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Clevelander Xinyuan Cui hasn’t been on a Regional Transit Authority bus since November when another passenger harassed Cui – saying Cui was responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. “I don’t know what I did wrong. I didn’t do anything. I wanted to say something for myself. I just couldn’t get the words out,” Cui said. “That moment was so horrible. I felt like my whole body couldn’t function.” It’s incidents like this that have many Asian American and Pacific Islanders, sometimes referred to as AAPIs, living in fear.

In 1990, Yusef Salaam was one of the five boys wrongly convicted in the so-called Central Park jogger case. They weren't exonerated until 2002. Salaam tells his story in Better, Not Bitter.

Dolly Parton's telethon 8-11 p.m. Tuesday to aid fire victims in the Gatlinburg area will air over the air here on Channel 25.5, along with the Great...

At least 1,000 are still stranded offshore in rickety boats with little food or water. But so far, the governments of Southeast Asia have shown no willingness to let them come ashore.

Three more people – all elderly women – have died of complications from the flu in Cuyahoga County, upping the total in Northeast Ohio to at least a dozen fatalities. From member station WKSU, M.L. Schultze reports. The deaths range from a 1-year-old boy in Summit County to a 101-year-old woman in Euclid. Health departments throughout the state are reporting thousands of cases of what’s known as H3N2, which is especially severe among young children and older adults. The Toledo area has had 250 cases reported.

President Trump is turning his attention this week to the $1 trillion U.S. infrastructure overhaul he promised during his campaign. But Ohio’s Democratic U.S. senator says the details are looking a lot different than candidate Trump promised. From member station WKSU, M.L. Schultze reports:

President Trump is turning his attention this week to the $1 trillion U.S. infrastructure overhaul he promised during his campaign. But Ohio’s...

The Ohio classes of 2019 and 2020 could be allowed the same alternative options for earning a high school diploma as this year’s seniors. The Ohio Board of Education voted 16-1 Tuesday to allow students to graduate by pursuing alternative pathways, like completing a senior project or obtaining an industry credential.

The agency also unveiled new forecast graphics that are more detailed and highlight threats posed by potentially deadly storm surges.

The state of Ohio recently allotted $9.1 million to fund mental health services for kids kindergarten age and younger. It’s all part of a larger effort...