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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.

Theater Ninjas haven’t vanished. Instead, they have a new name and a changing mission. Since Jeremy Paul founded the acting troupe in 2006, the Ninjas, who didn’t have a permanent space until 2017, traveled throughout Cleveland presenting their boundary-pushing pieces in spaces ranging from the atrium at the Cleveland Museum of Art to a coffee-roasting facility. As the years went on, Paul began noticing something that caused him to rethink the company’s direction.

The World Health Organization met Friday to discuss developments in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The meeting was prompted by three cases that appeared in Uganda this week.

Legislation to bring back shared motorized scooters is on the fast track through Cleveland City Council. Council’s Safety Committee held an emergency meeting Friday to review the proposal, which would create a one-year pilot program allowing electric scooters to follow the same laws as bicyclists. It also would create a new revenue stream, charging vendors a $1-per-day per-scooter fee.