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Officials cut the ribbon at new restrooms at the centralized security checkpoint at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The new bathrooms include universal changing tables to accommodate people with disabilities.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Community
On the go at Cleveland Hopkins? You’ve got a new and improved place to go
John Engoglia
New bathrooms at an expanded centralized security checkpoint at the airport include a first for the facility: universal changing stations, improving access for people with disabilities.
Entrance of the new University Hospitals Diabetes Center at MidTown
University Hospitals
Health
New single-injection diabetes treatment will be available in Cleveland next month
Stephen Langel
FirstEnergy headquarters in Akron
Tim Rudell
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WKSU
Government & Politics
State regulators order FirstEnergy to pay $250M penalty to Ohio customers
Karen Kasler
Government & Politics
Lerryn Campbell (right), director of the Homeless Charity and Village, helps Amanda Kamer (left) tape her name and contact information on an item she wants to reclaim. The notice says, “This sign indicates property that is claimed for and not abandoned.” This item was later taken to a disposal site.
  1. Thousands of Ohio households at risk of returning to homelessness due to HUD cuts
  2. Poll: Democrats have biggest advantage for control of Congress in 8 years
  3. Bill requiring anti-abortion video in Ohio schools heads to House floor
Law & Justice
  1. Trump's National Guard deployments face mounting legal pushback
  2. 'Difficult and confusing': BCI will investigate whether man shot by Akron police was armed
  3. DOJ records show hundreds of immigrants arrested in Chicago had no criminal records
Health
  1. Flu season could be nasty this winter
  2. Can weed help you drink less? Scientists study how well 'California sober' works
  3. A 'breakthrough' drug to prevent HIV, an 'unprecedented' rollout
Education
  1. White House shares new moves to dismantle more of the Education Department
  2. Federal special education staff may get their jobs back. But for how long?
  3. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb gets earful on CMSD Glenville-Collinwood high school merger plan
Economy
  1. Farewell, fair penny. You are finished, but never forgotten
  2. Is a 50-year mortgage really that much crazier than a 30-year one?
  3. ETA program lets would-be business owners skip the startup grind
Environment & Energy
  1. 3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
  2. Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens
  3. Could swamp-ifying northwest Ohio help curb toxic algal blooms?
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
  1. More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear
  2. JD Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage
  3. After dramatic year in Cleveland Heights, Councilmember Jim Petras elected next mayor
Arts & Culture
Three mannequins wearing dresses in a museum exhibit
  1. See how Renaissance art inspires runway fashions at Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. From Dior to the queen’s drawers: Kent State University Museum holds impressive collection
  3. Key change at Tri-C JazzFest as longtime leader Terri Pontremoli retires
Community
  1. Friendsgiving 101: A history of the made-up holiday and how to celebrate it
  2. Portage County residents get new pop-up food pantry options to fight hunger
  3. How women over 30 are rewriting the single mom narrative in America
Sports
  1. Curaçao to Cape Verde: Small nations make big World Cup history
  2. Pluto: Too early to tell if Shedeur Sanders can be the QB, but we've seen enough of Dillon Gabriel
  3. Ex-Browns QB Bernie Kosar has a liver transplant after more than a year on the waiting list
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"