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A New Plan For Attracting Grocery Stores To East Cleveland

Advocates for a grocery store initiative in East Cleveland gathered at a forum this Monday to discuss goals for bringing healthy food to the neighborhood. The Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope (NOAH), a community organizing group, announced at the forum that they’re working with Cuyahoga County Council to develop a framework to attract grocery stores to low-income neighborhoods. They say it should be ready within a year.

In this May 20 photo provided by the office of George H.W. Bush, the former president waves to supporters as his motorcade arrives in Kennebunkport, Maine. A Bush spokesman said the nation's 41st president was eager to get to Maine after enduring his wife's death and then being hospitalized shortly after that with a blood infection.

Former President George H.W. Bush Hospitalized In Maine, Spokesman Says

The 93-year-old former president is hospitalized for low blood pressure and fatigue, says spokesman Jim McGrath. George H.W. Bush arrived in Maine on May 20 for the summer.

Gas and steam erupt from the Halemaumau crater of the Kilauea volcano on Dec. 21 in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Creates 600-Foot-Deep Lava Lake

The volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began erupting more than a week ago and lava continues to flow, creating a huge new lake that's taken the place of a water lake it vaporized.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen here on Oct. 29, told Germans this week, "We're in for a tough winter." New cases of the coronavirus have been hovering at about 20,000 per day recently.

Germany Passes 1 Million Coronavirus Cases As Merkel Warns Of 'A Tough Winter'

With the daily number of new infections hovering around 20,000, Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germans this week that her government may move to extend restrictions into the new year.

A Bradley Fighting Vehicle was involved in the training accident that killed three soldiers at Fort Stewart, in Georgia, on Sunday. Above, a Bradley is stationed to support a patrol mission by U.S.-Iraqi forces in Baghdad.

3 Soldiers Killed In Training Accident At Fort Stewart In Georgia

The tragic early morning training exercise also resulted in three other soldiers being hospitalized. The incident involved the Bradley Fighting Vehicle on which they were riding.

Whiteout Conditions Lead To 140-Vehicle Pileup Near Montreal

The crash spread out over nearly two-thirds of a mile. According to police, two people were killed and 29 were injured.

A U.S. crude oil benchmark has hit record lows. Above, pump jacks draw crude oil near Long Beach, Calif., on March 9.

Free Fall: Oil Prices Go Negative

For the first time ever, a key oil benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, fell below zero on Monday. That means some traders, instead of paying money to buy oil, are paying to get rid of it.

Dow Falls 950 Points, Or 4 Percent, In 2 Days

There was a bloodbath in tech stocks. Companies like Apple depend on foreign markets and there are signs trade tensions are slowing growth in Europe and China. Apple and Facebook stocks have fallen.

Cincinnati Off-Road Alliance volunteers do maintenence work on a mountain bike trail at Devou Park in Kentucky. CORA is constructing the Mt. Airy Bike Trail, in Cincinnati's Mt. Airy Forest.

Work Begins On Mt. Airy Bike Trail

Work is finally beginning on a trail system 20 years in the making. Cincinnati, the Parks Department, and the Cincinnati Off-Road Alliance (CORA) break...

The Tipping Divide

A new study finds that African Americans generally tip their waiters less than white diners, often because blacks are less familiar with the custom of tipping 15 to 20 percent. And restaurant workers of all races dislike waiting on black people because they assume the tips will be less, NPR's Juan Williams reports. Read the study, and suggestions for closing the disparity.

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