Ball State alumnus walks across America to raise awareness
August 29, 2012Planning to stop gun violence one step at a time, a Ball State alumnus is walking across America from Times Square in New York to the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Planning to stop gun violence one step at a time, a Ball State alumnus is walking across America from Times Square in New York to the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
A variety of Ball State majors ranging from English, history and graphic arts are helping to keep the legacy of the Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg automobiles alive.
A small electrical fire in Noyer Complex caused the evacuation of students Wednesday night.
NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo News fired its Washington bureau chief on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he was caught on an open microphone saying that Mitt Romney and his wife, at the GOP convention in Florida while a hurricane was approaching Louisiana, were "happy to have a party with black people drowning."
The price of oil is dropping after U.S. crude oil supplies rose last week for the first time in a month.
AURORA, Colo.- Anguished family members of some of the Colorado theater shooting victims lashed out at a fundraising campaign Tuesday, saying it collected more than $5 million "using pictures and names of our murdered loved ones" but so far has given no more than $5,000 each to families facing bills for medical treatment, travel and other expenses from the attack.
President Barack Obama reached out to potential voters through the Internet on Wednesday.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told veterans Wednesday that he'll make finding them jobs a priority as he accused Democratic President Barack Obama of weakening the nation's defenses.
West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and may rival the record years of 2002 and 2003, federal health officials said Wednesday.
NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Isaac made landfall in southeast Louisiana late Tuesday as Gulf Coast residents hunkered down behind boarded-up windows with stockpiles of food and water, and wind-driven rain lashed bayous and beaches. New Orleans calmly waited out another storm on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's seventh anniversary, hoping the city's strengthened levees will hold. -á
The Food and Drug Administration says salmonella found at a cantaloupe farm in southwestern Indiana matches the "DNA fingerprint" of the salmonella responsible for a deadly outbreak that sickened people in 21 states.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - A court hearing for a former Indiana State University student charged in a fatal shooting in a campus parking lot erupted into a fight that briefly forced officials to lock down the Vigo County Courthouse and Terre Haute City Hall. -á
President Barack Obama, appealing to students who powered his first White House run, swooped onto college campuses Tuesday to remind those returning to class that they hold a unique power to determine the election.
Isaac became a hurricane Tuesday that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way to New Orleans, where residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina struck seven years ago this week.
An Amish preacher testified Wednesday that he watched three men cut his father's hair and beard during an attack last fall that left his father shaking and relatives screaming.
Meet Mitt Romney's sweetheart. Making her national debut, Ann Romney swept onto the stage at the Republican National Convention late Tuesday night and delivered a forceful defense of her husband's character and values - and made an all-out play for the critical women's vote - in a speech designed to introduce the country to the man she knows better than anyone.
TAMPA, Fla. - Republicans launched Mitt Romney's national convention Monday with the bang of a gavel before a smattering of delegates as Tropical Storm Isaac led them to cancel most of the opening-day program. -á
After the first few weekends of the Fall Semester, the Indiana State Excise Police are preparing for the first home football game of the season.
The Accelerate Summer Bridge Program gained plenty of positive feedback from those who participated this year.
Pump prices are heading higher as Tropical Storm Isaac forces several major refineries along the Gulf Coast to halt production in preparation for high winds and heavy rains.
