This episode originally aired on May 6, 2020. The Trump administration has continued to weaken air pollution regulations despite warnings that long-term exposure to dirty air relates to higher COVID-19 death rates. Harvard researchers made the first statistical link between the two last month, just before the administration loosened some clean air regulations and failed to tighten others.

This episode originally aired on December 5, 2019. On Easter Monday in 1930, a fire trapped hundreds of inmates in the aging Ohio Penitentiary just minutes after they returned to their cells after a holiday supper. What remains the deadliest prison fire in American history claimed the lives of 320 men who hailed from every corner of the country and beyond.

This episode originally aired on June 25, 2020. Protests against police violence and racial injustice have continued in Columbus and around the country since late May. Some demonstrators are calling for the police to be reformed, while others want the departments defunded or even abolished. But who writes the new rules? Who are the demonstrators and who speaks for them?

This episode originally aired on March 9, 2020. Eliese Goldbach never dreamt that the ArcelorMittal steel mill she passed often as a child growing up in Cleveland would one day be her workplace.

This episode originally aired on July 1, 2020. Pro sports are coming back. The MLS, NBA and MLB all have plans to play in July while the NHL is working out the final details of its return. But with the coronavirus pandemic ongoing some players have said they will opt out of the 2020 season.

Daily new coronavirus cases in Ohio have steadily increased from around 400 to more than 1,000. For the first time in two months, Ohio saw an increase in weekly hospitalizations. Gov. DeWine last week announced a new alert system for spotting COVID-19 spikes around the state, but stopped short of mandating masks or announcing any reversals to his reopening plan.

This episode originally aired on January 2, 2020. When it was launched 30 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was set to revolutionize our understanding of the universe.

This episode originally aired on June 30, 2020. In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that certain asylum seekers cannot seek federal court review of their fast-track deportation orders.

Sales of seeds and gardening supplies soared worldwide this spring as people turned to the earth for food, flowers -- and a measure of calm. Burpee & Co., the nation’s largest seed company, logged the most sales in its nearly 140-year-history and saw traffic to its advice web page jump by 75% as the pandemic took hold.

Older adults are generally thought to be more likely to die from COVID-19, younger Americans seem to be spreading it more. Gov. Mike DeWine said last week 60% of Ohio’s new coronavirus cases are in people ages 20-49 and urged younger people to take prevention measures seriously.