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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.

The record rainfall and flooding in the Midwest has affected outdoor recreation. Boat sales are down, lake communities are hurting, and rainouts and cancellations are running high.

Cleveland City Council passed new lead paint requirements for landlords Wednesday, giving Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration 18 months to develop a citywide program to reduce childhood lead poisoning. The law requires owners of rentals built before 1978 to have their properties inspected for lead hazards every two years. Cleveland’s Building and Housing Department will start enforcing the new rules in March 2021 and require all rentals to be certified as lead safe by 2023. The legislation also doubles the rental registration fee, raising it from $35 to $70.

The NPR Music series Turning the Tables enters its third season this week with a new concept: Which eight women were the pillars upon which American popular music was built?

The federal judge overseeing thousands of opioid lawsuits appears poised to approve a pathway for resolving local government claims against the drug industry and dividing settlement dollars nationwide. “There has to be some vehicle to resolve these lawsuits,” U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster said during a Tuesday morning hearing in federal court in Cleveland. Drug companies have not yet settled claims brought against them in federal court, but confidential settlement talks have continued since the start of the multi-district case.