In May 1941, Bob Hope performed his first USO show at March Field in California. The performance was the beginning of a five-decade partnership.

The United States is one of three countries that do not offer some form of parental leave to new parents.

The state legislature is racing against a Saturday deadline that would automatically – and massively – expand the number of public schools where students are eligible for private or religious school vouchers.

New research at Ohio State University could lead to better treatments for the number one cause of death in hospitals: sepsis.

Residents in the Linden and Hilltop areas of Columbus have heard promises and solutions before. Over decades, they’ve watched their neighborhoods slide further into poverty, homelessness, joblessness and crime.

Dairy farming in Ohio has gone high-tech. Robots are taking over milking duties on a number of dairy operations in Ohio.

More than 50 million people are under quarantine in China to contain the Wuhan coronavirus, which has infected thousands and is responsible for at least 82 deaths.

In the 1800s, the idea of a black man performing Shakespeare on stage was unthinkable. The Bard represented the highest form of art at the time and one only whites were privileged to interpret.

An Ohio group opposed to the recent nuclear bailout gave up its legal fight last week over a law that sticks ratepayers with the bill for two nuclear power plants.

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