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Weekend Mass Shooting Update, Preschool Price Hikes in Marion County, Proposal to Extend Curfew for Young People, Experts Worry Federal Changes Could Unravel HIV Efforts

Weekend Mass Shooting Update, Preschool Price Hikes in Marion County, Proposal to Extend Curfew for Young People, Experts Worry Federal Changes Could Unravel HIV Efforts

July 09, 2025

We're learning more about the teenagers allegedly involved in the mass shooting in downtown Indianapolis over the holiday weekend. Families in Marion County are seeing steep preschool price hikes. A proposal that aims to extend curfew hours for young people in Indianapolis was introduced during Monday night’s City-County Council meeting. Several cities across the Midwest are considered "hot spots" for HIV because they have so many new cases.

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