What you need to know Friday, June 14, 2019 |
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| | Museum of the Bible says some of its Dead Sea Scrolls fragments likely fake |
| | The skies are expected to clear today in the Cleveland area, with sunshine and highs in the low 70s. The weekend is a different story, with chances of showers and thunderstorms on both Saturday and Sunday. Read more. |
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Farm aid: All this rain has left farmers way behind in planting crops, cleveland.com’s Emily Bamforth reports. Ohio is the second-hardest hit state, behind Indiana. Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported the state’s crops were 80 percent planted by May 26. This year, the state was at 22 percent. Jury awards Gibson’s: A Lorain County jury awarded Gibson’s Bakery $33 million in punitive damages in a case against Oberlin College, bringing the total damages in the case to more than $40 million, Emily Bamforth reports. The jury found the college and Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo liable on three different counts last Friday, awarding more than $11 million in actual damages. This Week in CLE: Cleveland.com reporters are the leaders in gathering news in Northeast Ohio, and now you can hear their analysis and reviews of issues with This Week in CLE podcast. Liven up the Friday morning commute with the podcast, which is released Thursday night. This week, editor Chris Quinn talks with cleveland.com reporters and editors about issues such as Bill Mason’s return to Cuyahoga County government, whether the county should again elect its sheriff, and that earthquake that shook Northeast Ohio. You can download the podcast here, which is available on several platforms or can be heard on the RSS feed in the player of your choice. Strauss lawsuits: Ohio State University faces two more lawsuits by former students and athletes who say they were sexually assaulted by former university team Dr. Richard Strauss, cleveland.com’s Eric Heisig reports. The lawsuits were filed by 17 people this week in federal court in Columbus. Expense reports: Cleveland City Councilman Ken Johnson, who for more than a decade has been reimbursed $1,200 a month for expenses that often lacked supporting documentation, is finally getting some well-deserved scrutiny. Cleveland.com’s Mark Naymik writes that City Council President Kevin Kelley has made good on a promise to hire an accounting firm to audit the expense reports submitted by Johnson -- and those of his colleagues. Legally blind: A Cuyahoga County Jail inmate is now legally blind in one eye after she slipped on a puddle of water inside the jail, cleveland.com’s Adam Ferrise reports. In a lawsuit, she argues that jail staff refused to send her for medical treatment at a hospital for two months and that if she received immediate treatment, doctors could have saved her eyesight. Ryan gets a spot: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Youngstown will be one of 20 presidential aspirants on stage during the first two Democratic debates later this month in Miami, cleveland.com’s Seth A. Richardson reports. Ryan’s inclusion gives his long-shot White House hopes a chance to appear in front of a broader audience. College access: Cuyahoga Community College is launching two education and workforce development access centers at nonprofits in neighborhoods on either side of Cleveland, cleveland.com’s Emily Bamforth reports. The new access centers will offer enrollment services, GED classes, adult diploma classes, English as a Second Language classes and more. ACLU letter: The ACLU of Ohio and other groups are urging Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson to reconsider its participation in a Justice Department program tailored toward combatting violent and drug crimes. Cleveland.com’s Eric Heisig reports the groups sent a letter referencing several actions the Justice Department took under President Donald Trump. Anti-trust: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has been talking with his counterparts in other states about possible anti-trust action against big tech companies, Cleveland.com’s Jeremy Pelzer reports. Yost is one of an estimated 12 to 20 state attorneys general who have been discussing how to address anti-trust concerns with tech platforms such as Facebook and Google. Special prosecutor: Euclid released the name of the attorney who will serve as a special prosecutor to investigate potential misdemeanor criminal charges against police officer Michael Amiott for a 2017 beating of a motorist that captured national attention. Cleveland.com’s Cory Shaffer reports the city tapped longtime Mayfield Village criminal defense attorney Dominic Vitantonio to handle the investigation. Irish ambassador: The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved Lake County resident Ed Crawford as the next U.S. ambassador to Ireland, filling a vacancy that began when Donald Trump was inaugurated, cleveland.com’s Sabrina Eaton reports. Crawford heads the Edward Crawford Group and Park-Ohio Industries, an international conglomerate with more than 7,500 employees. Bridge down: The Center Street swing bridge, which connects the East Side with the West Side in the Flats, was knocked out of commission by a wayward lawn tractor, cleveland.com’s Robert Higgs reports. Slow dope: The majority of the businesses that Ohio regulators selected to build medical marijuana dispensaries are not up and running – and the state is threatening to yank licenses of many of them because of the delays, Cleveland.com’s Laura Hancock reports. In the medical marijuana seed-to-sale chain, dispensaries have become the link experiencing the latest bottleneck in a program beset by delays. Here we go Brownies: Still not sure what to get Dad for Father's Day? It’s fourth down at the two-minute warning. With Baker Mayfield and Odell Beckham Jr. leading the way, the Browns promise to be different this year. So cleveland.com’s Joey Morona came up with this list of 19 (Bernie Kosar's number) Father's Day gift ideas for Browns fans. Buckeye-Shaker group agrees to settlement with unpaid workers; Cleveland Councilman Ken Johnson never responded to suit Read more Grand River post office may be renamed for police officer killed in Iraq, Andrew Nowacki Read more Seven Hills mayoral candidate Matt Trafis drops out, cites ‘dirty politics’ Read more Berea school board hires assistant superintendent in no-interview, ‘word-of-mouth’ process Read more Riders stuck on Cedar Point’s Gatekeeper roller coaster Read more Lorain County offering free Lyft rides for Fourth of July weekend Read more Akron launches ‘Midnight Basketball’ league with motivational speakers to reduce youth violence Read more Ohio officials seek to promote 3D-printing of prosthetics via law change Read more Apparent tornado spotted in Geauga County; severe weather knocks down barn and rips off roof Read more Akron cop resigns after body cam video surfaces Read more Woman beat mother to death in Cleveland, police say Read more Euclid man charged in killing of 33-year-old man in the victim’s home Read more Austin, Texas police mistake man for double-murder suspect charged in Interstate 90 shooting in Cleveland Read more Akron police arrest 3 teens in connection with burglaries Read more Cleveland woman rammed car after challenging boyfriend’s ex to fight on Facebook Live, records say Read more Akron man accused of attacking father taking children to Cleveland Indians game Read more Jury convicts Parma Heights parolee in pen-pal slayings; death penalty phase awaits Read more Cleveland-area computer network engineer sentenced for downloading child porn Read more Euclid skating rink party ends with police pepper spraying hundreds of teens, owner says Read more 2 charged with kidnapping during attempted break-in at Rally's Read more Former Kent State student pleads guilty in sexual assault case Read more | | To ensure receipt of our emails, please add cleveland.com_newsletters@update.cleveland.com to your address book or safe sender list. 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