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Former Vice President Joe Biden touched down in Cleveland Monday afternoon for a drive-in rally at Burke Lakefront Airport. Biden spoke for almost 30 minutes from an airplane hangar at the Downtown airport before heading to Pennsylvania, where he planned to close out his pre-Election Day campaign swing. “Ohio, one more day, one more day,” Biden told supporters who honked car horns as he spoke. “Tomorrow, tomorrow we have an opportunity to put an end to a presidency that has divided this nation.”

The most controversial issue in Ohio’s 18th District State Senate race isn’t anything that’s on the ballot. Ohio House Bill 6 – the bill meant to bail out the state’s nuclear power plants – is not only tied to a $60 million bribery scandal involving former House Speaker Larry Householder. It also could impact Lake County voters more than others in the state, as a repeal could shut down the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. That make HB6 and its potential repeal a major issue in the race between Republican candidate Jerry Cirino and Democratic candidate Betsy Rader.

In 2016, Donald Trump trounced Hillary Clinton in that area of the state which used to be a Democratic stronghold. NPR's Noel King talks to George Rattay of the Fayette County Democratic Party.

With the first legal sale of medical marijuana in Ohio expected to occur as early as next week, the Cleveland Clinic wants its patients to know that its doctors will not be prescribing it. Dr. Paul Terpeluk, Medical Director of Employee Health Services at the Cleveland Clinic, said many of the Clinic's patients have asked whether they can get a script for medical marijuana. For now, he said, the official answer is: "Not yet."

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) will refocus on serving lower-income riders first, while better integrating with other forms of transportation such as electric scooters and car-sharing services, according to India Birdsong, the agency's new CEO. Birdsong outlined a rough agenda for the agency during a speech Oct. 17 at the city's annual sustainability summit. It was her first public address to Northeast Ohioans since taking office in September.

The U.S. Women's National Team has advanced at the Women's World Cup after defeating Chile 3-0 Sunday. There's still one more game in group play and it's an important one to the U.S.

Cleveland's healthcare providers need to better address trauma and social determinants of health as a way to improve the health of communities, said MetroHealth CEO Dr. Akram Boutros at The City Club of Cleveland Friday. Boutros pushed for the city's major hospital systems to change their focus from curing diseases to preventing poor health outcomes in the first place.

Millions of Americans are hitting the road, rails or jetting off for the weekend. Gas prices are about 60 cents a gallon higher than this time last year. Roads and planes are expected to be packed.

A new study showed that laughter is a better indicator in determining friendships than even speech. Volunteers were able to pinpoint groups of friends versus strangers by listening to their laughter.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, Cleveland ice cream shop Sweet Moses added three picnic tables in the street outside, protected from Detroit Avenue traffic by a wall of Jersey barriers. “Which may not sound like a lot, but that pretty much triples what our seating was, versus the sidewalk,” owner Jeff Moreau said. “It was really well received.” The additional tables were possible under a special city permit allowing restaurants to claim stretches of street for outdoor, socially distant seating.