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Al and Kathy Hubbard, Indianapolis philanthropists who have spent more than $200,000 honoring top teachers since 2013, are extending their Life-Changing Teacher Awards this year to principals and giving another $50,000 to the effort.

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced recipients of its 2014 performing arts grants. Noted composers such as Roscoe Mitchell, Oliver Lake and Randy Weston received a first tier award.

Britain's Peter Higgs and Belgium's Francois Englert were cited by the Royal Swedish Academy for the "theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles."

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded more than $18 million to 82 local homeless assistance programs across Indiana.

The United States Department of Transportation has awarded Indiana $177.5 million for two projects one in Lake County and the other in Indianapolis.

A former employee of the state treasurer's office claims Treasurer Kelly Mitchell illegally awarded millions of dollars in contracts to private companies.

A Tippecanoe County high school team brought home a world championship award in robotics.

Award-winners, named Tuesday night, were recognized for a wide range of work, including coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-racism protests.

The yearly award has been given out by the Milken Family Foundation since 1987. Hailed as the "Oscars of Teaching," it celebrates and recognizes early to mid-career educators across the United States.

Indiana has awarded nearly $30 million to communities and nonprofit groups for construction of 70 miles of new trails Gov. Eric Holcomb says will boost local tourism and economic development.