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United States President Joe Biden Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief WASHINGTON, D.C. –After agreeing to hear arguments in a case earlier this month the U.S. Supreme Court this week agreed to hear arguments in a second case that challenges President Joe Biden's executive order that relieves federal student loan debt for millions of Americans for up to $20,000 per eligible person. Some 16 million people have already been approved for the federal student loan forgiveness   but no debt is currently allowed to be canceled as litigation ensues over the controversial matter. The  president, however, has extended the federal government’s pause on student loan repayments during the pandemic until June of next year.  Both of the aforementioned cases before the Supreme Court will be heard at once in February of next year and both challenge the constitutionality of the student loan forgiveness program as

Ribbon cutting at the grand opening of the Ashley Stewart retail store at Shaker Town Centre in Shaker Hts, Ohio on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. From left: Shaker Hts. Mayor David E. Weiss, an Ashley Stewart customer, Call and Post Newspaper Executive Director and CEO Dale Edwards, Shaker Town Centre store sales manager Nikeia Johnson, Shaker Town Centre a ssistant store manager Charnelle Maxwell, Ashley Stewart District Manager Katrice Collins, Ashley Stewart Severance Town Center store sales manager Teona Nickson, Ashley Stewart Southgate Shopping Center store sales manager Shanita Ivey, and Ashley Stewart marketing coordinator Morgan Rupinksi.  All photos and video by Fred Barkley and  Clevelandurbannews.com Video coverage of the ribbon cutting at the grand opening of the Ashley Stewart retail store at Shaker Town Centre in Shaker Hts, Ohio on Sat., Dec. 10, 2022,  Video by Fred Barkley and  Clevelandurbannews.com   Shaker Hts. Mayor David E. Weiss and   Ashley Stewart marketing coordi

Omnisun Azali ,  36, the son of a Cuyahoga County Common pleas judge. A common pleas  jury, on Friday, Dec 9,  2022, found him guilty of murdering his wife Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio - Following a two week trial before visiting and retired judge Patricia Cosgrove and after jury deliberations that began Thursday morning that lasted 10 hours, a  Cuyahoga County common pleas jury in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday found the son of a Black common pleas judge guilty of killing his wife in May of last year and of several other charges Omnisun Azali, 36 and of Euclid, faces 15-years to life on the murder conviction alone when he is sentenced on Dec 14. An appeal is likely, sources said Friday. A county grand jury previously indicted Azali on aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and several other felony charges. The common pleas jury, on Friday, convicted him of all but the aggr

US President Joe Biden announced  the release of Brittney Griner  Thursday, saying the WNBA star is on her way home now after months in Russian detention. Griner was released as part of a prisoner swap for convicted Russian arms dealer  Viktor Bout , according to a source familiar with the matter. Griner had been detained on drug smuggling charges. She testified she had inadvertently packed cannabis oil that was found in her luggage at an airport and was  sentenced to nine years  in prison in August. Thursday's swap did not include another American that the State Department has declared wrongfully detained,  Paul Whelan. ......Read the full story at  CNN.com Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com the mo st read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest T el: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As t o the Obama interview, CLICK

Cleveland Police Chief Wayne Drummond (5th from lt and center) poses with police leaders sworn in on Tues, Dec 6, including the five community police district commanders of Commanders Robert Tucker (3rd from lt) Thomas Stacho (4th from rt), Jarrod Schlacht (3rd from rt), Johnny Johnson (2nd from rt) and Maurice Brown (far rt) Clevelandurbannews.com   and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Comprehensive article CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb, Public Safety Director Karrie D. Howard and Police Chief Wayne Drummond on Tuesday announced changes to the Cleveland Division of Police command staff, including naming the mayor's selected five community police district commanders, two of whom replace two demoted police district commanders who were appointed by the mayor's predecessor, former mayor Frank Jackson. Both Jackson and Bibb are Black.  None of the announced police department leadership appointments i