Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 7:37A AP via Scripps News Group

Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. "It was instinctual. No one taught me how to do it," she said of songwriting through a raspy voice she attributed to screaming along...

Judge denies request to halt UFC event on White House grounds

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 7:16A Scripps News Group

A federal judge on Friday refused to block a scheduled UFC event at the White House. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied a request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that sought to halt UFC Freedom 250, an event...

Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 6:37A AP via Scripps News Group

A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government. Earlier this...

Hundreds gather in protest over data center near Nashville Zoo

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 6:26A Scripps News Group

Across the country, data centers are rapidly being built to fuel AI and digital communications. Their environmental impact and placement in both rural and densely populated locations, however, has sparked intense debate. At a packed Nashville...

Texas shooting leaves 1 dead and 9 injured; suspect confirmed dead

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 6:15A AP via Scripps News Group

A shooting Friday in Midland, Texas, left one person dead and nine others in the hospital, Mayor Lori Blong said. The active shooter incident has since been resolved, and the suspect is confirmed deceased according to city officials. "Officers...

Trump administration condemns '86 47' markings on National Mall

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 5:56A Scripps News Group

The Trump administration is condemning markings found on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that officials say could be interpreted as threatening toward President Donald Trump. Photos circulating online appear to show a patch of grass marked...

Could your iPhone be to blame for America’s baby decline?

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 5:55A Justin Boggs

From 2007 through 2024, the U.S. birth rate steadily declined after nearly three decades of relative stability. While some have speculated that the decline stems from socioeconomic factors such as the cost of health care, child care or housing...

Hispanic and younger independents turn away from Trump as inflation, gas prices persist

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 4:37A AP via Scripps News Group

Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, a new AP-NORC polling analysis finds, particularly those without a college degree. The analysis from researchers at The Associated Press-NORC Center...

Facebook, Instagram appear to recover after brief outage

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 4:25A Scripps News Group

Facebook and Instagram appeared to be slowly coming back online Friday after users reported widespread outages. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks online service disruptions, more than 100,000 outage reports were submitted about...

White House tests lights and stage equipment ahead of UFC fight on the lawn this Sunday

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 4:01A Nathaniel Reed

A UFC fight is set to take place on the White House lawn this Sunday, with lighting tests already visible across the Washington, D.C., night sky. A massive temporary structure referred to as "the claw" is already in place on the grounds. The...

Pope to traffickers of migrants: Stop, repent or face God's wrath

News 5 Cleveland (World News) 6/12 3:54A AP via Scripps News Group

Pope Leo XIV warned human smugglers on Friday that they will face God's wrath for exploiting the desperation of migrants, demanding they stop and repent during his final day in this epicenter of the African migration route to Europe. For the...

Damage surveys underway after multiple tornadoes slam Illinois, Indiana

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 2:28A AP via Scripps News Group

Authorities and residents searched tornado-ravaged areas and assessed damage Friday after a strong line of storms barreled through communities south of Chicago, leaving around 380,000 customers without power in Illinois and Indiana and disrupting...

9-year-old boy hospitalized after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle in Cleveland

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 6/12 2:19A Kierston Richardson

A 9-year-old boy is in the hospital after being hit by a car on Riverside, according to Cleveland police. The accident happened around 6 p.m. When officers arrived, they found the child with minor injuries. The car was traveling west on Riverside...

Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX shares jump after going public

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/12 2:07A AP via Scripps News Group

SpaceX jumped 11% as the rocket makers stock opened for trading. That price gives the company a market value of $1.96 trillion and is enough to make CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire. Institutional and retail investors jumped at the...

Bill introduced to allow Ohio to rejoin Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 6/12 1:40A Caitlin Hunt

A new transportation bill has been introduced in the Ohio Senate that would allow Ohio to rejoin a regional rail planning compact with neighboring states. Senate Bill 449, if passed, would put Ohio back into the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail...