WNBA to expand to Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia over next 5 years, giving league 18 teams.

Officials say six people were killed when a small plane crashed minutes after taking off from an Ohio airport.

LeBron James is exercising his $52.6 million option with the Los Angeles Lakers for 2025-26, further confirming that he will become the first player in NBA history to play a 23rd season, a person with knowledge of the decision said Sunday.

Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, has died.

The U.S. is up to 1,227 confirmed measles cases this year.

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A northern West Virginia area still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks ago has been hit with torrential rains again.

A federal judge is blocking Georgia's law requiring age verification for social media accounts.

Authorities have identified three more victims killed in flash flooding in northern West Virginia.

Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases.

The petition drive seeking repeal of an Ohio law banning DEI programs and faculty strikes at public colleges and universities, and making other higher education policy changes, has fallen short of the necessary signatures.

A two-year, $60 billion state operating budget is headed to Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.

The Cincinnati Bengals and Hamilton County leaders have reached a tentative deal for $470 million in renovations to Paycor Stadium.

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Interviews with supporters of President Donald Trump and a review of early polling suggest that his decision to order military strikes against Iran has been welcomed by his political base.

An Ohio State University master’s student in public administration is running for governor as an independent.

Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O’Neill has announced plans to run for the northeast Ohio congressional seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. David Joyce.

The case behind the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide a decade ago is known as Obergefell v.

Ohio plans a swift appeal of a decision declaring the state's private school voucher system unconstitutional.

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa, sentencing him to prison terms, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan’s southern island with a heavy American troop presence.