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Six University Hospitals staff members are being monitored for signs of coronavirus after they had close contact with three people who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, or COVID-19. Hospital officials announced in a news release Tuesday that the caregivers are on self-quarantine in their homes.

No other state has reported as many cases of COVID-19 behind bars as Ohio, in large part because no other state has tested as many inmates.

With dredged material now viewed as a marketable commodity, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local agencies are seeking public input on a new 20-year dredging plan for Cleveland Harbor. For nearly 50 years, dredged material has been stored in confined disposal facilities, isolating what was dredged from adjacent waterways.

The major ruling against Orange, formerly France Télécom, also gave jail time for former CEO Didier Lombard and other executives.

To decrease the spread of COVID-19, doctors’ offices are opting for telemedicine appointments instead of in-person visits. That’s leading to financial struggles for federally qualified health centers. “The decrease in face-to-face visits is going to have a detrimental impact on community health centers across the state,” said Jean Polster, CEO of Neighborhood Family Practice, a community health center in Cleveland.

More than 200,000 people so far have been reported to have the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The first 100,000 were reported over more than three months; the rest got it in just 12 days.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said tariffs on U.S. allies were necessary to prevent China from "trans-shipping" goods through those countries. He also said China would not change its policies if the U.S. doesn't continue to apply pressure.

A grand jury today handed down an indictment on multiple charges against Ce’Matizea Andrews, Davontae Nettles, and Aaron George in conjuction with the slaying of 9-year-old Saniyah Nicholson, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office. The indictment alleges that on Wednesday June 20, 2018, Andrews, 19, Nettles, 19, George, 18, and a juvenile were involved in a shootout on Lee Road in the Lee-Miles neighborhood.

Officials said the allegations of inappropriate touching and harassment date from 1979 to 1997. They include students who were varsity players in 14 sports and patients of Student Health Services.

The University of Akron is eliminating about one-fifth of its academic degrees. The move is part of an Academic Program Review presented to the Board of Trustees Wednesday. The 80 degrees or degree tracks being phased out affect 1000 of its 22,000 students. It includes a master’s in physics and a doctorate and master’s in sociology. Green said no faculty will be laid off as the degree tracks are eliminated. The school is investing more in some degrees like computer science, dance, music, and cyber-security, as well as hiring 31 full-time faculty.