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American Medical Association President Dr. Susan Bailey said during a virtual City Club of Cleveland speech Friday that a vaccine remains “our best hope to defeat the pandemic.” But she cautioned that creating a good vaccine usually takes a long time. “We’re all incredibly eager for a vaccine to fight COVID-19, but if it’s not safe and it’s not effective it’s going to create more problems than it’ll solve,” she said.

In its heyday, Akron was home to dozens of rubber companies, supplying tires and other products to customers around the globe. The city is now honoring the workers who made those factories hum with a new statue and oral history project. Miriam Ray recalls the Akron of her youth as, shall we say, aromatic?

Congress is working on a second stimulus bill meant to boost the economy as the coronavirus pandemic continues. If the second round of help includes more $1,200.00 checks in your mailbox, lawmakers hope that extra cash will get folks spending again. But Northeast Ohio experts say while the money would be helpful for families, it won’t prevent a stumbling economy from falling over the edge.

The technology entrepreneur made his fortune in the heyday of the dot-com era, before pivoting to lead the online shoe company — despite knowing little about shoes.

Investors were also reassured by comments from two Biden advisers that no nationwide COVID-19 lockdowns are being contemplated.

The monthly Woodhill Homes management meeting happens in the gleaming gym and auditorium space inside the Woodhill Community Center. Based on my experiences attending a few sessions, it's largely a space for residents to voice discontent — about everything from unanswered maintenance calls to disrespectful neighbors.

The Cleveland Department of Public Health can't provide daily COVID-19 data because of the remarkably high number of coronavirus cases over recent days, said Mayor Frank Jackson. Jackson addressed the issue in a news conference Tuesday. He said there has been an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, and staff couldn’t analyze the data in time to release it daily, which is their usual schedule. "This is a reflection of this spike and how severe this spike is, and we are redeploying resources and adding resources,” Jackson said.

Video games have been engaging players for decades, but they generally don’t cover museum walls. “I don't think everyone really thinks that games belong in museums,” said Theresa Bembnister, curator of the “Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art” exhibit at the Akron Art Museum. Bembnister conceived of the idea for this exhibit 15 years ago, after she heard from several young artists how video games influence their work.

Updated: Nov. 7, 2019; 10:58 a.m. Bloom Bakery shut its doors Wednesday after Towards Employment, the bakery’s non-profit owner, decided it could accomplish its mission without running the two Downtown storefronts near Cleveland State University and Public Square. Bloom Bakery opened in 2016, offering paid internships, training and jobs to people who had trouble finding them, including those who have been incarcerated or on public assistance.

Mission accomplished. That's why the officials behind the nonprofit Gordon Square Arts District say it will suspend operations at the end of the year. The Near West Side organization formed in 2007 to support three Cleveland theaters. That meant raising funds to renovate both the Capitol Theatre and Cleveland Public Theatre as well as building a new home for Near West Theater.