Ohio plans a swift appeal of a decision declaring the state's private school voucher system unconstitutional. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jaiza Page found Tuesday that the EdChoice program violates Ohio's constitutional requirement for “a thorough and efficient system of common schools.”
In Cleveland, the National Weather Service warns heat indexes will climb into the 100-degree range from Saturday into Wednesday. Temperatures are unlikely to cool off much overnight, contributing to increasingly warm conditions.
The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. It declared that all enslaved people in the state were free and had “absolute equality.”
Opponents of Trump’s administration are set to rally in hundreds of cities on Saturday during the military parade in Washington to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary, which coincides with Trump’s birthday.
A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.
If you see the Goodyear Blimp this week, there's a reason why. The Akron-based tire company is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its first blimp to take flight on June 3, 1925. The airships took to the skies on Tuesday, and will again on Wednesday and Thursday, flying over land that once housed the company's original hangar.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat Fischer has announced a bid to unseat Justice Jennifer Brunner with two years left on his current term. The 67-year-old Republican Fischer would be ineligible due to constitutional age limits from running by the time his six-term term expires in 2028. He says he’ll instead face off against the 68-year-old Brunner.
Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami has never been limited to one medium, creating paintings, sculptures, luxury goods with fashion houses like Louis Vuitton, album covers and an exclusive merchandising collection with Major League Baseball.
Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.
There are also outbreaks in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Three people, including two school-aged children, have died from measles this year.
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