A strong earthquake in Mexico on Friday morning disrupted President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press conference of the new year. The 6.5 magnitude earthquake's epicenter was located near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Earthquake alarms sounded over 200 miles away in the nation's capital, temporarily putting the president's press briefing on ice and prompting residents and tourists to flee into the streets.
Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider that is revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, announced the expansion of its AI-grade network in Greater Columbus, Ohio. This latest project adds approximately 150 route miles of high-density fiber to the initial network announced earlier this year, more than doubling Lightpath's fiber footprint across the region. This success-based expansion reinforces Lightpath's growing presence in the Midwest and its strategy to deliver the next generation of network infrastructure purpose-built for AI-driven workloads.
A couple of years ago, I spent a weekend in Columbus, Ohio. I promise this isn't the setup to a smug New Yorker's unimaginative quip ("longest weekend of my life"). Those were a charmed 48 hours. A few things were on my side: I was escaping parental responsibility (our oldest was applying to high school, a fraught time) and the weather was unexpectedly beautiful (70 degrees in late October, disturbing but delicious). I was in town for work, but my work is, if I'm honest, not difficult. Turn up at the public library and talk? That would take but one hour out of a whole weekend. I had time to kill.
Affordable, family-friendly, and conveniently tucked into malls across the country, York became a go-to stop for anyone craving a hearty meal without the fuss. Founded in 1966 in Columbus, Ohio, York Steak House expanded quickly through the 1970s and early 1980s, riding the wave of mall culture. With its cafeteria-style ordering system, customers lined up with trays, chose sides like baked potatoes or salad, and picked their steak before heading to their table.
