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Since emerging last year in the Middle East, a mysterious virus has infected at least 132 people and killed 58. But it's still unknown how people get infected. A genetic analysis now suggests that animals may have repeatedly infected people with the deadly virus.

Indiana students seeking their GED have less than a month to finish their coursework before the state switches to a new high school equivalency diploma.

The Vermont senator's endorsement is the conclusion to the long, surprising Democratic primary fight. Clinton praised Sanders, and Sanders returned the favor, saying it was important to elect Clinton.

LaTonya Kirkland and her friends were trailblazers -- part of the first year of an experiment that saw thousands of kids bused from struggling Indianapolis neighborhoods to more affluent sections of Marion County for school. The buses -- paid for by the state and Indianapolis Public Schools -- rolled from 1981 until last month, when the court order mandating the busing expired. Now, 35 years later, it's not clear what the program achieved.

District officials defend School 84 as a critical piece of a plan to keep affluent whites from leaving IPS, a problem faced by urban districts across the United States.

At a time when many public and private schools are segregated by race and class - and even racially mixed schools are often accidents of shifting residential patterns - The Oaks was intentionally designed to include students of different races and economic classes. This story is part of "Schools Divided," a series by Chalkbeat Indiana, The Indy Star and WFYI.

Indianapolis Public School leaders respond to a series on school segregation, "Divided Schools," by Chalkbeat Indiana, The Indy Star and WFYI.

Gov. Mike Pence and Donald Trump met Tuesday, prior to a private fundraiser. Later, at the rally, Pence declared to a crowd of more than a thousand that Trump "gets it" and hears the voice of Americans.

Former Sen. Evan Bayh, who abruptly dropped out of a reelection run in 2010, says partisan bickering has ground Washington to a halt. It's the very same reason he gave for leaving the Senate six years ago. Now, the former Democratic senator says he can no longer sit on the sidelines.

Hoosier firefighters are receiving training and education to help prevent cancer which is the leading cause of death for them.