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People walk past a mural depicting former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez alongside Venezuelan independence heroes in Caracas on Dec.17, 2025.

Venezuelans brace for hardship as Trump threatens oil blockade

After years of shortages and economic collapse, Venezuelans face fresh uncertainty as Trump threatens an oil blockade — but many say they're too exhausted to do anything but endure.

An air traffic control tower is seen Wednesday at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas. The U.S. government has shut down after Congress failed to pass short-term funding. Nearly seven years ago, air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown.

Air traffic controllers helped end the last government shutdown, and may again

A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are once again bracing for possible delays in commercial aviation.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington.

Northeast Ohio immigration advocates celebrate SCOTUS birthright citizenship decision

The court voted 6-3 to uphold birthright citizenship Tuesday.

Author and journalist Karen Hao delivered the opening keynote speech at the re:publica 26 media conference on May 18, titled "How Silicon Valley is Reshaping the World - via AI."

AI development is driving economic inequality, says tech critic Karen Hao

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with tech journalist Karen Hao about the Pope's recent warnings that AI companies represent a new form of colonialism.

Image, brown skinned man putting picture into passport holder.

TPS holding Haitians living in uncertainty, as Ohio support center mobilizes

Work permits for Haitians with Temporary Protected were extended to July 10. A nonprofit serving the Springfield, Ohio, area is mobilizing to help clients figure out options.

Charlton Memorial Hospital closed in 2013, but it may now be able to offer some ER services thanks to a limited license Georgia is now offering to struggling rural hospitals.

Georgia Looks To Reopen Some Closed Hospitals As ERs

Financial problems have led many hospitals to shut down completely. Georgia is issuing licenses to rural hospitals that would allow them to become nothing more than free-standing emergency rooms.

This illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory in February 2024, depicts the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a supermassive black hole. The supermassive black hole, seen here pulling in surrounding matter, has a mass 17 billion times that of the Sun and is growing in mass by the equivalent of another Sun per day, making it the fastest-growing black hole ever known.

Ohio State astronomy researchers discover several super-bright quasar lenses

A team of international researchers used AI to identify seven rare quasar candidates.

The Our City Our Say movement submitted three boxes with over 23,000 signatures to Columbus City Hall on July 16, 2026. If a little more than 12,000 are validated, the petition would force a charter amendment on the November ballot that could change how the city elects city council members.

Group collects enough valid signatures for vote on how Columbus elects City Council

Our City Our Say has gathered and submitted over 23,000 signatures in less than six months in another step to have an initiative on the November ballot.

Getting a read on how much Ohio libraries rely on property tax

Across Ohio, property taxes support a large part of library budgets.

A rendering shows how a bridge over Interstate 70 on South High Street in downtown Columbus will look once it is completed.

With Front Street bridge over I-70 near completion, ODOT eyes High, 3rd and 4th streets next

The $1.4 billion Downtown Ramp Up project redoing the I-71 and I-70 interchange is nearing completion.

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