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The Cleveland Orchestra has suspended its concertmaster, Bill Preucil. The move happened one day after the Washington Post published a story in which the renowned violinist is accused of sexually assaulting a student of his when he was a teacher at Miami's New World Symphony in 1998.

When Katti Sorboro began to lose her hearing, she did not stop heading to the movies. Instead, she sat close to the speaker inside the theater and asked her daughter what was going on if she missed something. More recently, theaters have expanded services for the hearing impaired and she has tried different technology, like glasses that display closed-captioning. “It’s different, but like anything you get used to it,” she said.

The EPA has announced a six-year freeze in fuel efficiency standards with no exceptions for states to set their own standards. It is a rebuke for California, which along with at least a dozen other states, has higher fuel standards than the national requirements. Under Obama administration rules, fuel efficiency standards would have increased over time.

Lake County Commissioners are considering a resolution expressing support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. That and another resolution on immigration drew dozens of people to commissioners’ chambers for a meeting on Thursday. After a lengthy hearing, commissioners tabled the measures until the next meeting on Aug. 16.

The trade war that's already squeezing Ohio farmers is ratcheting up another notch. In response to the Trump administration announcing $16 billion in new tariffs against China on Tuesday, Chinese trade officials on Wednesday promised to retaliate with their own tariffs.

The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) has suspended Massimo La Rosa, head of the school's trombone department, pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct involving La Rosa.

The President of the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA), an organization with over 20,000 lawyers and judges among its membership, is speaking out against Issue 1, the statewide November ballot measure aimed at reducing penalties for low-level drug crimes.

The Cleveland Orchestra has suspended its principal trombone player, Massimo La Rosa, “as part of an ongoing independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct,” according to a statement from the orchestra. An orchestra spokesman declined to elaborate on the reason behind La Rosa’s suspension, citing the continuing investigation.

Known for his surprise endings, American short-story writer O. Henry amazed readers in 1905 with his now-beloved Christmas tale "The Gift of the Magi." Fast forward to the early 1980s, when Painesville native Peter Ekstrom adapted the story of a young, married couple for the musical stage. "It's a Christmas story, but it's not heavy on religion, which is unique. They talk about Christmas, and it's a gift giving [story.] So that's what it is. Unselfish giving is what makes it appealing," he said.

The word for theater in Arabic is masrah. Tonight is the debut of Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi, which translates to Cleveland Arabic Theatre. Its creation is part of a Cleveland Public Theatre initiative to engage with local ethnic communities through art. Similar to the local troupe for Cleveland's Latino population, Teatro Público de Cleveland, Masrah Cleveland is staged by, for and with the local Arabic-speaking community.