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Ohio's elections chief said Thursday a first-of-its-kind statewide review found instances of voter fraud in the battleground state during last year's presidential election but not rampant abuses.

Guantanamo Bay's detention facility opened in 2002 with 700 detainees. More than a decade later, 166 remain and more than half are in political limbo, waiting for the Obama administration and Congress to decide whether to close the prison.

The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives are pledging to act to fix the nation's immigration system but making clear that they will not simply accept legislation passed by the Senate.

Two men have been charged with murder in the killings of four young people whose bodies were found in a townhome in northeast Ohio last month.

The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown.

The Amish imprisoned in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio will no longer be required to attend high-school equivalency classes behind bars.

Democrats in the Ohio Senate suggested Wednesday that budget writers take millions of dollars from a proposed income tax cut for higher wage earners and direct it to schools instead, as work intensified on the state's spending plan.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine requested today that the Urban Outfitters retail chain cease sales of its "Prescription Line" of glasses, coasters, mugs, and drink holders.

A Republican lawmaker wants the state to stop issuing driver's licenses to undocumented residents, whether those individuals have applicable federal paperwork or not.

A Republican state lawmaker is proposing to link Medicaid expansion in Ohio to job training that could ultimately reduce the need for participation in the program.

The Republican-controlled Ohio House has voted to uphold a GOP candidate's victory last year in a disputed race for state representative.

In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day.

The Ohio Senate has voted 27-6 to approve an effective ban on so-called internet cafes.

Deputy Paul Little is accused of giving a firearm to a convicted felon and filing a false report that the gun was stolen.

The appeals court reversed White's conviction in January and called for a retrial.

A 17-year-old high school student who shot himself in a classroom last month continues to make progress in recovery efforts, his family said Wednesday.

COLUMBUS - State lawmakers in Ohio are moving fast on proposals cracking down on storefront sweepstakes parlors whose legality has been questioned.

Michael Aaron Fay entered the pleas during an arraignment Tuesday in Putnam County Juvenile Court.

The Ohio prisons department says an inmate is missing after walking away from his work assignment as an auto mechanic.

Columbus city workers, from left, John Stinson, Zach Logue and Jake Lincicoma install a weather siren on Lindora Drive on the East Side.