CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – On Thursday, August 27, Hillary Clinton will travel to Cleveland, Ohio for a grassroots organizing meeting as part of her efforts to work for every vote and take nothing for granted during this campaign. During the event, Clinton and volunteers will be asking supporters to fill out a “Commit to Vote” […]
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, will be the featured speaker at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the downtown Cleveland Public Library. Margaret Bernstein, WKYC director of advocacy and community initiatives, will interview Fulton during a candid conversation on stage in the Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, 325 Superior Ave. It […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Former President George W. Bush served as keynote speaker Thursday at the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation’s 2014 Presidential Scholarship Luncheon, which raised a record $1.6 million to benefit veterans’ initiatives and student scholarships. More than 1,200 people attended the sold-out luncheon at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel to help raise critically […]
There’s also chances to see how many signed up in different states, including Ohio. Americans may be able to keep their individual insurance plans for one more year, under a fix offered by President Obama on Thursday to address a controversial provision of the Affordable Care Act. The deal is meant to mollify […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama blamed Republicans Friday for the failure of Congress to reach an agreement to stave off the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration, calling the cuts “dumb” and “arbitrary.” “At a time when our business has finally begun to get some traction, hiring new workers, and bringing jobs back to America, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Plenty of yelling and crying inside a Cleveland courtroom for the sentencing of three convicted murderers. March 14, 2012, 29-year-old Christopher Johnson was shot in the head while driving and then crashed into a home in the 2100 block of West 98th Street in Cleveland. Three men have been convicted of […]
(CNN) — The bill that backs the United States away from its fiscal cliff awaited President Barack Obama’s signature Wednesday, but new battles over taxes and spending await Washington in the next few weeks. Congress averted that self-built precipice late Tuesday when the House voted to stave off widespread tax increases and deep spending cuts […]
President Barack Obama announced on Friday he is still “ready and willing” to get a package done to avert the fiscal cliff, the latest development in an ongoing battle to reach an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff before the new year. “As of today I am still ready and willing to get a comprehensive […]
As press begins to take place in preparation of the August 17 release of Whitney Houston’s final film, “Sparkle,” the singer’s co-star, Jordin Sparks, is beginning to shed light on her tragic demise. During a recent interview with the New York Daily News, Sparks recalls her initial plans of walking the Grammy Awards red carpet […]
Did Mitt Romney bring in supporters to cheer him on during his Wednesday speech to the NAACP? That’s the charge made by Hilary Shelton, who heads up the Washington, D.C., chapter of the NAACP. Shelton told Ed Schultz on MSNBC Wednesday night that Romney flew in supporters to Houston to applaud him at the civil […]
WZAK Stone Soul Picnic – Buy Your Tickets Mitt Romney was booed Wednesday at the NAACP conference for promising to repeal the president’s signature health care reform law, bringing him to an awkward halt in the middle of an otherwise civilly-received pitch for black voters. It was an awkward moment that forced him to go […]
PARMA, OH (WOIO) – President Obama kicked off a two-day “Betting on America” bus tour through Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Thursday. In the Cleveland area, President Obama spoke at James Day Park located at 11828 W. Pleasant Valley Road in Parma, Ohio. Obama exited his tour bus with U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and former Ohio Gov. Ted […]