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10/31/2025

On average, premiums are up 55% since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Almost all of that increase came between 2022 and 2024.)

Car insurance premiums have increased at twice the rate of overall inflation. They've stabilized, at least for now, but more than half of Americans say the costs are painful.

10/31/2025

Artifacts ranging from handwritten lyrics to stage costumes honor this year's 13 inductees.

10/31/2025

From monsters to politics and (maybe) everything in between, it's the weekly news quiz.

10/31/2025

The state will now avoid a lengthier fight over a mandated redraw of boundaries for the 15 members of Congress from Ohio.

10/31/2025

Northwest Ohio candy maker Spangler Candy produces about 12 million Dum-Dums lollipops every day.

10/31/2025

The Ohio Reformatory in Mansfield, best known as the location of the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption," has its own story to tell.

10/31/2025

The current formula for Beggars Night was proposed by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission in 2008, but each municipality decides for themselves whether they want to follow the recommendation or not. Some are offended that trick-or-treating happens on any night besides Halloween, but in Columbus, celebrating Halloween has been a multi-night affair for decades.

Newcomers to Central Ohio are often confused about why trick-or-treating often does not fall on October 31. This led one curious resident to ask WOSU’s Curious Cbus, “Why is Halloween never on Halloween? This ‘Beggars Night’ makes no sense. Please help!”

10/31/2025

Our minds work in different ways. Despite all the research into our brains, a lot has yet to be discovered. But in recent years, many people have championed a way to describe some of what we do know.

"Neurodivergent" is not just a way to describe medical diagnoses like autism and ADHD. It encompasses a range of ways in which people's brains differ from what is considered normal in the U.S.

10/31/2025

Every year, Halloween sparks the sale of $3.9 billion on candy in the United States. But that's not the only impressive statistic related to trick-or-treating.

The idea of asking kids to collect coins for needy children abroad was born of one couple's desire to add meaning to Halloweening. Some say it's now more important than ever.

10/31/2025

For this week's edition of Fascinating Ohio, we'll meet a Columbus cartoonist, a local author and a food adventurer.

For this week's Fascinating Ohio, we're talking to a well-known cartoonist, someone whose work has been exposed to audiences both nationally and internationally and an author who is reflecting on the experiences of the younger generation.

10/30/2025

The race for Columbus City Council District 7 is one of the first truly competitive contests for a city council seat in recent memory.

We will hear from candidates Jesse Vogel and Tiara Ross.

10/30/2025

It was Trump's last event after a week of summits, trade talks and other diplomatic events in the Indo-Pacific. On the flight back to Washington, Trump told reporters traveling with him that he would rate the meeting with Xi "on a scale from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12." The decisions that were made included lowering tariffs on Chinese exports from 57% to 47% – which Trump said was because of Xi's commitment to decrease the flow of fentanyl.

President Trump said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping "agreed to almost everything" in their nearly two-hour meeting in South Korea, which Trump said was "friendly."