The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee this week announced the 2026 U.S. Youth Olympic Games Team that will compete at the Youth Olympic Games from Oct. 31-Nov. 13 in Dakar, Senegal. Team USA’s delegation will include 29 total athletes representing 12 sports and ranging in age from 13 to 18.

A Hillsboro man was sentenced to 90 days in jail this week after pleading guilty to a 2018 charge of failure to register a change of address as a registered sex offender.

As the federal government faces hundreds of billions of dollars in estimated annual fraud losses, a bipartisan majority of voters want it to use artificial intelligence to help catch waste and abuse, a new poll found.

Hugh Wayne Shaw, a beloved husband, father and friend, passed away peacefully on Sept. 2, 2026, at the age of 89. 

Calling one of the most consequential technological advances in history “artificial intelligence” has not only animated anxieties but also inspired hyperbole including the idea of an inevitable super-intelligence.

Ohio Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Amy Acton has turned down the opportunity to debate her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy.

Trenton City Council must submit to city voters a proposed amendment to the city’s charter that would prohibit the construction of data centers, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled this week.

On Aug. 29, 2026, an Ohioan was killed in a car crash in Fulton County, Ohio. The other driver, Washington G. Naula Ochoa, was an illegal immigrant who had obtained a “drive-only” license in Connecticut. Ochoa has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide.

Ohio’s inspector general says he has uncovered more than $3 million in suspected unemployment benefits fraud dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic period.