Ohio

Williams sisters team up for first time in four years, lose in Cincinnati Open opening tennis match

"I thought it was fun," Serena said. "I thought it was special. We kicked off a little rust in the middle of the match and just, you know, (we were) starting to feel it."

Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States meet with Peyton Stearns of the United States and Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine, after their doubles match during the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center, August 17, 2026.
A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo, a syringe and a vial are seen in this illustration taken May 13, 2025.

US FDA says it is investigating another cyclosporiasis outbreak

The Scioto River near South Bloomfield, Ohio.

Five dead in Ohio mass drowning after failed rescue attempt of struggling swimmer

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin

US Supreme Court agrees to hear case of Ohio Jew forbidden from holding home minyan


Ohio official who faced antisemitic backlash, considering a Senate run

Acton resigned as health director in June after her stay-at-home orders to stem the coronavirus crisis sparked threats and protests.

Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio lawmakers vote to launch Holocaust education commission

The commission will “promote public awareness of issues relating to Holocaust and genocide memorial and education through public education programs.”

Columbus, Ohio.

Man leaves $3,000 tip for a beer at Cleveland restaurant closing for virus

The restaurant owner called the "incredibly kind and grand gesture" unbelievable, but "symbolic of the kind of quality folks we have known at Nighttown all these years."

Empty bottle and the glass of beer on wooden table

Columbus Jewish couple say they were victims of hate crime by neighbor

According to Tiffany Kinney, the neighbor said, “I’ll put a bullet through your head like Hitler.”

THOUSANDS OF New Yorkers gather in Foley Square last week at the No Hate. No Fear. solidarity march against the rise of antisemitism

Jewish activists working to ‘get out the vote’ in vital battleground Ohio

Trump is currently leading Biden in the Buckeye State, giving him a chance of 58 out 100 to win there again.

Campaign signs supporting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are displayed on a lawn in Cleveland, Ohio, US, October 25, 2020.

Iranian diplomat turned US professor accused of crimes against humanity

Mahallati’s aim at the UN was to "obfuscate and lie to the international community about mass crimes perpetrated by the Iranian regime.”

Jafar Mahallati speaks at TEDxTehran

Swastika, other graffiti spray-painted on Jewish buildings in Cleveland

Graffiti also was discovered on a supermarket across the street that has been vandalized previously.

A swastika and other rude and antisemtic phrases spray painted onto buildings, including the Waxman Torah Center in Cleveland, Ohio, July 27, 2020.

Ohio Rep. tells constituents to 'STOP GETTING TESTED' for COVID-19

"Are you tired of living in a dictatorship yet?" Vitale said. "It is giving the government an excuse to claim something is happening that is not happening at the magnitude they say it is happening."

Nursing students graduate from OSU during an online commencement ceremony amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Columbus.

Ohio city vows to take in unwanted statues amid calls to topple them

Calling itself a Statuary Sanctuary City, Newton Falls has promised to be a home for any statues of historical figures with legacies marred by racism or slavery.

A sign reading "Hate Has No Home Here" hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ahead of the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018

Jewish health official resigns after antisemitic backlash amid COVID-19

Acton, whose resignation was official on Thursday, will become the chief health adviser to Gov. Mike DeWine.

A militia group from Ohio protests against the state's extended stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) demonstrate at the Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. April 20, 2020.