Indian River guard details violent work life for staff at juvenile correctional facility

News 5 Cleveland (Investigations) 4/16 8:08A Tara Morgan

An Ohio corrections officer says nothing will change at a facility where violent teens are serving time until those teens are held accountable for staff assaults. Tara Patris says staff at the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility need...

Trump touts Lebanon-Israel ceasefire; Iran signals readiness for talks

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 6:04A Justin Boggs

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Lebanon and Israel will begin a 10-day ceasefire, a move seen as an important step toward easing hostilities linked to tensions between the United States and Iran. The ceasefire is expected to start...

IEA warns Europe has six weeks of jet fuel left amid Iran war

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 5:38A AP via Scripps News Group

Europe has maybe six weeks or so of remaining jet fuel supplies, the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview, warning of possible flight cancellations soon if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war....

Injured passenger awarded $300,000 after a Miami federal jury finds Carnival overserved her alcohol

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 5:34A AP via Scripps News Group

Carnival Cruise Line must pay $300,000 to a former passenger after a federal jury in South Florida found that the company was negligent in serving the woman more than a dozen shots of tequila before she fell down some stairs and suffered a...

Young men more religious than young women for first time, poll finds

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 4:54A Justin Boggs

New Gallup polling shows a sudden rise in religiosity among young men, who are now far more likely than young women to say religion is an important part of their lives. Data released Tuesday, compiled in 2024 and 2025, found that 42% of men ages...

Sotomayor apologizes for ‘hurtful’ comments about Kavanaugh on immigration

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 4:46A John Fritze, CNN

Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a highly unusual public apology to a colleague Wednesday, saying her criticism of Justice Brett Kavanaugh for his writing in an earlier immigration case was unfair. At a recent appearance at the University of Kansas...

Police say former Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax and his wife killed in murder-suicide

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 4:04A Scripps News Group

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, before he killed himself inside their Northern Virginia home, police confirmed Thursday morning. Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said Thursday that both...

US says Iran port blockade is working, forcing ships to turn back

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 3:12A Scripps News Group

U.S. military leaders said Thursday the ongoing blockade of Iranian ports is working. Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced the United States would block all ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports. The move is intended to pressure Iran...

Russia launches massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine, killing 16

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 1:46A AP via Scripps News Group

Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an attack that stretched for hours from daytime into the night, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80 others as terrified residents cowered...

Why the health care industry gets a hiring boom while the rest of the labor market cools

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/16 12:57A Stephanie Liebergen

The U.S. labor market is showing signs of strain, but the health care industry is experiencing a hiring boom and carrying much of the load. Recent data shows that while hiring across the board is cooling, health care workers are still very much...

Stark County TRACE team helps crypto scam victims get their money back

News 5 Cleveland (Money) 4/16 12:31A Sara Roth

Law enforcement in Stark County has created a task force to fight cryptocurrency fraud and help scam victims get their money back. The TRACE team (Technology, Response, and Crypto Enforcement) includes representatives from the Stark County...

Middle East war drives consumer sentiment to its lowest level in 70 years

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 4/15 1:27A Joe St. George

President Donald Trump is predicting higher gas prices could last through November as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and tensions with Iran continue to impact the American economy. The International Monetary Fund is predicting slower...

Money in her child's savings account vanished. What went wrong?

News 5 Cleveland (Money) 4/15 12:28A John Matarese

Katelyn Fugate recently checked a savings account she set up for her young son a few years back. Like many parents, she opened the account and left it alone. "I went to check on it to see what the balance was and hopefully start adding to it...

6:30 PM: CMSD board to vote on layoffs

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 4/14 10:23A Maya Morita

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board is expected to vote Tuesday evening on the recent layoffs announced. You can watch the board meeting in the player below at 6:30 p.m.: News 5 livestream event Hundreds of CMSD employees have...

Students at Campus International School walk out in support of teachers being laid off by CMSD

News 5 Cleveland (Metro News) 4/14 9:45A News 5 Staff

Since last Friday, more than 400 Cleveland Metropolitan School District teachers and paraprofessionals have been sent layoff notices. In response, dozens of students participated in a planned walkout to show support for those who will lose their...