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Leslie Cook is a senior business editor on NPR's Business Desk. In this role, he assigns and edits NPR business reporters and collaborates with show producers and editors on host interviews.

St. Mary Church in Conneaut permanently closed last week – joining the ranks of dozens of Christian churches across Ohio to shutter because of declining attendance.

In a time of crisis, when so many have staked entrenched positions, a new book profiles a popular Cleveland priest who tried to bridge the divide. Towards the end of a traditional Catholic mass, parishioners turn to each other and offer a handshake, a sign of peace and good will. But, when the late Dan Begin was in the pulpit at St. Cecilia, on Cleveland’s southeast side, that handshake blossomed into full-on hugs and conversations. “For some of these people, the sign of peace hug is only time they will be touched all week long,” Begin said in a 2010 interview.

People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.

The Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children marked the likely milestone Wednesday surrounded by police allies and community leaders. The group has been pushing for the city to get "Under Triple Digits" for years now.

Western Reserve Land Conservancy will spend the $10 million over three years to clean up 600 publicly-owned parcels across roughly 60 acres in the St. Clair-Superior and Hough neighborhoods.

The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River make up the world's biggest freshwater system -- and an enormously valuable resource. It supplies drinking water for...

This has been a week of apology and reflection at Elder High School. When the West Side school played St. Xavier on February 2, Elder's student cheering...

St. Petersburg, Russia, is gorgeous, thanks in part to the French architect Jean- Francois Thomas de Thomon. His image, however, has been confused with a Scottish chemist named Thomas Thomson.

Due to coronavirus restrictions dictated by the State of Ohio and the Governor's edicts and Mt. St. Joseph University's suspension of on-campus classes...