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Updated: 5:33 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 Professional sports became a bigger arena for fighting racism and social injustice in 2020 and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Indians and Browns are joining the fight. The trio is creating a sports alliance to address social injustices in Northeast Ohio, the three teams announced Thursday morning in joint press release. The alliance will focus on improving the relationship between law enforcement and citizens, encouraging voter turnout and increasing equal opportunities for quality education in Cleveland.

Historian Janice P. Nimura tells the story of America's first and third certified women doctors and the role these sisters played in building medical institutions.

Updated: 4:29 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 Cleveland Indians ownership on Monday afternoon confirmed that the process of changing the team name has officially begun. The New York Times first reported the team’s intent Sunday night, using anonymous sources.

Updated: 5:36 p.m., Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 For the first time in more than a century, Ohio lawmakers have filed articles of impeachment against a sitting governor. State Rep. John Becker (R-Union Township) is putting the matter forward over fellow Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s response to the coronavirus.

Updated: 11:15 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2020 Ohio has a fifth confirmed case of COVID-19, Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton announced Thursday afternoon. At the same press conference, the governor announced sweeping statewide measures to combat the spread of coronavirus, including closing K-12 schools, banning large public events and closing nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals to visitors.

Updated: 8:07 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 State and local health experts are advising caution rather than panic as the novel coronavirus spreads beyond China. While there are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the state, it’s “an emerging health threat," Gov. Mike DeWine said at a press conference at MetroHealth Medical Center Thursday.

It is not in the Gulf Arab states' interest to stay the course with current U.S. Iran policy, write former Pentagon officials Bilal Y. Saab and Michael P. Mulroy. Doing so could lead them to war.

From Broadway plays to playwrights giving writing lessons to online courses from Ivy League schools, here's a look at some things (but not everything!) that have suddenly become free.

The amphibious craft carrying 31 people sank on a Missouri lake during a severe storm. Seventeen people were killed. Divers worked through the night on rescue and recovery operations.

Recounts are underway in the close Florida races for governor and Senate. Georgia counties have to report results by Tuesday evening, which could move the race for governor closer to a final result.