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A local congressman wants the National Guard deployed in Cleveland to make it safe, saying suburbanites are afraid of the city. Meanwhile, the governor says a multi-agency team from the state, not the National Guard, is coming to Cleveland.
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The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy. It's changed guidance for for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox shots and deferred proposed changes to hepatitis B.
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An Ohio Department of Transportation survey of crash data indicates roundabouts are significantly reducing injury and fatality accidents.
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President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer talked about foreign affairs privately for about an hour, including the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.
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A book about shade has illuminated a fascinating issue for the coordinating producer of the "Sound of Ideas."
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The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has unleashed a frenzy of recrimination — and finger-pointing. But the suspect's politics may be less clear than some say.
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Mississippi police on Wednesday awaited autopsy results for a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, in a case that has ignited strong emotions in a state with a history of racist violence.
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House Bill 457 came in the wake of the recent assassinations of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman.
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Akron's police auditor is conducting an audit of property damages caused by Akron police officers while responding to calls over the past three years. He's reviewed several reports where officers damaged homeowner property like fences while pursuing suspects.
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In her new book, Cleveland State University art historian Samantha Baskind wants readers to see Moses Jacob Ezekiel in his entirety, not merely “whipsawed,’’ as she put it, between antagonists on both sides of the political spectrum.