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Two philanthropic arms of the Sackler family announced they will "temporarily pause" gifts in the United Kingdom. The family owns Purdue Pharma, now under fire for its role in the opioid crisis.

The fate of a golf course on the edge of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park looks a little more clear today. The Trust for Public Land’s Ohio office says it may partner with CVNP to purchase the Brandywine Country Club. The 200-plus-acre club in Peninsula has been a question mark ever since last August when the owner, 24-year-old Ryan Yesberger, killed himself after a scuffle with a police officer. The par 3 golf course straddles Akron-Peninsula Road in the heart of the national park with some greens and fairways on the banks of the Cuyahoga River.

Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Count von Count, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and other surprise guests gather at NPR's headquarters to celebrate 50 years of love, learning and joy.

Members of United Auto Workers Local 1112 are more skeptical than optimistic after the announcement Wednesday that General Motors is in talks to sell its Lordstown plant to Cincinnati-based Workhorse Group, an upstart maker of electric trucks. Many are shocked the company would rather sell the plant than assign a new GM vehicle to be built in Lordstown.

"Respect is a two-way street, and so is accountability," a company official announced. Riders will get advice on how to improve their ratings before being deactivated, including being polite.

Sickle cell patients face a lifetime of getting blood transfusions because there's no cure for the disease. It's a fact of life for brother and sister...

LeBron James may go from idolized to immortalized in his hometown of Akron.A GoFundMe account has been established with a goal to raise $1 million to…

Undergrad enrollment in the U.S. is down for the sixth straight year. Women enrolling in higher education saved colleges in the 1980s. So who can save colleges today?

A new report says the American effort to stabilize Afghanistan is a failure. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with John Sopko of the office of the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction.

Greitens was facing possible impeachment and had been under investigation over allegations that he tried to dodge the state's campaign disclosure laws and to blackmail a former lover.