Thrills without the bills: How to save at theme parks this summer

News 5 Cleveland (Money) 5/29 12:32A John Matarese

Roller coasters are getting higher and higher, but so are ticket prices at some of the most popular amusement parks. The personal finance site FinanceBuzz found that single-day tickets at 20 popular theme parks averaged $105 in 2025. That's 37%...

Political headwinds mount for Republicans as midterms approach amid Iran war and economic anxiety

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 9:05A Gage Jackson

The political rhetoric in the U.S. is heating up as the midterm elections are now just six months away. But with topics like the Iran war and its impact on the economy dominating conversations, will President Donald Trump's influence help or hurt...

Next El Niño likely to push global temperatures to new highs

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 8:03A AP via Scripps News Group

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. The...

NCAA transfer portal rules, NIL could change under new bipartisan Senate bill

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 7:29A Justin Boggs

Following a decade of seismic shifts in college athletics, a group of U.S. senators has unveiled a bill meant to bring stability to intercollegiate sports. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., released a proposal known as the...

Oura is launching its smallest smart ring yet and a list of new health tracking features

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 6:50A Taylor O'Bier

Oura is launching its newest generation of smart rings, but they will be 40% smaller and coincide with the launch of new health tracking features, the company said Thursday. The company says its Oura Ring 5 is the world's smallest smart ring with...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she’s not running for president in 2028

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 6:24A David Wright

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threw cold water Thursday on the idea of a 2028 presidential bid, saying that while there will be a robust group of people running for president, I will not be one of them. Whitmer made the comments in an interview...

Bruce Springsteen directs star-powered music festival against Trump policies

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 5:59A AP via Scripps News Group

Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., area a month before the midterm elections. Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine...

Trump's DOJ sues 4 Democratic-run states over denying undercover license plates for federal agents

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 5:59A AP via Scripps News Group

President Donald Trump's administration is suing four states over their refusal to issue undercover license plates to federal agents, the latest front in the wider struggle between the White House and Democratic-led states over the Republican...

US boosts Ebola aid to Congo and Uganda by $80 million amid worsening outbreak

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 5:31A AP via Scripps News Group

Aid workers rushed supplies Thursday to the center of Congo's outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus while beleaguered medical personnel struggled with a lack of equipment, a distrustful population and armed groups in a volatile region. A white...

Caesars Entertainment, a Las Vegas Strip icon, sold for nearly $6 billion

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 4:54A AP via Scripps News Group

Caesars Entertainment is being acquired for almost $6 billion by Fertitta, the company that owns Las Vegas' Golden Nugget and chains like Rainforest Cafe and Morton's. Caesars became an iconic name after the opening of Caesar's Palace on the Las...

Ex-CIA official charged with stealing millions of dollars in gold bars from the federal government

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 4:44A AP via Scripps News Group

A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the federal government and stashing them in his home. David Rush was arrested and charged with criminal...

Democrats move to block Trump's triumphal arch near Arlington Cemetery

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 4:40A Nathaniel Reed

Two dozen House Democrats plan to introduce legislation to block construction of a 250-foot triumphal arch that President Trump has proposed building near Arlington National Cemetery. Democrats say the arch would obstruct views of Arlington...

Supreme Court sides with Black death row inmate from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 4:32A AP via Scripps News Group

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him. By a 5-4 vote, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was sentenced to death...

Core inflation at its highest in nearly 3 years, Fed could consider rate hikes

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 4:07A AP via Scripps News Group

A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, squeezing Americans' finances and creating political challenges for President Trump and congressional Republicans with midterm elections just five months away....

Rare blue micromoon sets up for stunning celestial show this weekend

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 5/28 3:39A AP via Scripps News Group

Get set for a rare blue micromoon this weekend a blue moon that's also the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year. A bonus: The brilliant star Antares will photobomb Sunday's spectacle for a celestial three-for-one. A blue moon...