A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last year at an Indianapolis warehouse by a former employee of the shipping giant.

The lawsuit, filed last month U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, alleges the officer was never disciplined by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department for the incident.

Federal prosecutors are objecting to an effort by four Muncie police officers to delay their trial on allegations they used excessive force during arrests or tried to cover up that misconduct.

A jury in U.S. District Court in Hammond deliberated less than two hours before finding former Portage mayor James Snyder, 42, guilty on a federal bribery charge.

A U.S. District Court judge handed down the sentence to Richard Grundy III following his August convictions on drug-trafficking and money laundering charges.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of Indianapolis police in a lawsuit that accused officers of excessive force in a black teenagers fatal shooting following a suspected armed carjacking.

The couple sued last year in U.S. District Court, accusing federal officials of violating their constitutional rights by insisting they provide photographs of themselves before the Canadian wife's request to become a permanent U.S. resident can be approved.

The lawsuit contends that the federal government's refusal to accommodate the couple and their beliefs violates their First Amendment rights to free exercise of religion, free speech and the right to freedom of association, as well as their Fifth Amendment due process rights

The suit contends the new reporting rules and a separate provision requiring annual inspections of abortion clinics are both unconstitutional.

Chief U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson says courts never contact anyone by phone - communications about jury duty always come in writing.