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India Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee concedes defeat in the country's general election, clearing the way for Sonia Gandhi to become India's next prime minister. Sonia Gandhi is the widow of assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Philip Reeves.

Manmohan Singh, a 71-year-old economist, is slated to become India's new prime minister after Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi stunned supporters by declining the job. A former finance minister and member of India's Sikh minority, Singh oversaw the liberalizing reforms of India's economy in the early 1990s. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

Cleveland city council on Monday discussed the possibility of lifting a city-wide moratorium on the cultivation of medical marijuana. The move comes as the state begins accepting cultivator license applications starting June 5th. Some council members expressed concern about zoning and where the grow sites would be located. But Ward 8 councilman Mike Polensek sees an opportunity for the city and pointed to other municipalities in Northeast Ohio that are considering marijuana cultivation.

Cuyahoga County Council is considering changes to a new contract with the women’s shelter operator in Downtown Cleveland. Frontline Service currently operates the Norma Herr Women’s Shelter. The Office of Homeless Services initially recommended that county council renew the contract. But Frontline received a score of 84 in its bid evaluation. The minimum threshold is 85. So the county will reopen bidding. In the meantime, Frontline will continue to operate the shelter through the end of the year.

Officials said this week a new website that makes it easy to use and interact with all kinds of data Cincinnati collects is getting lots of visitors.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Sean Sherman about how he's re-introducing Native American food to the world.

Cleveland right-hander Trevor Bauer has pronounced himself ready to pitch Game 3 of the AL Championship Series, saying the stitches he needed after...

For the last installment of Weekend Edition's holiday recipe series, NPR founding mother Susan Stamberg tells Scott Simon about her special New Year's Eve recipe for Caviar Pie.

The Senate bill that would roll-back the Affordable Care Act is drawing concern from Ohio’s hospitals. The Ohio Hospital Association says if the Republican-backed healthcare bill passes, more Ohioans will be uninsured, resulting in less preventative care and more emergency room visits. The hospital association’s spokesman John Palmer says hospitals absorb most of the cost of emergency room visits by people who can’t pay. He adds, if ER costs increase, it can lead to cuts.

Akron is accepting applications for 100% tax abatements on new construction and major renovations of houses anywhere in the city. Cleveland has long had a similar program. From member station WKSU, M.L. Schultze reports. City Council approved the program in April, and now the state has OK’d the designation that allows the residential abatements to be applied anywhere in the city. Mayor Dan Horrigan’s spokeswoman, Ellen Lander-Nischt, says the idea is to try to counter decades of population loss.