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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio residents will soon receive mobile emergency alerts when felony offenders escape from correctional facilities.  Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 23, creating the “Escaped Convict Alert System,” on Dec. 1. The legislation passed the House in June and the Senate in October, with both votes being unanimous. Under the incoming [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ross Larue lives within a mile of the future Anduril site, and he's hoping the area's history will make Madison Township trustees reconsider a zoning change. On Thursday night, Madison Township is set to determine if defense weapons manufacturer Anduril can build on four additional parcels of land. Larue, research assistant [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- As Hanukkah events continue across central Ohio this week, the effects of the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia are being felt locally. Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann is originally from Australia. While the tragedy happened thousands of miles away, the loss is deeply personal for him. He said a fellow [...]

Are we witnessing an AI-fueled gold rush or the early signs of an epic crash? Listen to these hard-hitting discussions on bubbles, breakthroughs, and the real impact behind Silicon Valley's AI obsession.

• Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year': the Architects of AI
• The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to Be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.
• 'ChatGPT for Doctors' Startup Doubles Valuation to $12 Billion as Revenue Surges
• Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That's Legal
• It's beginning to look a lot like (AI) Christmas
• Amazon Prime Video Pulls AI-Powered Recaps After Fallout Flub
• Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
• Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026
• Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
• The countdown to the world's first social media ban for children
• US could demand five-year social media history from tourists before allowing entry
• Reddit making global changes to protect kids after social media ban - 9to5Mac
• There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale
• Paramount CEO Made Trump a Secret Promise on CNN in Warner Bros. Convo
• Whatnot's Schlock Empire Shows Digital Live Shopping Can Thrive in America
• The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away
• Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case
• Japan law opening phone app stores to go into effect
• Microsoft Excel Turns 40, Remains Stubbornly Unkillable - Slashdot
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeps The Game Awards — analysis and full winners list
• Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program
• An ex-Twitter lawyer is trying to bring Twitter back

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Numerous central Ohioans are feeling the impact of this harsh winter weather on the roads as drivers are dealing with snowy road conditions. “I usually put some sandbags in my trunk or something, heavy bricks, like whatever I can find just to try to stop it from, like, spinning out or [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Weekend snow has prompted some school districts in central Ohio to delay or cancel classes for Monday. Between 4 and 7 inches of snow blanketed central Ohio over the weekend. Storm Team 4's forecast calls for moderating temperatures and dry conditions through the early part of the week, with rain arriving [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on the Sunday Briefing: “We’re looking at the governor’s race where we see a big shake up and a shift in polling,” Spencer Kimball with Emerson Polling said. “Here, there doesn’t seem to be a shakeup and we get to those name recognition questions.” See what is driving Democrat [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A teenager arrested in a homicide near Nationwide Children’s Hospital nearly two years ago was tried as an adult and pleaded guilty to a one of five charges. According to court records, 19-year-old Marvin Holt was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison and up to 13½ years for the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A three-time convicted felon is facing multiple federal charges related to trafficking in large amounts of drugs, including fentanyl. According to prosecutors, a federal grand jury has indicted 35-year-old Samuel Griffith on six total charges – five counts of selling, distributing, or dispensing a controlled substance, and one count of unlawful [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Four years after a man and two young children were gunned down while sitting in a car in southeast Columbus, their killer or killers remain unknown. According to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, the investigation is ongoing into the death of Charles Wade and two small children, Demetrius Wall-Neal and Londynn Wall-Neal, [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Central Ohio residents spent nearly all of Saturday watching snow showers fall and are waking up Sunday to frigid temperatures. NBC4 wants to see what it looks like where you live. You can use the form below to send us your photos or short videos. Most counties remain under a snow [...]

Tim Holmes, a local toy inventor, has created Nurkl, a craft stick connector set, and has partnered with Micro Center to stock their shelves, as well as sending 10% of their sales to children in Africa for free.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two Columbus-area LA Fitness clubs are preparing to shut their doors next week. The company will permanently close its Hilliard gym at 1800 Tanglewood Park Blvd. and its Polaris Fashion Place-area location at 2100 Polaris Pkwy. on Dec. 18. Signs posted on each facility announce that both clubs will close at [...]

CLEVELAND (AP) - Bruce Thornton scored 19 of his 21 points after halftime - which included the go-ahead jumper with 3.6 seconds left - and Ohio State rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to beat West Virginia 89-88 in double overtime on Saturday night at the Cleveland Hoops Showdown. Freshman Amare Bynum started the second [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Central Ohio didn’t just get snow. We also have plunging temperatures to worry about. “Typically, when weather drops this cold or under 32 degrees Fahrenheit, which is freezing, we can be exposed to things like frostbite and hypothermia,” said Dr. Barbara Bawer, Assistant Clinical Professor at OSU’s Wexner Medical Center. She [...]