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Lessons from the 1950s: How central Ohio's housing crisis can learn from history's boom

The boom of the 1950s led to the creation of modern American suburbs and the rise of the middle class - but it's not exactly what we need out of housing today.

I thought I'd heard my dad's voice for the last time. A movie helped me find it again

A period drama, a Supreme Court case and voice our film critic hadn't heard in decades.

Ohio billionaire Les Wexner was questioned by U.S. House members and staff on February 18, 2026. The U.S. House Oversight Committee released a video of the deposition the following day.

U.S. House Oversight Committee releases video of Les Wexner's deposition concerning Epstein

Republican staff and multiple U.S. House Democratic congressmembers questioned Les Wexner on Feb. 18, 2026 regarding his relationship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. A video was released on YouTube the following day.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a campaign stop at the Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center in Lynden, Wash.

Donald Trump's Messy Ideas For Handling The National Debt, Explained

Does Donald Trump want investors to accept a haircut? Or does he just want trillions more dollars printed? The Donald's messy economic plans show an unsettled candidate.

"I'm afraid there's a growing sense that the path to health is through testing," says Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, a Dartmouth Institute internist who has written books on the pitfalls of overdiagnosis. Encouraging the worried well to order their own blood tests feeds that mindset, he says.

DIY Blood Tests? There's A Downside To Ordering Your Own

It's legal to order diagnostic blood tests without consulting a doctor in many states. But critics say healthy patients can go down a rabbit hole of invasive assays and unnecessary treatments.

In 2010, scientists plopped the genetic material of one <em>Mycoplasma</em> bacterium into another type to create the self-replicating cells shown above. Six years later, they've come out with an even simpler synthetic organism that has fewer genes.

Scientists Build A Live, No-Frills Cell That Could Have A Big Future

In engineering the cell, researchers paired away nearly all genes that weren't essential to life. It might eventually serve as a basic framework for different sorts of cellular factories, they say.

With Great Fanfare Ohio's Second Oldest Orchestra Trumpets its Longevity

The Wooster Symphony Orchestra celebrated a major milestone last week at a gala concert marking its centennial. As a prelude, former conductors and...

The U.S. and Romanian rugby teams battle during the 1924 Olympics in Paris. The U.S. won the gold, defeating the heavily favored French. After that, rugby was tossed out of the Olympics for 92 years, returning just this year in Rio.

U.S. Rugby Team Defends Its Gold — From 1924

The American rugby squad was mostly made up of football players and was a big underdog against the French. But the Americans took gold in 1924, and have been the reigning Olympic champions ever since.

What It's Really Like To 'Walk' In Space

The International Space Station conducted a spacewalk this week to mark 15 years in space. Three people who've walked in space share their miraculous — and miserable — experiences.

Clinton And Trump Poll Poorly With Voters Under 35, Research Shows

Hillary Clinton has the support of 31 percent of likely voters under 35, Trump has 26 percent. Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic pollster Margie Omero and Republican analyst Kristen Soltis Anderson.

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