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The debate over raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour is often framed as big government versus small business. But among small shop owners, there is little consensus on the proposal.

John Carroll University faculty members are outraged after the school’s board of directors voted Monday to eliminate tenure protections. The board pointed to financial “hardships” as the rationale for removing the protections from the university’s faculty handbook. Described as a “scalpel” approach, individual John Carroll faculty members can be fired without cause when the administration projects an annual budget deficit of 6 percent along with two additional years of budgetary “hardship.” Those terminated will not be able to appeal their firing.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed a near-total abortion ban in the state, which allows abortion only in cases of medical medical emergency. The law could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Kevin McCarthy's trip comes amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border, especially unaccompanied children. Democrats say the GOP lawmakers' visit was a political stunt.

When they're not lighthearted movie star cameos, the digital doppelgängers have scary disinformation potential. A deepfakes researcher hopes our wariness keeps up with the tech's quickening advances.

The president told House Democrats he won't back down from providing $1,400 direct payments in the COVID-19 aid package, but suggested checks could be more targeted, an idea Republicans have pushed.

Sudden demand flooded a county website and its phone lines. So CD Davidson-Hiers found herself in the middle of the chaos, fielding calls from residents eager to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Stark County election officials are defending their recommendation to purchase new voting machines from Dominion Voting Systems, the company targeted by false claims of voter fraud and election interference in late 2020. County commissioners received an unprecedented number of calls and emails criticizing the choice, Commissioner Bill Smith said. “This response from the public has far exceeded the response any of us has ever received on any topic to come before our board,” Smith said.

A decade later the triple disaster, Japan is still recovering from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. Repairing the damage and the public's trust in government could take generations.

Frank Cimino hasn’t seen his grandchildren in about a year. The Parma resident got his first COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, and he said the first thing he’s doing after he gets his second shot is giving his grandkids a big hug and a kiss. “I miss my grandbabies something fierce,” he said. “One more shot and I can spend time with my grandkids, I can spend time with my children. It’s a relief.” Family was on many minds as people exited the Wolstein Center, Cleveland’s mass vaccination site, after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday.