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Regional News Review; "First They Killed My Father" author

We review the week's top stories including efforts to resurrect the deal to renovate Quicken Loans Arena; and, new numbers released on the number of deaths in 2016 from opioid and drug overdoses. Mike McIntyre interviews Cleveland-based writer Leoung Ung, author of "First They Killed My Father", an account of her childhood in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge took over; her story has been made into a movie produced and directed by Angelina Jolie.

Andy Chow, Statehouse News Bureau

Steve Gleydura, Cleveland Magazine

Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau

Chris Quinn,  cleveland.com

Leoung Ung, author