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Scientists detected the gravitational waves after a pair of unusual black holes collided.

TV ads are a tried-and-true way for politicians to get their message out. But in this chaotic presidential primary, are they still effective?

As Denmark's politicians debate how many asylum seekers to let in, the country is working to better integrate the refugees already there.

Turkish officials say a suicide bomber identified as a 28-year-old Syrian national targeted tourists. At least eight Germans died in the blast, Chancellor Angela Merkel says.

One day after the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates barnstormed New Hampshire.

Akron is celebrating its jazz roots this weekend with a second annual Rubber City Jazz Festival . For this week’s Shuffle, WKSU’s Amanda Rabinowitz...

Teresa Bacon and her therapist have been discussing ways for her to deal with her anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder for over four years. "And I was able to fall asleep yesterday, I was very happy about that…" One of the things Bacon has been focused on improving… is something she’s struggled with her whole life – getting good sleep. "I suffer from anxiety," Bacon said. "And being deprived of sleep intensified that, like all the way to the top, like 100 times."

For Joanna May Hunkins summertime means one thing: Cain Park. Hunkins’ mother, Sarah May, served as Cain Park's artistic director in the early 1970s, and she spent many of her summer vacations at the Cleveland Heights performance space as a camper, counselor, performer, director and whatever else needed to be done. When the position of artistic director became available this year she felt she was ready.

Tuesday marks the Lunar New Year and the start of the Year of the Pig, but some Clevelanders got an early jump on the festivities this past weekend. Among them was Wayne Wong, Vice President of the Cleveland Chapter of an Asian American advocacy group called OCA. Wong led a dragon dancing troupe at a New Year celebration event Sunday at Asian Town Center, a shopping mall in Cleveland’s AsiaTown neighborhood. “Lunar New Year is similar to, in Western culture, New Year, Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving all rolled up into one,” Wong said.

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is looking in the mirror this year, as officials plan for the next decade of the transportation system’s life. RTA will conduct studies on a possible system redesign, fare policy, rail cars and the organization’s efficiency, Deputy General Manager for Operations Joel Freilich said. The Greater Cleveland Partnership also plans to hire a firm to study the RTA’s financial prospects. “We are sort of taking a whole look from a fresh perspective at the whole RTA system,” Freilich said in an interview this week.