The Senate Democrats' proposal essentially adds four words to the list of people protected by the state civil rights law: "sexual orientation and gender identity."

Purdue University associate professor Monica Cox in the School of Engineering Education says her funding from the National Science Foundation will help the three-phase study look at topics including how women overcome the barriers many traditionally face in engineering.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend has appealed a more than $400,000 judgment that it was ordered to pay a former language arts teacher who underwent in vitro fertilization treatments.

Mayor Dick Moore sent a letter Monday to council members saying he's asked city staff instead to pursue an overhaul of the northern Indiana city's human relations ordinance.

Council members voted 7-0 Thursday to extend protections that prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and other areas.

The battle flag was brought down from a 30-foot pole on Friday. The historic flag will be moved to the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.

The decision takes the team one step closer to losing its trademark protection over the name, which the judge agreed "may disparage" Native Americans.

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court justices say U.S. states cannot keep same-sex couples from marrying and must recognize their unions.

In the wake of last week's killing of nine black church members in Charleston, President Obama talks about the status of race relations in a conversation on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast.

While the Pentagon acknowledged years ago that it used American servicemen in World War II mustard gas experiments, NPR found new details about tests that grouped subjects by the color of their skin.