Sarah Cook looks at the remnants of houses and mobile homes April 13, 2020, in this Bassfield, Miss., neighborhood. Harper Town was one of many neighborhoods in Mississippi swept by a series of tornadoes, Sunday afternoon and evening. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
NEWS

5 national stories of the week

Storms in the Southeast, detained immigrants seeking protection during the pandemic, the president’s pick losing the Wisconsin court race, cities and counties that could be left out from the $2.2 trillion stimulus package and the president’s new panel for reopening the economy make up this week’s five national stories.


City of Milwaukee Election Commission workers process absentee ballots Tuesday, April 7, 2020 in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. Despite federal health recommendations, thousands of Wisconsin voters waited hours in long lines outside overcrowded polling stations on Tuesday so they could participate in a presidential primary election that tested the limits of electoral politics in the midst of a pandemic. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
NEWS

Biden, liberal court candidate win chaotic Wisconsin vote

A liberal challenger on Monday ousted a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice endorsed by President Donald Trump, overcoming a successful push by Republicans to forge ahead with last week’s election even as numerous other states postponed theirs due to the coronavirus pandemic.



A commuter wears a face mask April 13, 2020, to protect against coronavirus at Atocha train station in Madrid, Spain. Spain is cautiously re-starting some business activity to emerge from the nationwide near-total freeze that helped slow the country's grim coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
NEWS

5 international stories of the week

Nations being pressured to ease virus restrictions, a nearly 10 million barrel production cut by oil producing countries, world militaries changing strategy, how the pandemic has affected the Russian president's agenda and a bail plea for the WikiLeaks founder make up this week’s five international stories.




Susana Rivera-Mills, Ball State's Provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, reports to the Board of Trustees Feb. 8, 2019. Rivera-Mills began her job as Provost July 1, 2018. Scott Fleener, DN
NEWS

All Ball State summer classes moved online

In a campus wide email sent Wednesday, Susana Rivera-Mills, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Ball State, announced all in-person classes for the summer 2020 semester will transition to virtual teaching and learning.


Freshman Zahria Hart reflects on her first year of college that was cut short by the COVID-19 outbreak. Photos provided
OPINION

Black Curtain: The new normal

Going into your freshman year of college, there’s this huge feeling of uncertainty. Will this be the moment you realize you relied too much on your parents? What if your dream of being a news anchor turns out not to be what you wanted? Or will rooming with a complete stranger be a bad idea?