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Published on April 18, 2025

Indiana lawmakers have just days to rework the budget for the next two years. A grim revenue forecast has revealed a projected 2 billion hole in the budget just as lawmakers were prepared to approve it.

That same week, lawmakers passed property taxes, medicaid reform and a bill to try to lure Illinois counties to join Indiana.

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Published on April 18, 2025

When a 20yearold opened fire at Florida State University, terrified students barricaded doors and fled across campus, abandoning chemistry notes and even shoes, in a shooting that investigators said killed two men and wounded at least six others.

By early Friday, memorials of candles and flowers dotted the campus and a schoolwide vigil had been scheduled as students and faculty tried to start healing from the previous days shooting, which sent shockwaves of fear across the campus.

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Published on April 18, 2025

On Thursday, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador after being denied access to him by Salvadoran officials.

Abrego Garcia has been in El Salvadors custody since March 15 after being deported from the United States mistakenly.

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Published on April 18, 2025

Happy Good Friday, Indiana!

Were in for a warm and windy one today, with temperatures expected to soar into the low to mid80s across much of the state. If youre in Indianapolis, theres a good shot well top out at 82, which would make today the warmest day of the year so farsurpassing the previous high of 81 on both March 28 and April 2. While were not quite touching the record of 87 (set in 1977), were still running nearly 20 above the normal high for this time in April.

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Published on April 18, 2025

The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a Star Wars event on Friday where Lucasfilm announced that the next installation in the franchise will hit theaters in May 2027 starring Ryan Gosling.

Appearing on stage before a lightsaberwaving crowd at Makuhari Messe center outside Tokyo, Gosling showed a photo of his childhood bedsheets, plastered with illustrations from the space epic created by George Lucas.

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Published on April 18, 2025

Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a required step as prosecutors work to make good on the Trump administrations order to seek the death penalty for what it called a premeditated, coldblooded assassination that shocked America.

Mangiones indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Manhattan, includes a charge of murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. The indictment, which mirrors a criminal complaint brought after Mangiones arrest last December, also charges him with stalking and a gun offense.

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Published on April 18, 2025

The Humane Society for Hamilton County is featuring three dogs and two cats looking for forever homes this week.

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Published on April 18, 2025

Indiana State Police detectives arrested a man for his alleged role in a deadly crash on Indianapolis east side Monday night that was fleeing from Henry County sheriffs deputies.

On Thursday, April 17, ISP detectives, with the assistance of ISP SWAT, arrested a 38yearold man at his Indianapolis home.

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Published on April 18, 2025

The latest local news, weather and sports for central Indiana at the 6 a.m. hour on Friday, April 18, 2025.

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