AI and drones deployed to help protect World Cup players, fans across the US

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 8:42A Kadia Tubman

For the first time in 30 years, the World Cup is back in the United States, bringing with it unprecedented security risks on the ground and in the air. Eleven cities in the U.S. will host games over the course of the event. In the New York area,...

Melania Trump unveils a spinoff of Trump Accounts for children in foster care

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 8:41A AP via Scripps News Group

First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday announced the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts, a spinoff of the Trump Accounts investment funds meant to give $1,000 to every newborn whose parent opens one....

Trump plans to nominate US Attorney Jay Clayton to be national intelligence director

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 8:34A AP via Scripps News Group

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence. Trump announced...

'Residual algae' coats part of newly opened Reflecting Pool

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 7:33A Kit Maher, CNN

The Trump administration has spent days heavily promoting the finished renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, crediting the president with making Washington, DC, look better than ever. But a day after the reservoir was filled...

Canada proposes ban on social media accounts for kids under 16 without safety proof

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 7:21A AP via Scripps News Group

Canada introduced legislation on Wednesday that could bar children younger than 16 from having social media accounts unless the companies show they can make their platforms safe. Canada is joining a growing global effort to tighten safety...

House vote to extend spy tool fails and could lapse as Friday deadline looms

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 6:48A AP via Scripps News Group

A key surveillance tool that allows the United States to collect intelligence abroad appears certain to expire after the House on Thursday failed to temporarily extend the program, in a protest of President Donald Trump 's temporary pick to head...

Spotify removed thousands of podcasts promoting online prescription drug sales, investigation finds

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 6:43A Clare Duffy, CNN

Spotify has removed tens of thousands of phony podcasts promoting illegal online pharmacies, a new investigation has found, after reports from CNN and other news outlets exposed the issue last year. Last May, Spotify said it had removed dozens of...

Vital US-Canada Gordie Howe Bridge faces delay despite completion

News 5 Cleveland (World News) 6/11 6:17A AP via Scripps News Group

The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Donald Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to unresolved issues. In a statement released before a scheduled Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony...

Man pleads guilty to assassinating a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 6:11A

The man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House and her husband, as well as the nonfatal shootings of a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday after prosecutors said they...

The US is hosting the World Cup, but nearly half of Americans don’t care

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 5:42A Justin Boggs

Despite the U.S. hosting this years World Cup, many Americans arent that interested in the worlds best coming stateside. In a poll of registered voters by Emerson College , 22% said they are very interested and 33% said they are somewhat...

OB-GYN group makes vaccine recommendations for the first time

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 5:21A AP via Scripps News Group

A prominent OB-GYN group announced vaccine recommendations on Wednesday that differ from what the U.S. government advises. The immunization schedule is specifically for pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women. It aligns with prior...

Pentagon lockdown and evacuation was due to a false alarm, sources say

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 5:15A Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, Da

The Pentagon lockdown and evacuation was due to a false alarm, two sources familiar told CNN. Multiple floors and corridors inside the building had been locked down and others were evacuated due to a hazardous materials incident, three sources...

20-year-old wanted on 11 felonious assault counts after Ohio festival shooting

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 4:57A AP via Scripps News Group

Police in Ohio were searching for a 20-year-old man in connection with a shooting between two rival groups that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood festival, while authorities asked for help identifying a person they called a second...

$20 million in fake goods from Hong Kong seized ahead of World Cup

News 5 Cleveland (World News) 6/11 4:53A AP via Scripps News Group

Just hours before the World Cup kicked off, Hong Kong authorities announced they seized 230,000 suspected counterfeit items worth an estimated $20 million, including jerseys tied to the tournament. The seizure included about 30,000 jerseys, some...

Mexico opens 2026 World Cup against South Africa in historic first match

News 5 Cleveland (National News) 6/11 4:33A Toni Waterman

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off Thursday in Mexico City, with one of the three host nations, Mexico, facing South Africa at Estadio Azteca at 3 p.m. Eastern in the tournament's opening match. Mexico is now the first country in FIFA history to...