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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.

Cuyahoga County Sheriff Clifford Pinkney told county council members he had little say in major decisions at the county jail as the inmate population rose, deaths mounted and investigators launched probes into conditions there.

Elaina Goodrich sits on a blanket at Edgewater Park Beach on Lake Erie, watching her 3-year-old grandson scoop up sand by the colorful plastic bucketful. In spring and summer, the two often spend their mornings here. It's a favorite spot for both of them — she for the peace and restoration, he for the fun. Lately, though, she's been noticing something different: They've been sitting further and further up the beach to avoid actually sitting in the water.

For some Major League Baseball players making the All-Star Game roster is a regular affair. But for others it’s one and done. Sports commentator Terry...

Forecasters estimate rainfall over south-central Louisiana at about 3 to 5 inches, and isolated maximum rainfall could reach up to 10 inches, posing potential "dangerous, life-threatening flooding."

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran now has more than 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of low-enriched uranium — surpassing the limit allowed under the 2015 agreement.

Since joining the Beck Center for the Arts staff in 1990, Scott Spence has made his mark at the Lakewood theater. The Nebraska native came to Cleveland on a whim in the late 80's after some friends told him about the city's reputation for arts and culture. "I thought, 'you know what? let's roll those dice.' I moved here in 1989 and through a series of events found myself at the Beck Center within about a year," Spence said.