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  Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , CLEVELAND, Ohio – Led by the Cleveland Foundation, the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced on Wednesday its 17 th  cycle of biweekly grants as part of its Phase II efforts to support the greater Cleveland nonprofit community during the ongoing pandemic. In total, $196,000 were granted to five organizations and groups serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. Since the start of the fund in March 2020 when the pandemic hit the U.S. with a vengeance, partners have granted more than $18 million. In addition to the Cleveland Foundation, other partners of the GCCRRF, 23 of them in fact, include Cuyahoga County, the Gund Foundation, United Way of Cleveland, Huntington Bank, Key Bank, Third Federal Foundation, Saint Lukes Foundation, and the Payne Fund.   The latest round of grant recipients includes the following: McKinley Community Outreach Center  ($20,000): To support infrastructural, operational, a

  Outgoing New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo Clevelandurbannews .com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief ALBANY, New York- Embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a three-term Democrat, has announced he will resign following a damning report from the state's attorney general that, among a host of other conclusions, found that he sexually harassed 11 women and sought to retaliate against at least one of his accusers after she went public with her allegations. "Wasting energy on distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing, and I cannot be the cause of that," Cuomo, 63, said Tuesday from the state capital of Albany, New York. "I think that, given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing. His lawyer, Rita Glavin, tried to discredit the report, saying

  Cleveland Mayoral Candidate Justin Bibb Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio -  In a slight to Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley, who many political insiders believed would be selected, the editorial board of the Cleveland Plain Dealer has endorsed novel candidate Justin Bibb for mayor to replace outgoing four-term Mayor Frank Jackson the city's third Black mayor, and its longest serving mayor.  CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PLAIN DEALER ENDORSEMENT AT CLEVELAND.COM Jackson announced this summer that he would not seek an unprecedented fifth term. In a well written editorial published at its online affiliate of Cleveland.com and as a cover story of Sunday's printed edition, Ohio's largest newspaper said that though Bibb, who graces the cover, is young at 34 and has no political experience, he has the visio

Ohio GOP Governor Mike DeWine Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's GOP governor said during a press briefing on Friday that hospitalizations of unvaccinated people in Ohio from the coronavirus are 98 percent greater in comparison to vaccinated people, though he has not issued any restrictions as he prepares for reelection in 2022 amid primary opponents and friction in his on party brought on primarily by COVID-19 orders he set forth during the height of the pandemic last year. (Those orders included mask wearing mandates, statewide curfews, and  the temporary shut down of a host of businesses, including bars and in-house restaurants). Also during his briefing, the governor urged Ohioans who have not done so to get vaccinated and emphasized what he says are disparities between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated i

   U.S. track and field star and Olympic medalist Allyson Felix Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com TOKYO, Japan- Allyson Felix, a Black U.S. track and field star competing in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, has won her second consecutive Olympic medal in the women's 400-meter at 35-years-old, finishing with a time of 49.46 seconds and winning the bronze metal on Friday. Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas won the gold with a personal-best time of 48.36 seconds and  Marileidy Paulino from the Dominican Republic took the silver with a time of 49.20 seconds. A Los Angeles native who now resides in Santa Clarita, California, Felix has garnered 10 track medals over the years via five Olympic games, matching Carl Lewis' U.S. record. She remains the most decorated female track and field star of all time, a distinction she held prior to  the Tokyo Olympics.  From 2003 to 2013, Felix specialized in t

Nina Turner Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, OHIO –  What will former Ohio senator Nina Turner do next after losing Tuesday's special Democratic primary election to Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, a heated election relative to the congressional seat in Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district that was vacated in March by former congresswoman Marca L. Fudge, now the U.S. secretary of housing and urban development with President Joe Biden's administration? The establishment-backed candidate and Fudge's protege, Brown handily defeated all 12 of her Democratic opponents, including the well-financed Turner, and will face Republican Lavern Gore for a Nov. 2 general election, an election that favors the Democratic candidate in the highly Democratic Cuyahoga County, the second largest of Ohio's

  U.S. Congressional candidate  Shontel Brown, the winner of the special Democratic primary election on Tues, Aug 3 as to the open seat in Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes most of Cleveland, a largely Black pocket of Akron, and staggering sections of Akron's Summit County suburbs Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, OHIO – Cuyahoga County Councilwoman   Shontel Brown emerged as the winner among a crowded field of Democrats competing in a special Democratic primary election in Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district on Tuesday, handily defeating her 12 opponents, including Nina Turner, the well-financed front-runner and a former Ohio senator who last year co-chaired the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Also chairwoman of the county Democratic party, Brown will face Republican Lave