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App lets students make anonymous reports about bullying, unsafe behaviour | Toronto Star

Reporting a bullying incident will soon be almost as simple as sending a text message for students in Toronto’s Catholic school board.Starting Wednesday, about...

Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival ventures into new territory with ‘Out of the Bachs’ (preview)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Thank your iPod's "shuffle" function for the offbeat prelude to this year's Baldwin Wallace University Bach...

Cleveland Orchestra announces dates, details of 2017 ‘Summers @ Severance’ season

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Keep the faith. Summer is on the way. So near, in fact, is the warm season,...

FiveOne Experimental Orchestra puts local beers, composers on tap with ‘Homebrew’ concert

CLEVELAND, Ohio - After a stint abroad, John Thompson, artistic director of FiveOne Experimental Orchestra, is ready to eat...

Comment here on cleveland.com court and crime stories for Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- cleveland.com readers can comment below on crime and court stories appearing on the website on Tuesday, Feb. 28,...

Trump blames Obama for protests; defense spending hike planned; deadly plane crash in Calif.:...

Featured stories Trump says Obama is behind protests against him (USA Today) Trump to propose 10 percent spike in...

Man who fell asleep with fingers on guns’ triggers headed to jail

ELIZABETH, N.J. — Prosecutors say a man found sleeping in a car with his fingers on the triggers of two loaded guns will be...

Muhammad Ali Jr. says airport detention made him feel ‘violated’

Muhammad Ali’s son said Monday he felt “violated” when immigration officials questioned him about his religion at a Florida airport.“I was just appalled,” Muhammad...

Maine West welcomes new therapy dog

Teddy is only 9 months old, but he usually doesn't act his age.The young golden retriever -- and newest employee at Maine West High...

Thunderstorms could reach severe-level today, temperatures warming back up: Cleveland weather forecast Tuesday, Feb....

Hourly temperature forecast.Kelly Reardon, cleveland.com  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Get ready for plenty of rain and thunderstorms today in Cleveland....

Ohio man found dead in drainage pipe after fleeing crash

BRIDGEPORT, Ohio -- A man fleeing the scene of a minor crash in...

De Blasio to call for 90 new homeless shelters

Mayor de Blasio will reportedly call for 90 homeless shelters to be built all around the city, as part of a plan expected to...

15 injured after part of float collapses during Rio’s Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO — The top of a float collapsed during Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Carnival parade early Tuesday, injuring at least 15...

Man arrested for planning to help ISIS develop missiles

SYDNEY — Australian counterterrorism police arrested a man on Tuesday who officials say was planning to advise the Islamic State group on how to...

2 arrested in Carpentersville indoor marijuana grow operation

Two Carpentersville residents were charged after police executed a search warrant Thursday that turned up an indoor grow operation of 66 marijuana plants.Robbie Marinkovich,...

60-year prison sentence in $1.35 million Aurora heroin bust

An Aurora man convicted of possessing nearly 20 pounds of heroin in one of the largest drug arrests in Kane County history was sentenced...

Wanted: bands for summer concerts at Algonquin Commons

It has been just about warm enough lately to sit outside and listen to some bands play at the Algonquin Commons mall along the...

4 dead, 2 injured after plane hits houses in California

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Four people died and two were injured when a small plane carrying a family returning from a cheerleading competition crashed into...

Kucherov’s hat trick helps Lightning turn back Senators 5-1

TAMPA, Fla. -- Nikita Kucherov gave the trade-depleted Tampa Bay Lightning a much-needed lift.Kucherov scored three power-play goals in the second period and the...

Wild beat Kings 5-4 on Granlund’s overtime winner

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild have once again snuffed out a potential losing streak before it started.This win might have been their...