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The Beacon Building, located at 50 W. Gay St., is on the Columbus Landmarks Foundation's most endangered list for 2026.

Columbus Landmarks Foundation places more buildings on its endangered list

The building preservation group's 2026 list includes a former Columbus city office building, two school buildings and a former warehouse dating back to the 1870s.

Ohio State University Professor Luke Perez assaults documentarian Mike Newman as Newman attempts to question former OSU President Gordon Gee at Smith Laboratory on Monday, February 9, 2026.

Columbus filmmaker sues Ohio State professors, claims his constitutional rights were violated

Michael Newman said when he was shoved to the ground by Ohio State associate professor Luke Perez in February 2026, it violated his 1st and 4th amendment rights.

Parishioners worship during a Mass at St. Paul Cathedral, the mother church of the Pittsburgh Diocese. After more than a decade of investigations into sexual abuse in Pennsylvania's Catholic Church, last year's grand jury report still contained new revelations.

Clergy Abuse Reparations Are Closure For Some Victims, Resurface Trauma For Others

Hundreds of victims of priest sexual abuse have received reparations from the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. A new legal maneuver allows people to sue the church over old sexual abuse claims.

Pope John Paul II acknowledges the crowd gathered in Chicago's Grant Park before celebrating an outdoor Mass on Oct. 5, 1979.

How I Got A Peek At The Pope

Honestly, I can't think of any other profession I could have chosen that would have put me in the middle of so many unlikely places and so many historic...

Weekly Reporter Roundtable: Ohio has the country's biggest drop in Affordable Care Act enrollment

States across the country saw steep drops in the number of people covered by the Affordable Care Act over the past year, with Ohio and Oklahoma each losing nearly one-third of enrollees.

These side-by-side photos show identical twins Sam and John Fetters. On the left, the twins on their first day of third grade; on the right, the brothers at home on Martha's Vineyard in March 2024.

These identical twins both grew up with autism, but took very different paths

Sam and John Fetters are identical twins with autism. But Sam is in college, while John still struggles to form sentences. Their experience may shed light on the disorder's mix of nature and nurture.

Amy Clayton teaches a fifth-grade history class at St. Jerome Academy in Hyattsville, Md. The school, which almost closed eight years ago, has experienced growth over the past few years, largely due to an influx of Catholic families who were drawn to Hyattsville by a desire to live among others who share their values.

Catholics Build 'Intentional' Community Of Like-Minded Believers

Nationally, Americans are growing disenchanted with traditional religion. But in a Maryland suburb, Catholics seeking more spiritual lives are banding together with others who share their values.

A report from the Human Rights Watch makes the case that federal law enforcers, police and local prosecutors are concealing the origins of evidence and intelligence in scores of criminal cases, especially drug arrests.

Report Alleges Police Use Secret Evidence Collected By Feds To Make Arrests

A Human Rights Watch report raises questions about the legality of some investigative tactics federal, state and local police are allegedly using to mask sources of evidence in criminal cases.

After his debut in 1944, Joe Nuxhall returned to the Reds and pitched 16 seasons. This photo is from 1957.

Joe Nuxhall Debuted 75 Years Ago On June 10, 1944

Joe Nuxhall made baseball history 75 years ago, pitching for the Reds at age 15 in an 18-0 loss to the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals on June 10,...

Yvette Richards, director of community connection at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Mo., checks temperatures before Sunday morning services. The church is hosting vaccination clinics and holding socially distanced services after shutting down for much of the pandemic.

In Missouri And Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard To Track Vaccine Equity

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data's usefulness.

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