The University of Notre Dame sent letters to students and employees on Friday saying it will stop providing birth control coverage to students and employees at the end of the plan year

The new law bans women from getting abortions because of fetal genetic defects, and it prohibit abortions from being performed because of a fetus's race, sex or ancestry. Critics of the legislation -- including some Republican lawmakers -- say it goes too far.

The Indiana attorney general's office is asking a federal judge to put on hold her order against Gov. Mike Pence's efforts to bar state agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in the state.

The American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday filed the suit on behalf of two unidentified plaintiffs—one residing in Elkhart County, and the other in Allen County. The suit involves another new state law that makes it a Level 6 felony for a serious sex offender to enter a school property, even if the school also serves as a place of worship.