Indianapolis Star: Politics
- Hundreds of thousands of Africans were enslaved in America. Wanda Tucker believes her relatives were the first
Thursday - 08/22/2019 - 02:06 AMWanda Tucker knew when she arrived in Angola, the void she felt was bigger than any one ancestor. It was of an entire people missing its past.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indiana's chief justice reappointed to second term
Wednesday - 08/21/2019 - 03:24 PMIndiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush was reappointed to a second five-year term Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Donald Trump cancels trip to Denmark after prime minister dismisses his offer to buy Greenland as 'absurd'
Tuesday - 08/20/2019 - 09:05 PMPresident Donald Trump abruptly canceled a trip to Denmark on Tuesday after that country's prime minister dismissed his offer to buy Greenland as "absurd."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 9-year-old girl fatally mauled by 3 dogs in Detroit; pet owner arrested
Tuesday - 08/20/2019 - 06:02 AMPolice arrested the dogs' owner, a 33-year-old man, following the attack in an alley but were still trying Monday to piece together what happened.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 3 mass shooting plots stopped around the country in separate incidents, police say
Monday - 08/19/2019 - 08:18 AMTips from the public aided in the three arrests in Connecticut, Florida and Ohio, which occurred from Thursday and Friday
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More than 40 charged in federal court from Mississippi ICE raid, but no company officials
Saturday - 08/17/2019 - 02:58 PMSo far, more than 40 arrest warrants have been filed in federal court resulting from the Aug. 7 immigration raid.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indiana lawmaker accused of racism after posting nooses under photo of black man guilty of rape
Friday - 08/16/2019 - 07:27 PMJim Lucas defends himself against accusations of racism after he posted an image of a gallows under the photo of a black man who pleaded guilty to rape.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tommy John wanted to know how many people change underwear every day. The results might surprise you
Thursday - 08/15/2019 - 11:55 PMA survey conducted by underwear brand Tommy John suggests a large percentage of Americans aren't changing underwear every day.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What the hail? Colorado sets state record for biggest hailstone
Thursday - 08/15/2019 - 06:13 PMA hailstone that crashed to Earth near Bethune, Colorado, on Tuesday is the largest ever recorded in the state. It was measured at 4.83 inches in diameter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Background check laws for gun sales
Thursday - 08/15/2019 - 03:47 PMThe U.S. Congress could soon consider universal background checks for all gun sales following deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Such a law also would change how guns are legally sold in Indiana.
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- Hurricanes are making spiders more aggressive: It's rapid evolution at work, study says
Wednesday - 08/21/2019 - 03:12 PMA spider population has begun to evolve in areas that have been impacted by extreme weather, a new study says. They're becoming more aggressive.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Amazon is burning and smoke from the fires can be seen from space
Tuesday - 08/20/2019 - 11:43 PMSmoke from record wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest blanketed São Paulo on Monday and could be seen from space.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he died by suicide, court records say
Tuesday - 08/20/2019 - 09:24 AMMultiple attorneys representing Epstein’s alleged victims had previously vowed to go after the millionaire’s estate after news of his death.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'They don't respect our security measures': Large alligator scales fence at Florida naval air station
Monday - 08/19/2019 - 07:12 PMA video shared by a Florida television station shows an alligator climbing over a fence at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fugitive lived in isolated bunker for 3 years to evade arrest in Wisconsin
Saturday - 08/17/2019 - 08:49 PMJeremiah Button was sleeping in a homemade bunker in the woods on the morning of Aug. 9 when his three-year run from the law came to an end.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Members shouldn't vape or order 'anything ending in -ccino,' Mormon church says
Saturday - 08/17/2019 - 11:48 AMThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a warning against coffee and vaping despite the fancy names and alluring flavors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Report: LGBTQ-hate violence increased during Pride month, Stonewall's 50th anniversary
Friday - 08/16/2019 - 01:09 PMThe U.S. National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs reported an increase in hate violence against LGBTQ people during Pride Month and Stonewall 50.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How Indiana gun sales would change if universal background checks become federal law
Friday - 08/16/2019 - 08:15 AMThe bill has passed the House, but its future in the Senate is uncertain. But if it did pass, here's what it would mean for Indiana gun sales.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Autopsy finds Epstein suffered broken neck bones, reports say
Thursday - 08/15/2019 - 04:18 PMJeffrey Epstein, who died last weekend, suffered multiple breaks to his neck bones, including the hyoid bone near the Adam's apple, reports say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida police found an unusual 'burglary' suspect at a local high school: A raccoon inside a vending machine
Thursday - 08/15/2019 - 12:06 AMThe Volusia County Sheriff's Office shared photo and videos of a raccoon stuck in a local high school's vending machine.
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- Prosecutor: Cannibalism victim was butchered 'like you wouldn't kill a livestock animal'
Wednesday - 08/21/2019 - 07:58 PMJoseph Oberhansley, 38, is accused of killing his estranged girlfriend and eating parts of her brain and organs in 2014.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrat to challenge embattled Curtis Hill for attorney general
Wednesday - 08/21/2019 - 09:59 AMSen. Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, announced Wednesday that she will run for Indiana attorney general.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - She never hung up: Cable customer service rep in Mississippi saves Michigan man's life
Tuesday - 08/20/2019 - 12:39 PMAs the man's speech became more impaired, the phone dropped. The Mississippi woman immediately remembered her mother's advice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gluten-heavy diets in young kids linked to celiac disease, study says
Monday - 08/19/2019 - 04:15 PMIf you're feeding your child many gluten-heavy foods like pastas and breads, they may be more likely to develop celiac disease, a new study says.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FBI: Ohio police arrest man connected to online shooting threat against Jewish community center
Sunday - 08/18/2019 - 07:39 PMOhio police arrested James P. Reardon, 20, on charges of telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inside the Philly cop shootings
Friday - 08/16/2019 - 04:07 PMThe story of a gunfight that paralyzed a Philadelphia neighborhood and left 6 officers shot
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Special prosecutor picked in case of Indiana Rep. Dan Forestal
Friday - 08/16/2019 - 03:24 PMForestal donated money to the Marion County prosecutor's campaign and volunteered his time, a spokesman said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tennessee executes Stephen Michael West by electric chair
Thursday - 08/15/2019 - 10:30 PMStephen Michael West was sentenced to death for the 1986 stabbing deaths of Wanda Romines, 51, and her 15-year-old daughter, Sheila Romines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to address American Legion in Indy
Thursday - 08/15/2019 - 05:07 PMThe vice president and former Indiana governor will speak at 1 p.m. Aug. 28 at the American Legion's annual convention in Indianapolis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida man arrested; threatened neighbors with nunchucks, sprayed them with roach spray, police say
Wednesday - 08/14/2019 - 05:07 PMThe Florida man was complaining about a neighbor's loud music, which led to him swinging nunchucks and spraying roach spray.
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