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A COTA bus in downtown Columbus in May 2020.

COTA looks to change 16 weekend routes next year due to driver shortage

A shortage of bus drivers is forcing the Central Ohio Transit Authority to make more cuts to its service to its weekend service.

An anti-monarchy demonstrator protests outside Palace of Westminster in central London on Monday. A number of arrests in the U.K. are sparking questions about freedom of speech.

Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as the 'Not My King' tag grows

A woman was arrested at St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh on Sunday; in London, a protester holding a sign reading "Not my king" was led away by a group of uniformed officers.

Court blocks Ohio's abortion ban and puts it on hold indefinitely

The law, which bans abortion at the point fetal cardiac activity can be detected, as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, was put on hold until October 12 but after a hearing today, the law has been blocked indefinitely.

Suzanne Laird holds a sign that she says she’s brought to STRS board meetings for years, after the board voted to suspend cost of living adjustments for benefit recipients. STRS says it pays out over $7 billion in benefits each year to more than 152,000 retirees, survivors and others.

Pension for retired Ohio teachers giving bonuses to investment managers, despite big losses

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is set to award bonuses to its investment staff Thursday.

A man looks for salvageable belongings from his flood-hit home in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, on Sunday.

Pakistan's floods have killed more than 1,000. It's been called a climate catastrophe

The deaths have been climbing since mid-June. Soldiers and rescue workers are evacuating stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and providing food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.

A longtime pastor at Vision of Abundant Life Church in Sylacauga, Ala., Pastor Michael Jennings recalls the moment the Childersburg Police Department arrived at his neighbor's house and arresting him while watering his out-of-town neighbor's flowers.

Watering flowers while Black: A pastor shares his story of wrongful arrest

A Black pastor in Alabama says he was wrongfully arrested and charged with a crime while he was watering his neighbor's flowers, per their request. He shares his experience with NPR.

Striking Columbus teachers picket outside of Weinland Park Elementary School on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022.

Columbus teachers' union votes to strike days before start of school year

The teachers union voted overwhelmingly Sunday night to reject the school board's "last, best and final offer" for a new contract.

A vehicle drives by an almond orchard in Firebaugh, Calif., last year. City manager Ben Gallegos told NPR he doesn't want small cities like his to be overlooked as California prepares for a potential megastorm, a weather event made more likely by climate change.

This city manager wants California to prepare for a megastorm before it's too late

Ben Gallegos, the city manager of Firebaugh, Calif., believes a megastorm could wipe out his city. He's urging state and federal officials to invest more proactively in flood prevention measures.

Quidditch rebrands as quadball and further distances itself from Harry Potter author

Quadball is a reference both to the number of balls on the field and the number of positions in the game. The leagues and governing bodies hope the rebrand will also allow the sport to grow more.

Volunteers working to pass an Oregon ballot measure that would require gun permits estimate they sent 10,000 handwritten postcards to voters in a period of a few days.

Buying guns in Oregon could become more difficult if voters pass ballot measure

The ballot measure would require people who want to buy a gun to pay a fee, take a safety course, submit fingerprints and pass a background check to obtain a permit.

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