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Sean O'Day
Arts & Culture
Cleveland’s Nature Nvoke blends the past and the future with the present
Amanda Rabinowitz, Brittany Nader
A Cleveland Heights musician is shaping his sound from the music that’s moved him. On this week’s Shuffle, Nate Eberhardt discusses his Afrofuturist post-punk band, Nature Nvoke, and its sound.
J. Scott Applewhite
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NPR News
European troops arrive in Greenland to boost the Arctic island's security
The Associated Press
A group of young dancers in white costumes perform in front of an audience
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Arts & Culture
5 things to do in NEO: Honoring MLK, Winter Fest market in Canton and more
Jean-Marie Papoi
Government & Politics
  1. US to suspend immigrant visas from 75 countries over public assistance concerns
  2. Republican-backed bill seeks to make it easier for Ohio to fight child care fraud
  3. Denmark says there's a 'fundamental disagreement' with Trump over Greenland
Law & Justice
Survivors of Dr. Richard Strauss's sexual abuse at Ohio State University hold up signs asking where Ohio billionaire Leslie Wexner is at an OSU Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 4, 2025. Wexner, a former friend of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is defying subpoenas to be questioned in a lawsuit against OSU.
  1. Judge clears way for Les Wexner to be subpoenaed in Ohio State Strauss abuse case
  2. ICE Watch trains Ohioans on how to safely and effectively report agency's activity
  3. Suspect to be extradited to Columbus to face charges for murder of former Ashland dentist, wife
Health
  1. 4 ways to beat the anxiety of insomnia — and get back to sleep
  2. Trump administration rolls back $2 billion mental health, addiction grant cuts
  3. Cancer survival rates reach an all-time high in Ohio and US
Education
  1. More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors
  2. Akron school board appoints new president, vice president
  3. Lawsuit seeks Cleveland State University return of WCSB to students
Economy
  1. How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart
  2. Hiring slows in December to end the weakest year of job growth since the pandemic
  3. Attempting to predict the economy in 2026
Environment & Energy
  1. Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate
  2. Cuyahoga County Council considering $20M price tag for geothermal energy in new jail
  3. How the 'forgotten' Little Cuyahoga River helped kickstart Akron's early industrial history
Science & Technology
  1. FTC accuses AI search engine of 'rampant consumer deception'
  2. More young people are getting dangerously hooked on online sports betting
  3. Elon Musk's X faces bans and investigations over nonconsensual bikini images
Race, Gender & Identity
  1. Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies
  2. A conservative Supreme Court tackles the question of trans women in school sports
  3. Stress drives Northeast Ohio LGBTQ+ community's tobacco use
Arts & Culture
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  1. Vaudevillians in Cleveland? Otto Moser's was the place to be
  2. ‘Do not open’ — until now. Diaries from around the US find a home in Cleveland
  3. North Olmsted native reflects on Hollywood career, from ‘Star Wars’ to ‘Shawshank’
Community
Volunteer firefighter Peg Dugan sits in her home across the street from the Tiltonsville Volunteer Fire Department. Her husband, Doug Dugan, was the chief of the department before he died on duty in 2021.
  1. ‘If we don’t do it, who’s going to?’ The hidden cost of Ohio’s volunteer firefighter shortage
  2. Former Dave’s CEO Burt Saltzman, who led the chain's expansion in Cleveland, dies at 88
  3. Canton's Hall of Fame Village gets $70M loan for water park, hotel
Sports
An attendee addressing panelists at the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency's meeting regarding transportation impacts of the new Browns Stadium planned for Brook Park on Wednesday, January 14th, 2025.
  1. Public weighs in on Browns Stadium transit concerns as NOACA considers infrastructure projects
  2. Mourning Bill Livingston and honoring Paul Hoynes, writers synonymous with sports in Cleveland
  3. Mike Tomlin steps down after 19 seasons as coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Reporters Notebook
Andrew Meyer, as a young boy, in a toy fire engine
  1. Ohio's volunteer firefighters need help. Here's why we're sounding the alarm
  2. Connecting with fellow Ohioans in the darkest days of the year
  3. The Battle of Boston Road is ugly, and it's not going away soon