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The front facade of Northeast Ohio Medical University's (NEOMED) front facade as seen in a promotional Youtube video. The ACLU of Ohio says the university could risk violating students' First Amendment rights if it continues to halt funding for race-based student groups.
NEOMED
Health
Federal funding cuts loom large at NEOMED hearing science conference
Taylor Wizner
More than 200 academics and students gathered in Kent on Thursday and Friday to discuss groundbreaking research in hearing science. But attendees couldn't avoid the foreboding uncertainties about the future of their research.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has provided rides for Clevelanders since it created in the mid 1970s.
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Community
GCRTA takes a trip to the past with celebration of transit system's history
Nicolette Gasiewski
Arts & Culture
Pass the Aux turns the club into an interactive listening party
Ygal Kaufman
Government & Politics
Advocates with Groundwork Ohio rally at the Statehouse on the state budget on June 18, 2025
  1. Advocates lobby for return of $1k child tax credit as Ohio lawmakers continue budget work
  2. Lawsuit over Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care goes on, as U.S. Supreme Court upholds similar law
  3. Social Security benefits face big cuts in 2033 if Congress doesn't act
Law & Justice
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts with a Freedom Library at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in New York.
  1. New ‘Freedom Libraries’ bring literature and hope to Ohio prisons
  2. Police auditor raises more concerns about Akron police officer punches, including on teen
  3. How a new program is sparking change in Ohio jails
Health
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  1. Yost approves Summa Health sale to HATCo with conditions
  2. New Report: U.S. drug overdose deaths rise again after hopeful decline
  3. Medicaid keeps getting more popular as Republicans aim to cut it by $800 billion
Education
  1. Ohio schools say job losses for teachers could be "cataclysmic" with new property tax bill
  2. Cleveland board of ed gives CMSD CEO Warren Morgan a pay raise
  3. Unanimous Supreme Court makes it easier to sue schools in disability cases
Economy
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is substantially complete on repairs to the Vermilion Harbor west pier, Vermilion, Ohio, Nov. 21, 2023. Buffalo District teammates along with contracting partners tour the site ensuring improvements are to standard and will allow the harbor to continually be economically viable and provide access for recreation and refuge to boaters on the Great Lakes. (U.S. Army photo by Andre' M. Hampton)
  1. Vermilion Harbor pier repairs in the home stretch after 4 years of work
  2. Akron-Canton Airport plans for the future: more service, new control tower
  3. Record number of Northeast Ohioans plan to travel for Memorial Day
Environment & Energy
People enjoy the warm weather at Edgewater Park in Cleveland on Monday, March 4, 2024.
  1. Edgewater Beach water back to normal after first sewer overflow of 2025, but why did it happen?
  2. Where things stand one week after a chemical leak in Vinton County
  3. Report 'negative' messaging about America at your national park? CVNP visitors weigh in
Science & Technology
Kai Zhao, a professor of nasal physiology at Ohio State University’s department of otolaryngology, wears a pair of nasal plugs. Zhao tested the plugs, made of foam earplugs with a straw embedded, to see if they could help people with smell dysfunction better perceive and identify odors.
  1. Smelling better: Ohio researchers develop 'glasses for your nose'
  2. Crew arrives on ISS to replace astronauts 'stranded' in space for 9 months
  3. Exclusive: White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok
Race, Gender & Identity
A Pride flag hangs in Medina's Public Square for Thursday's special event.
  1. 'A protest and a celebration.' Northeast Ohio LGBTQ+ community kicks off Pride events
  2. Former Cleveland Heights staffer sues city, mayor's wife after accusations of antisemitism
  3. Cleveland Heights residents launch effort to recall mayor
Arts & Culture
Historic black and white photograph of a bridge and city skyline
  1. Take a walk through transit history beneath Cleveland's Veterans Memorial Bridge
  2. Meet an old friend at the Cuyahoga County Archives open house
  3. 5 Things to do in NEO: Juneteenth events, Cleveland history and more
Community
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  1. History celebration packs Cleveland with cemetery tours, pub crawls, film discussions
  2. Meet Archie, Summit County's new 911 dispatch dog
  3. Cleveland's Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on East Side homes, provides work for teens
Sports
A baseball player swings at a baseball as fans look on from the bleachers behind him.
  1. 'Play ball!' Green celebrates new accessible field for kids with disabilities
  2. Pluto: Browns starting Shedeur Sanders Week 1 would be a 'recipe for failure'
  3. Ohio's pro teams urge lawmakers to approve unclaimed funds plan for Browns stadium, others
Reporters Notebook
Ideastream's Environmental Reporter Zaria Johnson at the Kendrick Lamar and SZA Grand National Tour in Chicago on Friday, June 7th, 2025.
  1. Kendrick Lamar, SZA and the blues: My BOGO Chicago weekend
  2. Happy birthday, dear Akron, happy birthday to you ... and many more
  3. We could all stand to laugh more, and not just on Saturday night