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City officials have approval from the Cleveland City Council Safety Committee to apply for a U.S. Department of Justice grant that would provide funding for Operation Legend, formerly known as Operation Relentless Pursuit. The nearly $8 million grant would reimburse the city for the salaries and benefits of 30 Cleveland police officers, to be hired as part of task forces meant to break up large-scale crime in the city. The first wave of officers have already been selected, said Justin Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Callie Evans and Audri Williams rap about online learning and the COVID-19 pandemic from the empty halls of Monroe Comprehensive High School, backed up by mask-wearing, move-busting cheerleaders.

"May God protect Lebanon," Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said as he announced his resignation days after a disastrous explosion rocked Beirut.

Seaver, a baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, became a household name after helping carry the Mets to their "improbable" 1969 World Series Championship. He died of complications of dementia and COVID-19.

Another typhoon is bearing down on the search area as rescuers rush to find more survivors from the Gulf Livestock 1, which went down Wednesday with 43 crew and some 5,800 head of cattle aboard.

The National Virtual Medical Orchestra brings together health care workers and gives them a creative outlet during the pandemic.

The head of the World Health Organization had called the island nation "a global exemplar" for its success in controlling the virus. Four new cases emerge after 101 days with none.

While many concerts and gigs were canceled this year, musicians still need working instruments. And repair work is keeping J.C. Sherman in business. “As I work principally with antiques and specialized professional instruments and customizations, I was more insulated, I think, than some from COVID-19,” Sherman said. When COVID-19 hit, I found myself in a unique position.

The price of eggs skyrocketed at the start of the pandemic. That had some states crying foul — and filing suits against egg companies.

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.