Lawyers: Missouri prepares to execute potentially innocent man
Attorneys for a Missouri inmate scheduled for execution Tuesday warn that the state is preparing to execute a potentially innocent man.
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Sheriff: Video shows Ohio judge’s shooting outside courthouse
A sheriff says the man who shot a judge outside the courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio, had driven to a neighboring bank, walked quickly toward him from a parked car and fired, and the judge returned fire.
Ex-Serbian militiaman convicted of lying for US citizenship
Federal prosecutors say an Indiana man who was a former Serbian militia member charged with killing a Bosnian Muslim couple in 1994 faces up to 10 years in prison and loss of his U.S. citizenship after lying to obtain it.
Jury awards $417M in lawsuit linking talcum powder to cancer
A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in its iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene.
Louisville files federal lawsuit against drug distributors
Officials in Kentucky's largest city have filed suit in federal court against opioid distributors, accusing them of contributing to the drug epidemic in the state.
Judge drops mental health requirements for Indiana woman
A judge in Goshen has modified his 130-year prison sentence for an Indiana woman accused of killing her children.
Indianapolis man gets 75 years for killing food delivery driver
An Indianapolis man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a food delivery driver has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.
Muncie teen who killed mom’s abuser unlikely to face charges
A prosecutor says a 16-year-old Muncie boy likely won’t face charges after fatally stabbing a man who was abusing his mother.
Sheriff: Suspect recorded fatal shooting of wife in Indiana
Authorities in Lafayette say an Indiana man accused of killing his wife recorded audio of the shooting on a cellphone.
Clark County plans to end inmate work release
Clark County in southern Indiana plans to end its inmate work release program by the end of the year.
Homeless file lawsuit over Indianapolis sidewalk order
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against Indianapolis on behalf of the city’s homeless population over an order that required them to vacate certain sidewalks downtown.
Man found insane in 2016 hatchet attack on Chinese student
A judge has found a man not guilty by reason of insanity in a hatchet attack against a high school exchange student from China.
Lawsuit targeting McDonald’s over soda tax dismissed
A Cook County judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against McDonald's Corp. that alleged the fast-food chain taxed the tax imposed on sweetened beverages sold in the Chicago area.
Indiana attorney general’s office renovations questioned
Some state officials are questioning the Indiana attorney general's decision to spend about $300,000 on renovating his Statehouse office and buying a van to serve as a mobile office.
Attorney: Murder suspect wasn’t fully advised of his rights
The attorney for a man accused of fatally shooting a University of Southern Indiana student says his client wasn't fully advised of his rights before police spoke to him.
Judge orders LinkedIn to stop blocking data-scraping firm
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered LinkedIn to stop blocking a startup company from scraping LinkedIn personal profiles for data.
Indianapolis man sentenced to prison in dragging death
A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison in the death of a woman who authorities say was dragged with his car.
Man gets 65 years for fatally beating gay South Bend vet
A northern Indiana man convicted of fatally beating a gay Afghanistan war veteran has been sentenced to the maximum 65 years in prison.
Trump speaks on Charlottesville: ‘Racism is evil’
Under pressure all weekend, President Donald Trump on Monday named and condemned hate groups as "repugnant" and declared "racism is evil" in an updated, more forceful statement on the deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Pressure mounts on Trump to address Virginia clash
President Donald Trump is facing pressure from both sides of the aisle for him to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday that a white supremacist who rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters represented domestic terrorism.