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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Supporters of a Republican-backed bill that would restrict how Ohio's child welfare system handles cases involving transgender youth told lawmakers last week that the measure is needed to protect parental rights and prevent government overreach. During a March 25 House Judiciary Committee hearing, proponents of House Bill 693, the "Affirming Families [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — While the average price for a gallon of gasoline creeps ever-so-quickly to the $4 threshold, several gas stations in central Ohio are just one hundredth of a penny away, sitting at $3.99 9/10. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations in and around Columbus, Ohio, gas prices jumped by 13.8 cents [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Senate is considering a bill named for Charlie Kirk that would teach the "positive influence of religion" in public school history classes. House Bill 486, the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act, was approved by the Ohio House in November and is now under consideration in the state Senate. The [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The remains of the three Ohio National Guard Airmen who died in a refueling crash in Iraq over two weeks ago are back home. Among them was 28-year-old Technical Sergeant Tyler Simmons, a Columbus native. On Sunday afternoon, a procession escorted his remains from Rickenbacker International Airport to Smoot Funeral Services [...]

ATLANTA (WCMH) – An unruly passenger made a bomb threat on a flight from Columbus to Atlanta Sunday, resulting in the plane being diverted from the terminal as authorities investigated. According to a statement from Frontier Airlines, shortly after Flight 2539 landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport just after 5 p.m., as the plane was approaching [...]

Big Tech just faced a courtroom reckoning, with Meta and Google found liable for platform "addictiveness" in a social media trial that could unleash a tidal wave of lawsuits. Find out why attorneys, entrepreneurs, and everyday users are suddenly on edge.

• Social media addiction lawsuits hit Meta, Google, YouTube
• Section 230 and First Amendment implications debated after court verdicts
• Supreme Court sides with Cox; ISPs not liable for user piracy
• Elon Musk's lawsuit over X (Twitter) ad boycotts thrown out
• Anthropic versus Department of Defense: AI contracting dispute and retaliation claims
• FCC's confusing foreign-made router ban and consumer tech fallout
• Major supply chain attack: LiteLLM malware infects AI devs
• The rise (and risks) of AI agents with voice, identity, and personification
• Turing Award honors pioneers of quantum cryptography
• Antimatter on the move: CERN's oddball truck experiment
• Sci-fi and reality blur as Neal Stephenson walks away from the metaverse
• Privacy and consent worries escalate with AI-powered recordings and surveillance
• Digital shelf pricing arrives at Walmart and Kroger
• Flipper Zero: voice-controlled hacking gadget gets an AI upgrade
• Age verification laws create headaches for OS and app developers
• Official White House app called out for surveillance and security blunders
• Is AI progress barreling toward a dystopian tech future?

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Housing affordability is the highlight of a new report from the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, and shows that about half of Ohio's nearly two million renters are paying more than they can afford.   “If you're paying 30% or less, you live in affordable housing and the fact that that is out of [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on Sunday Briefing: “Now he said he wants to ‘take Cuba,’” Democratic strategist Spencer Dirrig said. “I don’t know what that means, but it sounds a lot like an invasion.” “You’re just not going to had the rise up that you hope cause remember, they hoped a big rise [...]

GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) -- A congressional candidate who was arrested Saturday during a "No Kings" protest in Grove City spoke to NBC4 less than 24 hours after the incident. Democrat candidate Don Leonard sat down with NBC4's Isabel Cleary to discuss his arrest, which went viral over social media. You can watch the full [...]