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President Trump has threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico in response to a large number of illegal crossings. A closure would very likely hit a wide range of industries.

Actor Paul Dano will make his directorial debut with Wildlife, a drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, about the shredding of a marriage as seen through the eyes of the couple's son.

On Jan. 1, Ohio’s minimum wage rose automatically from $8.30 per hour to $8.55 per hour for workers who aren't tipped. (For tipped workers, the base wage increased from $4.15 to $4.30 per hour.)

In the years after the housing bubble burst, rentals became more common in almost every major U.S. city, according to a study by Marketplace and APM Research Lab (an arm of American Public Media). That includes cities long thought of as “affordable” places to buy a home, such as Cleveland.

The latest blast of winter shut down several COVID-19 vaccination sites in Ohio and could delay vaccine shipments by a day or two; Gov. Mike DeWine says the rollout of an online vaccine appointment scheduling tool is still two to three weeks away as the state recruits providers; TimkenSteel is idling its Harrison plant in Canton, and more stories.

More COVID-19 vaccine appointments are coming soon as registration for Ohio's first mass vaccination clinic in Cleveland opens Thursday, according to state officials. Those eligible can register for the clinic at the Wolstein Center on Cleveland State University's campus starting Thursday through the state's centralized scheduling tool.

Ohio cities and counties expect billions of dollars to be coming their way under the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan. The city of Cleveland could receive $541 million, according to estimates released by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform. What cities can do with all that money is yet to be seen. ideastream’s Nick Castele spoke with All Things Considered host Tony Ganzer about how Northeast Ohio mayors are reacting to the new funds.

It's a sibling of the first omicron variant that swept the world. Is it more contagious? Does it cause severe disease? Will it keep current omicron surges going? Researchers are looking for answers.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

Ohio's Secretary of State, who always touts the integrity of Ohio elections, chose to spend last weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an event full of election deniers and conspiracy theorists.