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  • Shaker Heights native Andy Borowitz is a savvy political satirist. If you're a fan of his Borowitz Report for The New Yorker, you're familiar with the silly, fake news headlines he posts on a daily basis. Like: "In Major Shakeup, One of the Voices in Rudy Giuliani's Head Resigns" or "Queen Trains Corgis to Attack Boris Johnson if He Ever Comes to Palace Again."
  • Drug companies may try to turn the tables on Cuyahoga County in the coming federal opioid trial, presenting evidence on the troubled the county jail and in the department of children and family services in an effort to minimize the role of their drugs in local problems. With jury selection scheduled to begin next week and opening statements set for Oct. 21, attorneys for both sides are disputing which evidence and witnesses should be presented at trial.
  • The new enrollment center at Covington Independent Public Schools is set to open on July 8.
  • Updated 5:12 p.m., July 25, 2019 The first day as superintendent of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center ended quickly for Donald Shewalter, who resigned Monday after five hours. Shewalter informed Administrative Judge Kristin Sweeney that he "realized his heart wasn't in it," according to a July 24 memo from Sweeney to staff about the resignation.
  • The Cleveland Indians have won six straight and are a season-high 12 games over .500 at the All-Star break as the baseball universe has arrived for the Midsummer Classic right here in Cleveland. But one person is missing from the excitement. Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco revealed just before All-Star Week kicked off that he has been battling chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in his month away from the team.
  • As Major League Baseball's All-Star Game festivities kick off in downtown Cleveland, an All-Star group of musicians steps to the plate. Members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band R.E.M. come together as the Baseball Project. The band is made up of Hall of Famers Peter Buck and Mike Mills, former R.E.M. sideman Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon.
  • Officials from the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) gave an update Wednesday to the City Council Safety Committee on efforts to bring police practices in line with a federal consent decree. During the hearing, officials presented a few statistics from 2018 as signs of progress: a 29 percent reduction in reported police uses of force compared to 2017; a 22 percent decrease in officer injuries; and, with the exception of rape, a decrease in the number of major crimes reported.
  • Matthew Roberts spent some time hanging out at shows by the alternative rock band out of Norwalk, Mister Moon.
  • From a parade of life-sized animal puppets to stories of ordinary people caught in the middle of a revolution, the curtain is about to rise on four days of theater in Cleveland. The BorderLight International Theater and Fringe Festival is bringing over 100 artists from around the world to perform in 40 productions in theaters and on downtown streets.
  • Two polls provide more evidence that Americans are becoming less religious. Confidence in organized religion is down, and Americans are less and less inclined to seek guidance from clergy.
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