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According to a county spokesperson, 27-year old Brenden Kiekisz attempted suicide on Thursday, December 27. He was transported to MetroHealth Medical Center where he died three days later. Kiekisz was taken into custody on Christmas Day and appeared in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas court Thursday for a parole violation hearing. Judge Michael P. Donnelly found Kiekisz not in violation and ordered him transferred to Highland Springs, an in-patient treatment facility.

As the federal shutdown continues, furloughed government workers may be facing the pressure of bills and other financial obligations. A local non-profit offering interest-free loans is looking to provide a little relief. Over the course of 115 years, the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Northeast Ohio has offered financial backing for a wide range of needs, from struggling small businesses to individuals stuck in payday loans. Executive director Michal Marcus says the government shutdown was a natural fit.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz plays a word game this week with KCRW listener Robert Wemischner of Los Angeles.

The extradition proposal that sparked the protests has been shelved. Why have protests continued?

Officials from Cuyahoga County’s Board of Health will be back out to beaches in Bay Village this week to check for hazards from an algae bloom. The algae at Columbia Park Beach and Bay Park Beach was found last week. Tests for the harmful bacteria caused by algae came back under the hazardous threshold, said Tom Fink from the board of health. An advisory was posted in the park at the end of Columbia Road and the public access was closed off by Bay Village officials.

Listener Kathleen McAuliffe plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Sarah McCammon.

Listener Molly Moss of Shutesbury, Mass., plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzle master Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with Nicole Johnston of Falls Church, Va.

Nicole Hughes says she had just split a brownie with her 3-year-old son Levi and was beginning to clean up after dinner when Levi snuck away. He slipped...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with KQED listener Tom Doskow of San Francisco.