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Two Mile White River Greenway Extension Opens

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard expects the city to have 82 miles of bike trails by the end of the year. Friday, it added more than two miles.

On the afternoon after a deadly attack on a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., a man who says he was wounded in the violence was among those attending a memorial service at the Joy MCC Church. Police say a lone gunman killed 49 people in the attack.

Orlando Sees Worst Mass Shooting On U.S. Soil: What We Know Monday

Police say 48 of a lone gunman's 49 victims have now been identified. The attacks struck Pulse Orlando, a gay nightclub that had been throwing a Latin Night dance party.

Judge Fears NFL Concussion Settlement Isn't Large Enough

Asking for more details, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody rejected a preliminary approval of the $765 million deal reached last summer. Under the agreement between the league and more than 4,500 retired players, the NFL would contribute to a fund that would pay "medical and other benefits, as well as compensation" to those players who were injured during their careers.

Eva Kor, Holocaust survivor and founder of the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute, died Thursday. She was 85.

Holocaust Survivor Eva Kor Dies At 85

Eva Kor, a survivor of the Holocaust, forgiveness advocate, and public speaker, passed away July 4. She was in Poland, leading one of her annual tours to Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp where was imprisoned as a 10-year-old.

How Pike High School Turned Things Around By Demanding More

Pike High School on Indianapolis' north side was once marred by fights and discipline issues. Now, it's one of the most heralded schools in the country. The school's evolution started with demanding that students act better, and that has led to them demanding more from themselves.

A little girl jumps across a flooded field containing the sewage runoff from the Mais Gate Camp after heavy rains in Port-au-Prince in 2010.

NPR Photographer, Interpreter Killed In Afghanistan

David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed while traveling in a convoy with an Afghan army unit.

Indiana has administered 2,681,559 initial vaccine doses, with 2,574,136 Hoosiers fully vaccinated, as of Saturday.

Coronavirus: Schools Get Learning Loss Funds, IU Rolls Back Vaccine Requirement Proof

The Indiana Department of Health reported 69 additional confirmed deaths over the last week. That brings the states total to 13,267 confirmed deaths. The state also reported more than 3,200 new cases in the last week the fewest reported in a single week since July 2020.

Though Cambridge courses are new to Indiana, and less common nationally than Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes, they’re offered in approximately two dozen other states and 160 countries.

Cambridge-backed courses are expanding in Indiana. Here's how schools are using them.

Indiana wants more schools to offer Cambridge STEM courses through $500,000 in grant funding earmarked in the latest state budget. The long-term goal is to create another way for students to earn an advanced diploma that leads to automatic college admission.

Dr. Maria Carrillo, Dr. Bruce Lamb and Dr. Liana Apostolova investigators with the LEADS trial.

Indiana-Based Early Alzheimer's Study First Of Its Kind

The longterm, multi-site study is backed by 7.6 million in funding from the NIH.

Detail of a photograph of suffragist Marie Stuart Edwards from the Mary Smiley photograph collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library.

Statue Of Suffragist Marie Stuart Edwards Goes Up In Peru

The statue depicts a young Edwards standing by her bicycle and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, gazing into the distance with a look of determination.

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