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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the alleged Tree of Life synagogue shooter, but faith leaders and members of the Pittsburgh congregation are of many minds on whether it's the right path.

"Space the final frontier... To boldly go where no man has gone before." These are the words millions of Americans learned by heart watching the original "Star Trek" series in the late 1960s and re-runs decades later. One of the stars of that show is the subject of a new documentary, "Woman in Motion," by Parma-born filmmaker Todd Thompson, which spotlights the little-known story of Nichelle Nichols, better known as Lieutenant Uhura.

Experts say local governments and entrepreneurs still have to answer many questions about proposed Hyperloops that promise to whiz passengers hundreds of miles in a matter of minutes though vacuum tubes. The foremost of those questions: Will Hyperloop actually work? “There’s a big difference between theory and reality,” said Harvey Miller, the director of the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis at Ohio State University. “Even if it works on a test track in Nevada, will it scale to inter-city distances?”

The Fraser fir is found in a lot of homes around Christmas. But its wild cousins have been in decline for almost a century because of a small invasive pest.

For nearly five years, Cleveland has been under a consent decree. Years of tension between the city police department and some community members over claims of excessive force prompted the U.S. Justice Department to take action. In December 2014, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder came to town with the findings of a nearly two-year investigation of Cleveland police practices. The report documented numerous uses of excessive force, involving shooting, tasers and hitting suspects.

If asked to a draw a musical map of the city, many Clevelanders would place classical music in University Circle, jazz on the East Side and heavy metal and polka on the West Side. George Blake wondered if that’s what Cleveland really looks like.

The federal government estimates nearly 1 million children under the age of 5 went uncounted in the 2010 U.S. Census.

The Trump Administration is encouraging Ohio and other states to adopt a new federal proposal that would cap Medicaid spending and potentially save money. State lawmakers have not indiciated if Ohio's Medicaid program will embrace block grants as an alternate way to pay for the health insurance program. Proponents say the block grants will provide more flexibility for states. Critics say the plan, which was rolled out last week, would simply pass costs along to low-income recipients and might discourage them from getting medical care.

Updated at 11:14 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Cleveland-area hospitals are ramping up coronavirus testing and area residents are responding in droves. Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals opened a new drive-thru testing center, at the UH Landerbrook Health Center in Mayfield Heights on Tuesday. This is in addition to the original site which opened Saturday near University Circle.

The Glynn County Police Department was the initial investigative agency in Ahmaud Arbery's killing. The department had a tangled history of corruption and scandals long before the Arbery case.