Indiana prosecutor creates documentary warning of drug use
A southern Indiana prosecutor is showing all middle school and high school students in his county a documentary video in an attempt to discourage heroin use among youth.
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Man found incompetent for trial in Lake Co. strangulations
A handyman facing murder charges for fatally strangling two Lake County women has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Reports: Plea in child porn case signed by ex-USA gymnastics doctor
A plea deal could be in the works for a former doctor at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics charged in federal court with obtaining and possessing child pornography.
Indiana prosecutor creates documentary warning of drug use
A southern Indiana prosecutor is showing all middle school and high school students in his county a documentary video in an attempt to discourage heroin use among youth.
Court declines to rehear sex orientation discrimination case
A federal appeals court has declined to reconsider its own ruling that employers aren't prohibited from discriminating against employees because of sexual orientation.
Lawyer in gay marriage case joins Indiana congressional race
An attorney who led the lawsuit that overturned Kentucky's gay marriage ban wants the Democratic nomination to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Trey Hollingsworth for his southern Indiana seat in 2018.
Man who mailed death threats to federal judges gets 7 years
A man who admitted mailing death threats to three federal judges in Kansas City, Missouri, while imprisoned in Indiana has been sentenced to seven years behind bars without parole.
States sue over EPA’s decision to keep Dow Agro pesticide on market
Several states are seeking to join a legal challenge to a Trump administration decision to keep a widely used pesticide sold by Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences on the market, despite studies showing it can harm children's brains.
Insanity defense planned for Indiana mom in fatal stabbings
An insanity defense is planned for a central Indiana woman who admitted fatally stabbing her young son and daughter.
Sheriff starts group to deal with overcrowded county jails
An Indiana sheriff says state lawmakers must address the issue of overcrowded and understaffed county jails.
Indiana will likely go to court over online sales tax
Indiana lawmakers passed a law this spring claiming the state has a right to collect sales taxes from companies using only online transactions. But a 25-year-old U.S. Supreme Court case prohibits states from collecting sales tax from businesses unless they've got a physical presence in the state.
Jury finds that NYC skyscraper owner violated Iran sanctions
The U.S. government said it's ready to seize a Manhattan skyscraper from an Iranian-American charity to benefit victims of terrorism after a jury found Thursday that the charity's majority ownership was derived from financial dealings that violated sanctions against Iran.
More court challenges expected for Trump’s new travel ban
A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban is now in force, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights.
Justice Department gives up Washington Redskins name fight
The Justice Department is giving up the legal fight over the name of the Washington Redskins.
Trump commission on voting fraud asks states for voter data
President Donald Trump's commission investigating alleged voter fraud in the 2016 elections has asked states for a list of the names, party affiliations, addresses and voting histories of all voters, if state law allows it to be public. Indiana and several other states have said they won't give data to the panel.
Indiana mother sentenced to 130 years for killing children
A judge has ordered an Indiana woman who admitted to fatally smothering her two children to undergo mental health treatment before going to prison under a 130-year sentence.
Federal judge blocks parts of Indiana’s new abortion law
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked portions of a new Indiana law that would make it tougher for girls under age 18 to get an abortion without their parents' knowledge.
Supreme Court term ended much different than it began
The U.S. Supreme Court began its term nine months ago with Merrick Garland nominated to the bench, Hillary Clinton favored to be the next president, and the court poised to be controlled by Democratic appointees for the first time in 50 years. Things looked very different when the justices wrapped up their work this week
Sarah Palin sues paper for tying her PAC ad to mass shooting
Former vice presidential nominee and Alaska governor Sarah Palin is accusing The New York Times of defamation over an editorial that linked one of her political action committee ads to the mass shooting that severely wounded then-Arizona Congressman Gabby Giffords.
Legal fight over Indiana’s anti-political robocall law ends
A Chicago-based veterans advocacy group's seven-year struggle to strike down Indiana's ban on political robocalls has ended with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review a lower-court ruling upholding the law.