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Public housing agencies across Northern Ohio are getting increases in federal funds this year to help residents meet personal and professional goals. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is giving at least $200,000 each to housing authorities in Cleveland, Akron, Toledo and Youngstown to support Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) programs in 2020. FSS allows public housing residents to set aside part of their rent money in a savings account that they can access once they meet goals such as buying a house or getting a new job.

The script for Evan Miller’s 15-year Hollywood career started in a talent agency mailroom. “It was filling envelopes with resumes and headshots, and then a lot of filling in,” Miller said. “It was great, because it exposed me to voiceovers, to commercials, to new theatrical work. I really got to see the business as a whole and figured out pretty early on that my passion was in TV and film and representing those actors.”

Burlesque may sound old-timey to some, but it's alive in Cleveland. The 9th annual International Ohio Burlesque Festival brings attention to the art this week at the Beachland Ballroom. It's also the kickoff for the release of the new book, "Rust Belt Burlesque: The Softer Side of a Heavy Metal Town," by photographer Bob Perkoski and writer Erin O'Brien.

Members of Ohio’s congressional delegation are renewing calls for the Defense Department to locate a missile defense site at Camp James A. Garfield, an Ohio National Guard base straddling Portage and Trumbull counties. Earlier this week, both Ohio senators and nearly every House representative signed a letter addressed to Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan urging him to consider the base for the third Continental United States Interceptor Site (CIS).

Even before he saw the 1970 film “Five Easy Pieces,” which help launch Jack Nicholson’s career, Scott Edwards became a fan of the actor when he saw one of the movie’s most famous scenes. “Leading up the Academy Awards on every local and national news story, they showed that diner scene. I saw that probably a hundred times before I saw the movie, so without knowing who this guy was it a made an impression on me.” Edwards said.

NASA is launching a mission to find Earth-sized planets beyond our solar system that scientists can study for signs of life. Scientists already know of over 3,000 planets around distant stars.

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with former Georgia lawmaker Saxby Chambliss about the upcoming Senate elections there.

Thousands of workers across the state have counted each ballot to ensure that President-elect Joe Biden did narrowly defeat President Trump in the Nov. 3 contest in Georgia.

An HIV outreach worker makes the rounds in a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, checking that clients are taking their medication and doing what they can to protect themselves against the coronavirus.

The pandemic has made for a bleak outlook for the arts. Enter the 92nd Street Y in New York, which outlasted the Depression, Sept. 11 attacks and is making changes to stay afloat during the pandemic.