WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week but the number of applications remained low, the latest sign that layoffs are scarce.
IONIA, Mich. (AP) — Few states have been more aggressive in releasing inmates and diverting offenders than Michigan, where a decade ago, one out of every 200 people was in prison, and penal costs were beginning to crowd out basic government services.
As I’m sure you’ve heard, 2016 is one of those fateful years in which we the people get to vote for a new face in the Oval Office.
NEW YORK (AP) — Liberty guard Brittany Boyd sat on the bench with her head bowed in prayer during the national anthem before a WNBA playoff game.
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, released dash cam and aerial footage, 911 calls and police radio traffic with unusual swiftness following the Sept. 16 shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white officer.
The presidential election and Indiana’s Gubernatorial race aren’t the only elections on Nov. 8. Ball State students will also be able to cast their ballot for candidates who want to represent Indiana in the United States Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As wages for American workers have stagnated for more than a generation, the income gap between black and white workers has widened, and discrimination is the main reason for the persisting disparity, according to a new report.
The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling addiction.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police departments that outfitted their officers with body cameras have now shelved them, blaming new laws requiring videos to be stored longer, which they say would significantly increase the cost.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, who both have ties to New York City, will cease campaigning on the 15th anniversary of 9/11, according to the Associated Press.
XENIA, Ohio (AP) — A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman sparked a national outcry registered as a sex offender on Tuesday in Ohio, where he's living with his parents.
The Ball State Daily asked Ball State conservatives what they thought about the nominee and what direction they think the Republican Party is heading towards.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump claimed their party’s nomination for president at their conventions this summer. Both candidates met opposition at the party conventions, with Trump taking attacks from Republican delegates who were part of the ‘Never Trump Movement’ and Clinton with dissatisfied Bernie Sanders supporters.
This summer had its highs, with the United States winning 46 gold medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, and its lows, with police officers and terror attacks in Europe making headlines, as well.
CLEVELAND — LGBT conservatives gathered at the Wolstein Center in downtown Cleveland on July 19 to party at “The Most Fabulous Party at the Republican National Convention.” The event had alcohol, music, Donald Trump coloring books and several speakers.
While the 2016 presidential race has its major party nominees, a third Libertarian Party candidate has stepped up to say he's running too. Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico, businessman, triathlete and mountain climber, is trying to win over middle-of-the-road Democrats and Republicans, or anyone who isn't satisfied with either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.
The Declaration of Independence, unanimously declared by the thirteen colonies, was adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 — something every American citizen should probably know.
Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic Party's nomination, making her the first female in American history to earn a major political party's nominee. And according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News survey, Republican nominee and opponent, Donald Trump has been losing support over the last month. Just by getting the nomination, Clinton made history. A look into the future of the possibility of a female-led nation brings up questions of feminism: What is it, and can men be feminists too?
It has been 20 years since food labels have seen much change, but now consumers can expect to see dramatic changes on labels no later than 2018. After years of research and the push from the Obama Administration and First Lady Michelle Obama, the Food and Drug Administration has announced more than a half dozen significant changes to be introduced and added to food labels in the next two years.
After hearing about the Orlando shooting early Sunday morning – confirmed to be the deadliest mass shooting in American history – Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler said he immediately starting thinking of how his city could give back to those mourning across Florida and the nation.
