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Biden ending deals with Central America restricting asylum
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is withdrawing the U.S. from agreements with three Central American countries that restricted the ability of people to seek asylum at the southwest border, part of a broad effort to undo…
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Chamber of Commerce announces Educator of the Year Awards
Bloomington, Indiana – The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Success School is honored to present the winners of the 20th Annual Educator of the Year Awards. For twenty years, the Chamber’s Success School has supported…
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IU FOOTBALL’S 2021 SCHEDULE GETS SOME TWEAKS
There have been some tweaks to Indiana football’s 2021 schedule. The changes announced Friday by the Big Ten essentially move up a late October contest at Penn State and a November home date with Michigan…
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Senate approves budget bill as Harris casts tie-breaker vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate early Friday approved a budget resolution that’s a key step toward fast-track passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan without support from Republicans. Vice President Kamala Harris was…
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100 years after the Tulsa Massacre, entrepreneurs revive spirit of ‘Black Wall Street’
Dwight Eaton believes his entrepreneurial spirit is part of his DNA, maybe even a genetic mutation. That genetic imperative may have been what drove his great-grandmother Minnie to move her family from Arkansas to Tulsa in the early 1900s.…
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Texas woman sentenced to life for death of 4-year-old son
GALVESTON, Texas — A 37-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the death of her 4-year-old son, whose body was found on a beach in Galveston…
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California man survives 7 day stuck in snowy mountain road
DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. — A California man survived seven days in the Sierra Nevada after following his GPS navigation system down a treacherous mountain road and getting hemmed in by deep snow. Harland Earls, 29, was…
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Indiana to ease quarantine rules for schools beginning Monday
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – Health officials in Indiana are changing track and loosening rules for those people who may have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus. On Wednesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that the state…
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IU’S JAMAR JOHNSON RECEIVES INVITE TO NFL SCOUTING COMBINE
Indiana safety Jamar Johnson has been invited to the NFL scouting combine — albeit a modified one. While the usual gathering of prospects in Indianapolis will not occur in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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US Marshals deputy shot, suspect killed in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — A U.S. Marshals Service deputy was shot and wounded and a suspect was killed Thursday morning during an exchange of gunfire while law enforcement officers served an arrest warrant in Baltimore, authorities said.…