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Here's a list of watch parties in Northeast Ohio planned for the solar eclipse on August 21st. If you're aware of one that's not on our list, please...

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has more than half a million dollars on hand for his reelection bid as the September primary approaches. With a campaign war chest of $703,782, the three-term mayor has far more money than any of his opponents, according to semi-annual financial disclosures made this week. Jackson raised $559,367 in the first half of this year. His next closest competitor, Councilman Zack Reed, raised $57,350. Jeff Johnson, another councilman challenging the mayor, filed the day after the deadline and reported raising $55,540.

Venezuela is holding an election July 30 to vote for a constituent assembly that will rewrite the constitution. President Maduro is going all out for votes.

The latest Corruption Perceptions Index shows the U.S. dropped six spots, to No. 22 out of 180 countries and territories. It's listed right after France and before the United Arab Emirates.

Northeast Ohio will be represented at this year’s Grammy Awards. “Songs of Orpheus,” nominated for best classical solo vocal album, features Cleveland’s Apollo’s Fire and vocalist Karim Sulayman. It was produced locally by Erica Brenner of Shaker Heights. Brenner said she screamed with excitement when she saw the nominations included “Songs of Orpheus.”

Around noon on Wednesday, Cleveland’s West Side Market was unusually quiet. The temperature was a few degrees below zero, and over half of the vendors had decided not to open for the day, due to the same arctic conditions that had shut down schools, suspended city services, and forced many government offices to operate on a skeleton staff.

Two former Cuyahoga County officials and one current employee pleaded not guilty to charges in Common Pleas Court Monday. Judge Nancy Fuerst presided over their arraignments and set a $10,000 personal bond for each defendant. Former IT general counsel Emily McNeeley, former jail director Kenneth Mills and current Chief Talent Officer Douglas Dykes made their first appearances in court after a grand jury indicted them last month on a range of felony and misdemeanor charges.

A Cuyahoga County Inspector General’s report says there’s evidence former county jail director Kenneth Mills likely made anti-gay remarks about two employees. The report, which was completed in January, also outlines other allegations of derogatory comments made about County Executive Armond Budish and Sheriff Clifford Pinkney. “Three county employees separately heard Mills make different discriminatory comments regarding the perceived sexual orientation of a subordinate employee and a contractor,” the report concluded.

College students usually study Shakespeare if they're English or Theater majors. But this week at John Carroll University students from those areas along with other departments are reciting the words of the great "Bard." Actor Ffion Jolly works with John Carroll University students this week [photo: Sally Al-Qaraghuli]

For some in government, one of their major tasks is trying to anticipate the future and understand the present in global affairs. Such was the case for Mathew Burrows, who is now director for the Atlantic Council's Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative. “I grew up in Rocky River through high school, and then I went off to college,” Burrows says during a recent visit back to Cleveland for an event with the Cleveland Council on World Affairs.