Author, same-sex marriage activist to speak at Ball State today
By Emma Kate Fittes / March 25, 2013An author and activist will discuss growing up with two moms and the meaning of family on campus tonight.
An author and activist will discuss growing up with two moms and the meaning of family on campus tonight.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a new $12 million television ad campaign that will push senators in key states to back gun control efforts.
A Marine who was shot to death at a Virginia base was described as a warm-hearted country boy from the South who grew up in the Pentecostal church and even preached a few times.
Republicans typically invoke Ronald Reagan’s “11th Commandment” when they’re fighting within the family, and there’s been plenty of infighting recently over Gov. Mike Pence’s tax cut at the Statehouse.
A central Pennsylvania father shot and killed his 2-year-old son and wounded his estranged wife during a custody exchange before killing himself, authorities said.
The mother of a baby shot dead in his stroller took one look at a teenage suspect’s jailhouse mugshot Saturday and said he was definitely the killer. Yet an aunt of the teen said he was eating breakfast with her when the slaying took place.
Few signs of spring are being found in parts of the Midwest as a snowstorm tracks mostly along Interstate 70, bringing heavy snow and high winds.
If there was one place at Muncie Gras on Saturday that successfully captured the raucous nature of a New Orleans Mardi Gras, it was the Columbia Theater. With the chilly weather covering the streets, patrons took advantage of the indoors for warmth – and for events like the wet t-shirt contest
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UPDATE: The McKinley Mile raised more than $3,600 for the Youth Opportunity Center, nearly doubling the amount raised at the philanthropic event last year.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — NBC plans to air excerpts of jailhouse interviews with former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky next week, which his lawyer said were given to a documentary filmmaker working on a defense of Joe Paterno.
A 61-year-old French man was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport and charged with impersonating a pilot after airline officials found him in the cockpit of a plane scheduled for takeoff, police said Friday.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A decision by Comcast Corp. to ban commercials touting firearms and ammunition has left some Indiana gun stores searching for new ways to advertise their products.
DENVER — Marijuana tourism is one of the biggest questions facing pot regulators in Colorado. A special legislative panel looking at marijuana regulations plans to discuss the question Friday.
A Marine killed a male and female colleague in a shooting at a base in northern Virginia before killing himself, officials said.
Mayor Dennis Tyler talked about programs and bettering Muncie at Thursday’s discussion with students.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A large following of "nameless bloggers" alleging a cover-up of a rape investigation spurred an eastern Ohio judge to ask that someone from outside the community oversee a grand jury looking into new charges related to the assault.
MUNCIE, Ind. — A subcontractor that worked on Ball State University's geothermal heating and cooling system is suing the project's general contractor, alleging breach of contract.
INDIANAPOLIS — School Superintendent Glenda Ritz and a small group of Indiana mayors are making their case for more funding from the state.
DENVER — Civil unions for gay couples in Colorado will be signed into law Thursday, a dramatic turnaround for a state where voters banned same-sex marriage in 2006.
