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Absentee ballot requests are flooding into boards of elections. Secretary of State Frank LaRose reports 1.4 million applications have been received so...

As Ohio goes, so goes the presidency. That may be good news for President Donald Trump in this yet-to-be-decided race. That's because he won Ohio, beating Democrat Joe Biden easily, 53.4 percent to 45.2 percent in unofficial results. ideastream reporter Nick Castele joined ideastream’s Morning Edition Host Amy Eddings for an analysis of the president's apparent Ohio victory. The president won in 2016 with wide support from non-college educated whites in rural areas. He also won in the suburbs, especially among women. How'd he do it this time?

Updated: 2:15 a.m., Wedensday, Nov. 4, 2020 For the first time in decades, Republicans have taken the majority of Portage County Commissioners seats, according to unofficial election results in two races early Wednesday morning. Republican Tony Badalamenti defeated incumbent Democrat Kathleen Clyde, 40,712 to 36,258 votes. And incumbent Republican Sabrina Christian-Bennett held off Democratic challenger John Kennedy, by more than 10,000 votes to win her second term as commissioner.

An increase in hurricane intensity over the years has been linked to climate change. For more how on intense storms like those, Ailsa Change talks to by meteorologist Jeff Berardelli.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Tom Reed of New York about how the $4.6 billion border aid bill that Congress passed will guarantee safe and sanitary detention centers for migrant children.

Updated: 4:18 p.m., Aug. 28, 2019 Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has circulated draft legislation that could allow the state — not counties — to take the lead in lawsuits over the opioid crisis. The news comes as Purdue Pharma considers a settlement, reportedly valued at $10 billion to $12 billion, with more than 2,000 local governments suing drug companies over the opioid crisis.

Ohio's EdChoice voucher program is making headlines for a recent change that has meant a 400% increase in the number of public schools where students...

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles. It is the largest earthquake in two decades to hit the state.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Southern California Thursday didn't trigger early warning systems in Los Angeles. For an explanation, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with seismologist Lucy Jones.

In southern California, the people of Ridgecrest have frayed nerves after back-to-back temblors and ongoing, sizable aftershocks. Officials have brought in counselors and therapy dogs.