Indianapolis police say officer killed machete-wielding man
An Indianapolis police officer shot and killed a man after he allegedly charged at officers with a machete during a stand-off.
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Backers blast approved ballot language for Ohio’s fall abortion amendment as misleading
The Ohio Ballot Board approved language Thursday for a fall measure seeking to establish abortion access as a fundamental right, but one Democratic member blasted it as “rife with misleading and defective language.”
Mug shot of Donald Trump shows scowling former president during speedy booking at Atlanta jail
A scowling Donald Trump posed for a mug shot Thursday as he surrendered inside a jail on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, creating a historic and humbling visual underscoring the former president’s legal troubles.
GOP support for gun restrictions slips a year after Congress passed firearms law
Republican support for gun restrictions is slipping a year after Congress passed the most comprehensive firearms control legislation in decades with bipartisan support, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s arrest is extended by a Moscow court, state news agency says
A Moscow court ruled Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail on espionage charges until the end of November, Russian state news agency Tass reported.
Trump is set to surrender at a Georgia jail on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss
Donald Trump is set to surrender Thursday to authorities in Georgia on charges that he schemed to overturn the 2020 election in that state, a booking process expected to yield a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.
Indiana boy, 2, fatally struck by an SUV at a Michigan state park
A 2-year-old Indiana boy has died after he was struck by an SUV at a state park in western Michigan, police said.
Southern Indiana egg farmer John Rust announces bid for Republican nod for US Senate in 2024.
A southern Indiana egg farmer has declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2024.
Indianapolis police release bodycam footage showing man fleeing police shot in back by officer
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department released body camera footage Tuesday showing an armed man fatally shot in the back by an officer as he ran from a traffic stop.
Indianapolis woman charged with neglect in son’s accidental shooting death
The mother of a 6-year-old Indianapolis boy who died last spring after accidentally shooting himself has been charged with neglect in connection with his death.
Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control
Tennessee’s Legislature is meeting this week to consider public safety proposals stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year. It highlights the widely divergent response among states to a spate of mass shootings.
Trump says he will surrender Thursday on Georgia charges tied to efforts to overturn 2020 election
Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face charges in the case accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.
Biden names former Obama administration attorney Siskel as White House counsel
President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that the new White House counsel will be Ed Siskel, a former Obama administration attorney who helped craft the response to the congressional investigations into the 2012 Benghazi attack.
A Republican lawsuit threatens a Biden immigration policy thousands have used to come to the US
Roughly 181,000 people have entered the U.S. under the humanitarian parole immigration program since President Joe Biden launched the initiative. But 21 Republican-leaning states threaten to end the program through a lawsuit to determine its legality.
Where do the 2024 presidential candidates stand on abortion?
More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, the issue has at times dominated the discussion among the Republicans seeking their party’s 2024 presidential nomination.
The fall of Rudy Giuliani: How ‘America’s mayor’ tied his fate to Donald Trump and got indicted
Rudy Giuliani glared across a Washington hearing room as a lawyer seeking his disbarment after the Jan. 6 insurrection asked: How did this man, celebrated as “America’s mayor” after 9/11, become a leader of an attempt to overturn a national election?
Hiker who died in fall from Wisconsin bluff is identified as a 42-year-old Indiana man
A man who died Tuesday after he fell from a bluff while hiking in a Wisconsin state park has been identified as a 42-year-old from Indiana.
Trump’s 2024 GOP rivals converge on Atlanta just days after his latest indictment
Several Republican White House hopefuls are set to greet a conservative conference with hopes of making up ground against Donald Trump. But the former president’s shadow may be especially difficult to escape in the city where he was most recently indicted.
Need gas after midnight? Don’t stop in Hammond. New law closes stations until 5 a.m.
If you need gas during early morning hours in northwestern Indiana, don’t bother stopping in Hammond come November. A new law will force service stations to close between midnight and 5 a.m.
Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families
The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration to bring an end to their more than decadelong prosecution.