Authorities say a fire in an Ohio apartment sent four children to the hospital in critical condition over the weekend.

A man accused of shooting a customer to death in an Ohio Walmart store following an attempted theft has been ruled competent to stand trial.

An Indiana mother accused of having abandoned her 5-year-old autistic son on an Ohio street earlier this year has pleaded guilty to child endangerment.

Authorities say an explosive device unexpectedly detonated during a training exercise being held at a state prison in Pennsylvania, leaving five bomb technicians injured.

A police detective says a former Ohio schools superintendent charged in West Virginia with luring two children into his vehicle had fantasy stories on his computer involving children.

A judge has temporarily blocked Ohio's ban on virtually all abortions in the state.

A death penalty trial has begun for a man accused of having set a house fire that killed a young child and two women in Pittsburgh 4 1/2 years ago.

A Trump administration ban on devices that enable a shooter to fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons with a single trigger pull is back before a federal appeals court in New Orleans.

A prosecutor says a custody dispute between two families that ended with the massacre of eight people in Ohio started with a plan to kill just one of them.

Police in Columbus, Ohio will no longer serve warrants overnight on certain suspects in the wake of last month's fatal police shooting.