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Ohio State Fair highlights mental health on third day
Columbus, Ohio (WSYX) — The Ohio State Fair is spotlighting mental health on its third day, July 25, as part of RecoveryOhio's Mental Health Day. Governor Mike DeWine established the RecoveryOhio initiative to tackle substance use disorders and...

Ohio Looking Into Changes for Law School Accreditation Process
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in April affecting the accreditation process for institutions of higher learning. As Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell covered in an exclusive for The Daily Signal, the executive order focused on...

Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that former OpenAI researcher Shengjia Zhao will lead research efforts at the company’s new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Zhao contributed to several of OpenAI’s largest breakthroughs,...

Dingell joins advocates in underscoring need for Great Lakes research funding
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) discusses her efforts to protect funding for Great Lakes restoration and protection efforts amid threats of cuts from the Trump administration. July 25, 2025 | Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance Great...

Black bears are back. Here’s how the species is recolonizing Ohio
Black bears are back. Here’s how the species is recolonizing Ohio By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom Posted on: Friday, July 25, 2025 < < Back to CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — A roving black bear made headlines earlier this month for...

Great Lakes advocates rally against Trump cuts that would shut down Michigan NOAA research labs
ANN ARBOR, MI — State and regional environmental advocates are pushing federal lawmakers to halt proposed funding cuts that would shut down two Great Lakes research labs — and the protections against major water pollutants they help monitor. The...

Truck driver stays steady amid setbacks at Intel's Ohio chip site
Intel’s decision to slow the pace of construction is not expected to change its timeline to open, which is set for 2030 or 2031. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Intel’s announcement this week that it will further slow construction on its major Ohio chip plants...

Ohio College Library Center in Dublin lays off about 80 employees, cites AI
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), a global library organization that provides shared technology services, original research and community programs, has announced it is laying off about 80 positions at its Dublin...

Pest control is a science and an art for local exterminator
Jack Hooks knows a thing or two about how to control insect pests. He is the fourth generation to own his family’s business, Carothers Pest Control, and his full-time job is protecting homes and businesses from invasive insects. Whether it’s bees,...

A VA visit and other federal news impacting Southwest Ohio
Earlier this month, the VA said a national RIF would be unnecessary after the department lost roughly 17,000 employees since January. The VA said it was on pace to reduce its number of employees by nearly 30,000 nationwide by the end of September,...

Some Ohio House Republicans want U.S. Supreme Court to limit injunction power of lower courts
More than 30 Ohio House Republicans have signed onto a letter with legislators in other states to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take action against federal district courts, claiming many are engaging in judicial overreach. That’s about a third of...

OSU’s TDAI Hosts International Conference on Scalable Scientific Data Management
July 25, 2025 — The Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI) at Ohio State University proudly hosted the 37th International Conference on Scalable Scientific Data Management (SSDBM 2025) from June 23–25, 2025, in the state-of-the-art Ideation...

Ohio property tax reform still in holding pattern
(The Center Square) – Four days after Ohio House Republicans voted to override one of Gov. Mike DeWine’s vetoes regarding property taxes, the Senate has yet to schedule a session to concur. At the same time, policy groups and Democrats continue to...

Manufacturer introduces game-changing technology that could make butter last longer: 'Elevates the tactile experience for consumers'
If ProAmpac's latest cleaner food packaging lives up to its billing, you won't believe it's not traditional butter wrap. In fact, a description of the parchment and foil paper products from ThePackHub said the innovations surpass commonly sold...

Lowdown on Michigan QB battle: The art and science
LAS VEGAS -- College football coaches obsess over data. They dissect statistical splits in games and practices and monitor players' body-load outputs via GPS, searching for any edge to utilize on game days. But when it comes to identifying the...

The Buckeye Institute supports Ohio's defense of EdChoice voucher program
Columbus, OH – The Buckeye Institute has expressed its support for Ohio's defense of the EdChoice voucher program. Greg R. Lawson, a research fellow at the institute, made a statement following Attorney General Dave Yost's filing of Ohio’s notice...

Everyone's talking about Pedro Pascal's 'hot girl anxiety'...but is there any real science behind it?
Pedro Pascal is everywhere lately. Headlining TV and film's biggest projects like The Last of Us and Materialists, the 50-year-old actor has had his share of viral moments this year. Now, ahead of his Marvel debut as Reed Richards in Fantastic...

David Toepfer named new U.S. attorney for Northern District of Ohio
David M. Toepfer was sworn in as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Toepfer was appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi and nominated by President Donald Trump. His appointment marks the first time in over a century that a...

Windows 10 support ending: Action required for OHIO devices
Beginning Oct. 14, 2025, Microsoft will end support for most versions of Windows 10. In response, the Ohio University Office of Information Technology (OIT) will begin restricting access for OHIO-managed systems running unsupported Windows...

A debate over the severity of the punishment FirstEnergy should get for corrupting Ohio government: Today in Ohio
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- How much should FirstEnergy have to pay as a punishment for improperly spending customer fees and bribing officials in the biggest corruption scandal in Ohio history? FirstEnergy is arguing for less than $7 million, rolled into...