24th Poet Laureate of the United States Ada Limón signs book for attendees at the Cleveland Botanical Garden Poetry in the Garden event on Saturday, April 12, 2025.
  1. The natural world and the spoken word meet in Cleveland at Poetry in the Garden
  2. Cleveland to improve popular downtown running loop overlooking Cuyahoga River
  3. Popularity has Northeast Ohio’s salamanders playing Frogger
Science & Technology
  1. Crew arrives on ISS to replace astronauts 'stranded' in space for 9 months
  2. Exclusive: White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok
  3. Here's how TikTok creators are preparing for a TikTok ban
Race, Gender & Identity
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  1. Federal cuts axe Akron LGBTQ+ historical marker
  2. CMSD student artists immortalize Ohio Tuskegee Airmen through history, portraiture
  3. Ohio's forgotten Black cemeteries hold rich history of the state's pioneers
Arts & Culture
Mohammed Faraj Mohammed Al-Fallos (left) and William M. Griswold
  1. Cleveland Museum of Art to display statue for five years before its return to Libya
  2. A 'Fanfare' for Akron's Bicentennial with the Cleveland Orchestra
  3. The high-flying past of the JOANN, Inc. property in Hudson, now for sale
Community
  1. Protesters unite against Trump in hundreds of rallies across the U.S.
  2. How an Ohioan became the 'luckiest' game show contestant ever
  3. In Geauga County, unicycles are more than a high-wire act
Sports
Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson shouts from the bench during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
  1. 'Celebration and apprehension' as top-seeded Cavs begin playoff run
  2. Guardians slow start ahead of home opener a test for Stephen Vogt
  3. Landmark day for college sports as judge holds final hearing on major NCAA settlement
Reporters Notebook
A packed house at the April 9, 2025 Cleveland City Council meeting on violence prevention funding.
  1. Communities are taking over violence prevention in Cleveland. Where is it headed?
  2. Listening to Black women and girls' experiences
  3. It's Opening Day, and now everything will be OK