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A new initial trade agreement between the United States and China signed Wednesday brings protections for intellectual property and eased regulations for U.S. exports. China is also setting an ambitious target of purchasing $200 billion in U.S. goods by 2021. The agreement is bringing relief to Ohio’s soybean farmers, who rely on China to sell roughly one-third of their product.

The saxophonist and composer — an artist who wrote for Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, and who nurtured John Coltrane — died Sunday at age 93.

Cleveland voters will decide in the March primary on a citizen initiative to slash city council’s membership and pay — a measure backed by a Westlake restaurateur over the opposition of council leadership. The campaign, which calls itself Clevelanders First, pitches the initiative as an effort to bring city council’s size and salary in line with that of other cities. Tony George, the owner of Harry Buffalo and other Cleveland-area eateries, funded the petition drive, according to the group’s financial disclosure.

Cuyahoga and Summit County leaders say they plan to spend the tens of millions already awarded in opioid settlements on drug treatment and prevention programs. Both counties released plans for the settlement money Thursday, less than two weeks before they both take their claims against the drug industry to trial in federal court in Cleveland. The two counties will be the first among thousands of plaintiffs to make their case before a jury in the massive case.

Misdemeanor defendants in Cleveland are missing court dates less often under a year-old program that allows people to await trial under supervision outside of jail. Cleveland Municipal Court released statistics on the first year of its pretrial services program at Tuesday’s meeting of the Cuyahoga County Criminal Justice Council, which brings together city, county and court officials to discuss bail reform and other topics.

Updated: Oct. 17, 2019; 10:14 a.m. The Forest City is looking to double down on its moniker with a 10-year, $10 million tree budget. The City of Cleveland on Tuesday pledged to spend $1 million each year for the next 10 years on an effort to increase its tree coverage. New trees would be planted on neighborhood tree lawns, in city-owned cemeteries and parks and on other publicly owned land, said Matt Gray, the city’s chief of sustainability.

Comic actor Eddie’s Murphy’s new film tells the story of a Cleveland entertainer who made a name for himself as an unlikely star of the big screen. Rudy Ray Moore was a hit with some African American audiences when he transformed into the movie character “Dolemite.”

As anti-government demonstrations continue in Lebanon, protesters are debating whether their anger should also be directed at a long considered untouchable: the head of the militant group Hezbollah.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Amby Burfoot, lifelong runner and former editor-in-chief at Runner's World, about the super-fast Nike shoes that might give runners an unfair advantage.

After 10 years and more than $7 million, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park finally has a “front door.” The new Boston Mill Visitor Center sits along the Cuyahoga River, the Ohio & Erie Canal and Towpath Trail, and the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in Peninsula. It opens to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, with grand opening activities continuing through the weekend.