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The "Sound of Ideas" is Ideastream Public Media's daily flagship public affairs program focusing on Northeast Ohio.
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The Ohio Domestic Violence Network recently reported a 37% increase year-over-year in domestic violence-related fatalities. Franklin and Cuyahoga counties lead with the most documented cases.
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Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb's administration accused a city council staffer of improperly downloading unredacted public records from a city database he has legal access to, and demanded he be fired. Council President Blaine Griffin said council's policy analyst did nothing wrong and the mayor is trying to strong arm council.
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The university's Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence will award Oscar Chacón with the 2025 Inamori Ethics Prize for his work in human rights and immigration justice.
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An advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met last week on vaccine recommendations including for COVID-19 and the childhood vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zepbound for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity. Local experts discuss other advances in treatment, including nerve stimulation devices placed under the skin.
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The UN was founded in the wake of WWII in October 1945. A panel of foreign policy experts discusses the legacy and what's next for the international body.