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Following the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter organizers sued Detroit, claiming the police were suppressing their First Amendment rights. The city has now responded with a counter lawsuit.

It's been 75 years since the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Koko Kondo, who was an infant when one of those bombs was dropped on Hiroshima.

Updated: 4:49 p.m., Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Akron public school children will learn virtually from home for the first nine weeks of school, the district board of education voted Monday night. Akron Superintendent David James told ideastream Tuesday that the board’s decision to go fully remote for the first grading period was made in part because the general public appears to be shirking social distancing guidelines.

Hurricane-force winds, blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall and a "bomb cyclone" on the West Coast: Those are the dire predictions of weather forecasters.

Updated: Wednesday, Dec. 11 4:02 p.m. Cincinnati City Council adopted a motion Wednesday designed to bring more balance to development projects in the...

An out-of-control wildfire threatened exit routes from the town of Mallacoota, forcing residents to rush toward the water for safety as embers rained down from a red sky.

Ohioans mailed in ballots, drove them to boards of elections and even cast votes in person while wearing facemasks as the state’s rescheduled primary election concluded Tuesday. Six weeks after state officials postponed the March 17 primary to avoid spreading the coronavirus, voters arriving at boards of elections were met with temperature checks and workers wearing gloves and masks.

In the third episode of Play It Forward, Ari Shapiro interviews Robin Dann of the Canadian band, Bernice. She talks about redefining success and how the freedom of jazz informs her music.

Updated: 5:05 p.m., Friday, April 3, 2020 Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has extended the city’s Proclamation of Civil Emergency through the end of April, and is already bracing for the possiblity that mass gatherings and special events may be put on hold for the summer. “We can expect to have social distancing and enforcement of that,” Jackson said at a Friday morning pandemic response briefing. “Anywhere that there is a potential mass gathering, we will not issue a permit for.”

A stay-at-home order has been issued for Ohio residents, which will go into effect on Monday at 11:59 p.m. As part of the new directive, all non-essential…