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NPR News
'We have no choice': Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru's Amazon
Simeon Tegel
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard patrols their ancestral land armed with spears, machetes and a drone — risking their lives to keep cocaine producers out of the forest.
CDC
NPR News
A red meat allergy caused by ticks killed a N.J. man. Here's what to know
Ava Pukatch
Cleveland Guardians baseball player Emmanuel Clase, center, leaves Brooklyn federal court, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in New York.
Yuki Iwamura
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The Associated Press
Sports
Illegal bets in the Dominican Republic come under scrutiny after MLB pitchers arrested
Government & Politics
  1. More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear
  2. The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness
  3. She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she's been put on leave
Law & Justice
Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel (left) speaks to County Executive Chris Ronayne (right) at a program commemorating the opening of a veterans' pod at the jail in Downtown Cleveland.
  1. Cuyahoga County officials re-open veterans housing unit at Downtown jail
  2. Ohio safety push aims to achieve 4 years of declining traffic deaths
  3. Cleveland businessman Bobby George sentenced to 5 years probation in domestic violence case
Health
cards used for SNAP benefits is accepted at a store in Columbus.
  1. Ohio's SNAP recipients in holding pattern following federal government reopening
  2. School-based health care centers are growing, bringing medical care to more Ohio kids
  3. Northeast Ohioans face sharp health insurance hikes as federal subsidies expire
Education
  1. Federal special education staff may get their jobs back. But for how long?
  2. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb gets earful on CMSD Glenville-Collinwood high school merger plan
  3. Ursuline football hazing lawsuit amended with new allegations going back to 2022
Economy
  1. Better late than never: The delayed September jobs report will be out next week
  2. Economic promises helped Trump get elected. Now he has an affordability problem
  3. SNAP disruption keeps Northeast Ohio food pantries busy
Environment & Energy
Bessie, Lake Erie's monster of legend, docked at Settler's Landing Park in Cleveland on Wednesday, November 12th, 2025.
  1. A new look for Bessie? Local environmentalist gives Lake Erie mythical monster a plastic makeover
  2. In photos: The U.S. saw vivid northern lights as far south as Florida
  3. Space forecasters say severe solar storms could hit Earth and trigger auroras
Science & Technology
  1. As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research
  2. Scientists pull ancient RNA from a woolly mammoth's body
  3. Google launches a lawsuit targeting text message scammers
Race, Gender & Identity
FILE - Vice President JD Vance, right, and second lady Usha Vance watch a demonstration by Marines during activities to mark the upcoming Marine Corps' 250th anniversary Saturday, Oct 18, 2025, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif.
  1. JD Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage
  2. After dramatic year in Cleveland Heights, Councilmember Jim Petras elected next mayor
  3. Lorain County’s Black girls struggle mentally. Experts look for answers
Arts & Culture
Red and black dresses on mannequins in a museum gallery
  1. From Dior to the queen’s drawers: Kent State University Museum holds impressive collection
  2. Key change at Tri-C JazzFest as longtime leader Terri Pontremoli retires
  3. 5 things to do in NEO: Ohio on big screen, ‘Churchill’ in Akron and more
Community
Soap Box Derby grandstand
  1. Akron’s Soap Box Derby puts new CEO behind the wheel
  2. Kent State community remembers May 4 survivor John Cleary
  3. Ohio troops stationed overseas will receive Christmas trees through ‘Operation Evergreen’
Sports
  1. As social media grows more toxic, college athletes ask themselves: Is it worth it?
  2. Cleveland Guardians’ pitcher Luis Ortiz pleads not guilty to taking bribes to aid gamblers
  3. Pluto on Clase, Ortiz indictments and a 'sad day' for baseball: 'Those bets have to go'
Reporters Notebook
Environmental Reporter Zaria Johnson with her grandmother Barbara Lewis
  1. Giving thanks for grandma, family recipes and the taste of nostalgia
  2. This November, look to the 'Buckeye Skies' for little-known aviation history
  3. Will Clevelanders show up to the polls? History says "no"