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Ohio’s idyllic Amish country, which includes several northeast Ohio counties, looks like a snapshot from the past. Cars navigate around buggies traveling on the winding roads while large billboards lure tourists with homemade cheeses and expertly sewn quilts. But many in this community are resistant to modern medical interventions and are also hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine, even as the pandemic has sickened and killed local residents.

It’s been years in the making, but this month plans for a Lake Erie wind farm took a step, or at least a half-step, forward. The staff of the Ohio Siting Board conditionally approved plans to put wind turbines 8 to 10 miles offshore. Developers would have to monitor danger to bats and birds from spinning turbine blades, for example, if the site is to run at night.

There's a fight over the economic future of some of the small towns in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District, including Ely. Noel King talks with liberal political blogger Aaron Brown.

This week's Heat Check selects come largely from iconoclasts who have already zeroed in on their individual aesthetics: a singsong rap soulman, an alté sensation a noise-rap radical and more.

The lawsuit doesn't specifically mention door plug systems like the one that failed last week. But it adds to the scrutiny of Spirit AeroSystems, which has been linked to other problems.

Abortion is already heavily restricted in Missouri, but now the state is cutting more funding to organizations that provide abortions, even though it means rejecting millions of dollars from the feds.

Ohioans level of comfort with the rhetoric of the 2016 presidential campaign varied by age, race, gender, economics and topics. But a recent poll for...

The idea that bridging small financial shortfalls for students can make a big impact is starting to gain attention. For 34 students, a Virginia church's donation has eased the burden.

For its latest anti-tobacco campaign, the Food and Drug Administration wants to harness hip-hop swagger to reach minority teens — who disproportionately suffer the consequences of smoking.

The for-profit company gives a free pair of shoes to a poor child for every pair a consumer buys. Is that a good idea?