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As Major League Baseball's All-Star Game festivities kick off in downtown Cleveland, an All-Star group of musicians steps to the plate. Members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band R.E.M. come together as the Baseball Project. The band is made up of Hall of Famers Peter Buck and Mike Mills, former R.E.M. sideman Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon.

Officials from the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) gave an update Wednesday to the City Council Safety Committee on efforts to bring police practices in line with a federal consent decree. During the hearing, officials presented a few statistics from 2018 as signs of progress: a 29 percent reduction in reported police uses of force compared to 2017; a 22 percent decrease in officer injuries; and, with the exception of rape, a decrease in the number of major crimes reported.

Matthew Roberts spent some time hanging out at shows by the alternative rock band out of Norwalk, Mister Moon.

Much of the country will sweat through a heat wave over the next few days, with intense humidity adding to the danger. It's the kind of event that's becoming more common because of climate change.

From a parade of life-sized animal puppets to stories of ordinary people caught in the middle of a revolution, the curtain is about to rise on four days of theater in Cleveland. The BorderLight International Theater and Fringe Festival is bringing over 100 artists from around the world to perform in 40 productions in theaters and on downtown streets.

After legislative tweaks Tuesday, a proposal that would require landlords to ensure properties are safe from lead paint poisoning moved one step closer to becoming law in Cleveland. City Council’s economic development committee approved the lead-safe legislation with several amendments, sending it on for a possible vote from the full council July 24.

Updated 7:19 p.m., July 15, 2019 The federal judge presiding over nationwide opioid litigation has partially lifted an order that shielded years of drug sales data from public view. U.S. District Judge Dan Polster on Monday ordered the release of data on opioid sales from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System dated on or before Dec. 31, 2012.

One of the conundrums in the effort to halt toxic algal blooms in western Lake Erie, near Toledo, is why phosphorus levels continue to rise, even though farmers in the Maumee River watershed have been using less fertilizer. Two environmental groups think manure is playing a larger role than researchers have previously thought.

Cleveland Metropolitan School Distrxt’s Lincoln-West School of Science and Health graduates its first class of students next week and every graduating senior has been accepted to college. To mark the last day of school, MetroHealth staff lined the main campus atrium Monday to surprise the 20 graduating Lincoln-West seniors with a clap out. Since 2016, the kids have received hands-on experience learning from professionals at MetroHealth medical center.

Amanda Wisniewski discovered her niche while processing specimens at medical testing company, LabCorp.“I found what I wanted to do forever, because…