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Expect a sunny and slightly breezy Monday in Northeast Ohio, with a high temperature near 60. Clear skies should roll in overnight, with highs in the upper 40s. Read more.

Scores

Arizona Cardinals 37, Cleveland Browns 14

The headlines

No precedent: Ohio Supreme Court Justice Patrick DeWine’s refusal to recuse himself from trio of redistricting lawsuits, in which his father -- Gov. Mike DeWine -- is a defendant who will testify as a witness, might be unprecedented. Cory Shaffer could find no example where the state’s high court was asked to decide whether a judge can pass judgment on a close family member.

Council PAC: Cleveland City Council president-turned-mayoral candidate Kevin Kelley gave thousands of dollars from a political action committee, traditionally controlled by the council president, to council colleagues who supported his bid for mayor. Courtney Astolfi reports the decades-old PAC generally has been used to fund sitting council members’ bids for re-election and is largely fueled by donations from Cleveland’s business community. Under Kelley’s control, the fund donated exclusively to his closest allies up for re-election, including all the council incumbents who have endorsed him in the race against nonprofit executive Justin Bibb, and the two members of his council leadership team.

Rescinding anti-racism resolution: Ten members of the Ohio State Board of Education voted Wednesday night to eliminate a resolution that had recognized racism and inequity against students of color in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Laura Hancock lists the members who passed a resolution in its place saying that there’s “a troubling focus on the color of one’s skin rather than on the content of one’s character.”

Afghanistan escape: As a young girl in Afghanistan, Mursal would lie in bed at night, lost in an imaginary where she would be free to ride a horse. Hannah Drown writes that after a harrowing escape from the Taliban, she is in Ohio enjoying simple pleasures out of reach for her in her homeland, such as fishing, boating and apple picking.

This Week in the CLE

Does the fact that the Ohio State Board of Education rescinded an anti-racism and equity resolution mean members are racist? We’re asking on This Week in the CLE, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.

Statehouse & Politics

Senate race: Republicans running for one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats reported their campaign hauls on Friday just ahead of the latest federal quarterly deadline. JD Vance reported $1.75 million in his first quarter as a candidate, on track with other Republican candidates’ first quarters, reports Andrew Tobias.

House race: About $550,000 of the $1 million former White House aide Max Miller has raised since announcing his candidacy in February has come from his own pocket. Sabrina Eaton has the latest campaign finance reports from U.S. House candidates.

Bank accounts: Ohio attorney General Dave Yost on Friday joined 19 other Republican state attorneys general in objecting to a federal policy proposal that would require financial institutions to give the Internal Revenue Service information on any bank account with a balance of more than $600 whose yearly transactions exceed $600. Sabrina Eaton reports the group wrote a letter to President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that argued that the Treasury Department proposal aimed at reducing tax evasion and improving tax collection “stands in direct opposition to privacy that Americans are entitled to and deserve.”

Vaccine mandate bill: Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp has squelched an attempt to revive legislative hearings on a bill that would forbid businesses from requiring employees be vaccinated against coronavirus or other diseases. On Friday, the Ohio House Health Committee Chair Scott Lipps announced that he has canceled a scheduled seventh hearing, reports Jeremy Pelzer.

Metro

West 25th: The Cleveland City Planning Commission on Friday unanimously approved two interlocking plans for transit and community development in the West 25th Street corridor. The separate “Clark-Fulton Together” and “25 Connects” together envision how the West 25th Street corridor, and particularly the Clark-Fulton neighborhood, could attract high-density, mixed-use transit-oriented development, reports Steven Litt.

Officer hiring: In a bid to fill growing vacancies, Cuyahoga County is condensing its traditional month-long hiring process for corrections officers down to two hours Wednesday in its first hiring event. The idea is a one-stop shop, allowing candidates to apply, test, receive a background check, get a drug screening, and interview with administrators in the same day, reports Kaitlin Durbin.

Popular cars: The Ford F-150 is one of the most recognizable trucks on the road, and last year Ohio residents gravitated to it more than any other motor vehicle on the market. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles issued 31,168 titles to Ford F-150 owners in 2020. Cameron Fields has a look at the top 10 most-titled cars, trucks and SUVs in Ohio during 2020.

COVID

Masks in schools: In Dayton, the incidence of COVID-19 in schools with mask mandates decreased by 67% during the last several weeks, while cases rose by 30% in schools without masking mandates, reports Julie Washington.

Case numbers: Daily COVID case numbers and hospitalizations continue to fall statewide, as the Delta variant-fueled wave that began this summer recedes. For seven of the last eight days, the daily coronavirus case total was lower than the 21-day average, reports Jane Morice.

Crime

Jail lawsuit: A former Cuyahoga County Jail inmate with mental illness on Friday sued the county and several officers over a 2019 incident in which officers pepper-sprayed him twice at close range, including once while other officers pinned him to the ground, reports Adam Ferrise.

Bicyclist killed: A 65-year-old Shaker Heights bicyclist died after being struck by a car Thursday morning. The crash happened just before 4:30 a.m. in the area of South Park Boulevard and Shaker Boulevard, Kaylee Remington reports. His official cause of death has not been determined.

Getaway car: The United States Marshals Service arrested a man accused of setting fire to a getaway car that was registered to Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s grandson and used in a 2019 homicide. Deputy marshals arrested James Greathouse late Thursday at an apartment complex in Richmond, Texas, reports Adam Ferrise.

Arts & Entertainment

Orchestra returns: Even more glorious than the Cleveland Orchestra’s long-awaited homecoming was the message proclaimed by the program. Zack Lewis writes that “New Beginnings,” the night’s theme, certainly fit the circumstances, but more powerful were the clear commitments to American music, core repertoire, and deeper explorations of familiar territory.

The Rock: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson answers increasingly personal questions on identity, fitness, and work. From the time he feels most at peace to what it looked like for him to transition from wrestling to Hollywood, he divulges in this video from cleveland.com’s sister site Vanity Fair.

Mass Hysteria: Mass Hysteria, Cleveland’s female-run comedy festival, will return for its third year Oct. 22-24. Anne Nickoloff reports the weekend includes storytelling shows, comedy workshops, improv performances and more over the course of three days.

Other news

Man dies days after apparently inadvertent shooting in car on Ohio Route 8, Akron police say. Read more.

Ohio-based religious group says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti. Read more.