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At the height of America's Jim Crow era, Taylor broke barriers by becoming the country's fastest and most famous cyclist. Michael Kranish tells his story in the new book, The World's Fastest Man.

Wainwright and Giordano collaborated on the period music for the series Boardwalk Empire and the film The Aviator. Their new album is I'd Rather Lead a Band. Originally broadcast Dec. 2, 2020.

Politico's Garrett Graff says Trump is already blocking president-elect Biden's access to classified information. Some worry he might destroy White House records and begin issuing pardons.

Wash. Postreporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, authors of A Very Stable Genius, discuss troubling tendencies of the Trump presidency. Originally broadcast Jan. 22, 2020; updated Feb. 12, 2020.

The singer, songwriter and guitarist underwent surgeries in 1996 and 2013 that affected his throat and voice. He likes his voice better now: "It dropped down lower and feels friendlier."

The U.S. economy is slowing down, but it keeps creating jobs at a healthy pace. Employers added 164,000 jobs last month — as analysts had projected — and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7%.

Coronavirus cases are surging in Cuyahoga, Summit, and Stark counties, and state officials have moved the risk level from 2, or orange, to risk level 3, or red. That means these counties are experiencing very high exposure and spread. State officials change the risk level based on, the number of new cases per capita, the increase in community spread, and the increase in outpatient visits. This upward trend will likely continue, according to University Hospitals Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Amy Edwards.

The Cleveland Clinic spent more than $1 billion on outreach, education and assisting low-income patients last year, according to the 2018 community benefits report released Wednesday. The report details the clinic’s spending to improve community health, including education, subsidized health services and research. Spending was up 6 percent from the previous year, bringing increases across the board.

Wage gaps between Black and white laborers in Ohio have widened over the last two decades, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and a significant Black-white employment gap persists as well. Ohio tends to generally follow national economic inclusion patterns, said Cleveland Fed Senior Policy Analyst Kyle Fee, but the most recent numbers show the state is underperforming. “Most recently, in 2020, Ohio has a larger Black-white employment rate gap than the rest of the nation,” Fee said.

U.S. employers added a better-than-expected number of jobs last month, boosted in part by the return of General Motors workers who had been on strike in October. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%.