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More than 220,000 patients were treated in hospital emergency departments for sledding-related injuries from 2008 through 2017 in the United States, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. Nearly...

With packages still piled up at  postal offices after the Christmas holiday, local businesses have had to wrangle with dissatisfied customers.Late shipments continue to aggravate customers who had hoped to have their items in time for the holidays. Lost or untracked packages have created confusio...

Zack Ward, best known for his role as the neighborhood bully Scut Farkus in “A Christmas Story,” returned to Cleveland just prior to Christmas to promote the work of the Alzheimer’s Association.Ward’s father, Todd, was diagnosed with the disease recently. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has limite...

Celebrities with birthdays todayActor Elaine Joyce is 77. Actor Tim Reid is 76. Musician John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 75. Country singer Janie Fricke is 73. Actor Scott Cohen (“Gilmore Girls”) is 59. Actor Robert MacNaughton (“E.T.”) is 54. Magician Criss Angel is 53. Guitarist Klaus E...

Celebrities with birthdays todayActor Tommy Cole (“The Mickey Mouse Club”) is 79. Drummer Bobby Colomby of Blood, Sweat and Tears is 76. Actor Jenny Agutter (“Call the Midwife”) is 68. Actor Michael Badalucco (“The Practice”) is 66. Actor Blanche Baker (“Shakedown,” ″Holocaust”) is 64. Singer Bil...

Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event premieried on CBS last night, Sunday, Dec. 20 ...Country singing husband and wife duo Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood invited fans into their home studio, Studio G, to celebrate the holidays with them this year in a one-hour concert special. They sang...

Gayle King hosts The 22nd Annual A Home for the Holiday on CBS tonight, Dec. 20, at 9:30 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT. You can also watch the show on CBS.  Regional restrictions may apply.In celebration of those children whose lives have been changed through adoption and foster care, you’ll hear performance...

Guns N’ Roses was unable to tour this year, like so many other bands.But it’s created a way for fans to still have a concert experience -- through pinball.The brainchild of guitarist Slash in partnership with Jersey Jack Pinball, the three Not In This Lifetime machines are over-the-top affairs th...

Celebrities with birthdays todayActor Larry Bryggman (TV’s “As The World Turns,” “film’s “Die Hard: With A Vengeance”) is 82. Singer Carla Thomas is 78. Guitarist Albert Lee is 77. Actor Josh Mostel (“Billy Madison,” “Big Daddy”) is 74. Singer Nick Gilder is 70. Actor Dennis Boutsikaris (“Better ...

– Kid Cudi has matched a career milestone. The Cleveland-born hip hop artist’s seventh studio album “Man on the Moon III: The Chosen” lands at No. 2 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart.“Man on the Moon III” is part of a trilogy that dates back to Cudi’s 2009 debut. The 36-year-old’s latest album e...