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Tens of thousands of people in Puerto Rico are still without power, days after a large earthquake rolled across the island. Buildings collapsed and some roads remain closed.

U.S. employers added 136,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%. That's a sign the labor market is holding up, even as economic growth slows.

Misdemeanor defendants in Cleveland are missing court dates less often under a year-old program that allows people to await trial under supervision outside of jail. Cleveland Municipal Court released statistics on the first year of its pretrial services program at Tuesday’s meeting of the Cuyahoga County Criminal Justice Council, which brings together city, county and court officials to discuss bail reform and other topics.

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to end a nearly two-decade long limit on logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Local officials have pushed for looser restrictions to boost the economy.

Akron’s mayoral candidates faced off Wednesday in a midday debate that was more of a low-key meeting of the minds than raucous political showdown. Akron's incumbent mayor, Democrat Dan Horrigan, and Republican challenger Josh Sines agreed more often than not on Akron’s needs when it comes to tackling homelessness, youth and gun violence, welcoming refugees and next steps to continue economic development.

Negotiations are underway as the drug industry scrambles to avoid a high profile national opioid trial set to begin on Monday.

A new technique, dubbed 'prime editing,' appears to make it even easier to make very precise changes in DNA. It's designed to overcome the limits of the CRISPR gene editing tool.

After 10 years and more than $7 million, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park finally has a “front door.” The new Boston Mill Visitor Center sits along the Cuyahoga River, the Ohio & Erie Canal and Towpath Trail, and the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in Peninsula. It opens to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, with grand opening activities continuing through the weekend.

Attorneys for an indicted Cuyahoga Land Bank employee say federal prosecutors’ case against their client is based on evidence obtained from a man with a record of financial crimes who ran an illegal East Cleveland dump. Lawyers for former land bank property specialist Kenneth Tyson also claimed in a Wednesday federal court filing that prosecutors failed to turn over their full collection of records on George Michael Riley Sr.

El Salvador's new president ran his campaign largely on social media and his first actions as president have been made through tweets. His supporters love it. His detractors describe it as autocratic.