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Health
Cleveland Clinic model for lung transplant prioritization could reduce deaths, study finds
Taylor Wizner
The Cleveland Clinic developed an equation that takes into account time spent waiting for lung transplant and other factors, which when tested, flagged those most likely to die while waiting for donor lungs.
Red apples are piled in wooden crates at Patterson Farms.
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Arts & Culture
Embrace fall: Find an apple orchard to visit in Northeast Ohio
Jenna Bal
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Law & Justice
Police will start issuing tickets under Ohio's new distracted driving law this week
Matthew Rand
Government & Politics
Many familiar hot-button issues are back at the U.S. Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday.
  1. Supreme Court to consider abortion pills, guns, social media in its new term
  2. Who's in the Army now? A pitch switch aims to get more military recruits
  3. Congress passes spending stopgap, averting a shutdown hours before midnight deadline
Law & Justice
Former President Donald Trump (center) appears in court Monday in New York.
  1. Donald Trump's business fraud trial wraps up day one in New York
  2. 2 men wrongfully convicted of attempted murder file suit against Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office
  3. Cuyahoga County Council approves Garfield Heights site for new jail
Health
Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly Thomas Perlmann speaks in front of a picture of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday.
  1. Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA COVID vaccines possible
  2. Ohio State research finds ultrasound technology helps break 'forever chemical' bonds
  3. MetroHealth to hold health fair for Cleveland-area minority women
Education
Carina Klockner, a mother of five who lives in Green, kneels and prays before mass begins at the Queen of Heaven Catholic church in Uniontown.
  1. Cleveland Diocese LGBTQ+ policy illustrates rift in NE Ohio Catholics' views
  2. What a shutdown would mean for student loan borrowers
  3. Wilberforce adding dorms to keep up with increasing enrollment
Economy
All Onewheel products are being recalled, including the Pint model seen here.
  1. All Onewheel e-skateboards are recalled after reported deaths
  2. U.S. Rep. Max Miller criticizes fellow Republicans pushing government shutdown
  3. UAW once again expands its historic strike, hitting two of the Big 3 automakers
Environment & Energy
Wind turbines are seen in Big Spring, Texas. Humans are driving global warming; that means humans can find solutions to change our trajectory.
  1. Climate solutions are necessary. So we're dedicating a week to highlight them
  2. Advocates expect a bright future for solar power in Ohio, though there may be hurdles
  3. Rediscovering Northeast Ohio’s connection between the Green Book and green space
Science & Technology
The sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range.
  1. NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter
  2. NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash
  3. Can we get rid of ‘forever chemicals’? Ohio scientists research PFAS destruction
Race, Gender & Identity
The winners of the 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards will be honored Thursday nigth at the Maltz Performing Arts Center in Cleveland.
  1. Get to know the winners of the 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
  2. These 2020 census results break down people's race and ethnicity into details
  3. A Shawnee Chief’s take on renaming the Wayne National Forest
Arts & Culture
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  1. Cleveland Institute of Music professor 'enters' leave of absence following protests
  2. Thrity Umrigar takes readers from Ohio to India in new book
  3. 5 things to do in NEO: LatinUs Theater, Adam Davis’ Black Magic and more
Community
A colorful carousel whirls. A giraffe stands at the center of the frame, surrounded by horses and other animal figurines.
  1. An Ohio carousel carver is keeping Mansfield’s merry-go-round history alive
  2. In pursuit of spatial justice, advocates work to preserve an Athens Black church
  3. In East Palestine, churches provide vital services as town recovers from February train derailment
Sports
Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona with a slight smile as he walks to the dugout.
  1. Saying goodbye to 'the greatest manager in Cleveland baseball history'
  2. Chubb’s injury, Watson’s poor play saps optimism of Browns fans
  3. The 1-0 Browns look to break a 20-year regular-season curse in Pittsburgh
Reporters Notebook
Firefighters walk on Norfolk Southern's safety train.
  1. Stay off the tracks: We all need to take rail safety seriously
  2. ‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere. How worried should we be?
  3. Planning for clean air and blue skies