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The Trump Administration has held renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement as a priority from the campaign to present-day. But it’s still not clear if enough issues can be agreed upon in a timely manner. Chief White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow told CNBC Monday that negotiations aren’t dead yet.

In December 2016, a man walked into the Willloughby-Eastlake Public Library and collapsed. “We know it was heroin,” said Lori Caszatt, who manages communications and development for Willoughby-Eastlake in Lake County, just east of Cuyahoga. “Our staff members called 911 and the paramedics and police came and they had to give him several doses of Narcan to have him become alert again.”

The Department of Veterans Affairs is no longer blocking several schools that the Federal Trade Commission penalized for deceptive advertising from enrolling GI Bill students.

The coronavirus pandemic and a summer of demonstrations nationwide have exposed deep racial injustices and made clear the need for urgent social reform, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said in his state of the city address Thursday night. In the 33-minute speech, the four-term mayor rejected the notion of gradual change, warning that unrest will grow more tempestuous unless the city eliminates inequities and racism in the criminal justice system, education and healthcare.

A record number of Black actors have received Emmy nominations this year. American actor and singer Billy Porter talked with NPR about his work on Pose and his feelings about this moment.

Homeroom: A Return to Learning This story is part of ideastream's special series examining the challenges and perils of returning to school during the coronavirus pandemic. As some Northeast Ohio schools prepare to welcome kids back into buildings, staff members are also preparing to go back to work. But this year, they have a whole new set of procedures to keep them and the kids safe from the coronavirus.

Performing Arts studies at the University of Akron took a major hit last month because of massive job cuts campus-wide. With the fall semester about the start, there are some changes afoot.

When you’re a down-ballot candidate — that is, someone not named Joe Biden or Donald Trump — you might spend the summer reintroducing yourself to members of the local Democratic or Republican clubs. This year, you’ll have to make sure you’re not on mute. Cleveland’s Ward 17 Democratic Club has been meeting on Zoom, broadcasting the video on Facebook to neighbors who otherwise would be meeting in person. Last month, the club laid out plans to get out the vote remotely.

Small music venues in the US are looking for a lifeline — and a new bill in Congress called The Restart Act might be it. Advocates say the future of independent venues relies on government relief.

In her Anisfield-Wolf Award-winning novel "The Old Drift," Namwali Serpell charts the history of her homeland of Zambia. Set primarily in the sub-Saharan African nation, Serpell's tale spans more than a century of Zambian history by weaving together the stories of three very different families - one Zambian, one English and one Italian. Three generations of characters intertwine. Many of them are fictional, but a few are based on historic figures dating back to 1904.