Ohio

Authorities in Ohio launched a homicide investigation after the bodies of three women were found Saturday inside a home in Columbus.

Republican state Rep. Josh Williams said Wednesday on social media he’s introducing a bill to make flag planting in sports a felony in the state.

Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow’s Ohio home was burglarized this week, the most recent high-profile athlete to be the victim of such crime.

An explosion at an Ohio home Tuesday killed two people, injured one and sent debris flying throughout a neighborhood, authorities said.

A small group was reported chanting racial slurs and white nationalist slogans while carrying Nazi flags in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.

A former police officer was convicted of murder in the 2020 shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed.

A rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000.

The primate care worker ‘sustained a partial amputation of the thumb,’ the Ohio institution said in a statement.

A giant inflatable pumpkin took center stage in a viral dash cam video as it escaped its display in Cleveland, leading to a comical police chase. Officers struggled to wrangle the oversized decoration, with one even being briefly engulfed by the inflatable before backup arrived to bring the pumpkin home safely.

The leak in Whitewater Township involves styrene, a gas used in the production of plastic, rubber, fiberglass and other structural material.

In wake of controversy over comments made by former President Donald Trump in a presidential debate, some Chicago-area residents are pushing to support Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Long known as “America’s Roller Coast,” Cedar Point announced Thursday that a record-breaking “tilt coaster” will be opening at the Sandusky, Ohio park in 2025, maintaining the park’s standing as home of some of the world’s most innovative attractions.

An 8-year-old Ohio girl is home safe after she took her mother’s car and drove to Target 25 minutes away as her family and police searched for her.

An Ohio city at the center of a political furor over Haitian migrants has canceled its annual celebration of cultural diversity in response to days of violent threats that have closed schools and government offices.

The woman behind an early Facebook post that helped spark baseless rumors about Haitians eating pets told NBC News that she feels for the immigrant community.

Bomb threats on Friday forced the evacuation and closure of public schools and municipal buildings for a second consecutive day, as the city continues to deal with sudden national attention due to false claims involving its Haitian population.

A bomb threat was sent to several city agencies in Springfield, Ohio, on Thursday morning, prompting multiple facilities to be evacuated, including Springfield City Hall, Fulton Elementary School and area locations of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Vance, the GOP vice presidential nominee, alluded to Aiden Clark, an 11-year-old boy who died when his school bus collided with a minivan driven by a Haitian immigrant.

The video, which police released Saturday, shows Akron police shooting a 54-year-old man they were trying to arrest during an investigation into the theft of a U-Haul box truck.

At the start of the summer, America’s Roller Coast was at the center of attention in the amusement industry, premiering a new roller coaster that reimagined a previous record-breaking attraction.