Huntington officer wounded, suspect dead in exchange of gunfire
A northeastern Indiana police officer was seriously wounded and a suspect was killed early Sunday when gunfire erupted as police pursued a man who was damaging property with a backhoe.
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US executes Louisiana truck driver who killed daughter, 2
The Trump administration continued its series of post-election federal executions Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his 2-year-old daughter for weeks in 2002, then killed her by slamming her head repeatedly against a truck’s windows and dashboard.
US Supreme Court asked to decertify Biden’s win in Arizona
Conservative lawyer Sidney Powell has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decertify Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona.
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next president.
Analysis: Short work by high court of Trump’s ‘big one’
For all Trump’s predictions that the U.S. Supreme Court and his three appointed justices would make things right, he and his supporters were lacking one basic element: a strong legal argument that might plausibly attract some sympathy on a court now dominated by conservative justices.
Trump loses Wisconsin case backed by Indiana lawyers; justice blasts state suit
President Donald Trump lost a federal lawsuit argued by Indianapolis attorneys while his attorney was arguing his case before a skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court in another lawsuit that liberal justices said “smacks of racism” and would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters only in the state’s most diverse counties.
Pence sets Indiana trip to discuss coronavirus vaccine
Vice President Mike Pence has scheduled an Indiana trip to discuss coronavirus vaccines as federal officials are expected to soon authorize the first such vaccine for widespread use.
AG Hill sues Nevada company for fraudulent sale of 3M masks
A Nevada company already facing a federal lawsuit in Indiana for efforts to defraud the state into buying respiratory masks the company didn’t have access to is now facing a state-court complaint brought by the Indiana attorney general.
Coroners ID man shot after shooting Lake County officer serving papers
Coroners have identified a man who shot a Lake County police officer serving legal papers and then was shot by the officer Thursday.
Holcomb names Brown head of State Personnel Department
Gov. Eric Holcomb has selected Matthew Brown to serve as the director of the Indiana State Personnel Department, he announced Thursday. Brown currently serves as the director of the state Office of Administrative Law Proceedings.
Justices deny archdiocese’s bid to dismiss fired Cathedral teacher’s case
A four-member Indiana Supreme Court denied a petition Thursday filed by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to stop the lawsuit brought by a social studies teacher who was fired from Cathedral High School for being in a same-sex marriage.
Justices recertify nearly 40 senior judges
The Indiana Supreme Court has recertified nearly 40 judicial officers as senior judges, according to a Thursday order.
After 7th Circuit, SCOTUS rulings, US carries out rare presidential transition execution
The Trump administration Thursday carried out its ninth federal execution of the year in what has been a first series of executions during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years. A Texas street-gang member was put to death at at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute for the slayings of a religious couple from Iowa more than two decades ago.
AG Hill, 3 Indiana congressmen sign onto Texas suit seeking to void election
The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general — including Indiana’s — signed onto the case even as some who joined predicted it will fail.
Federal judge casts doubt on Indiana lawyers’ Trump Wisconsin lawsuit
A federal judge Thursday cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s lawsuit filed by Indiana Lawyers that seeks to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin, saying siding with Trump would be “the most remarkable ruling in the history of this court or the federal judiciary.”
Kirsch nomination to succeed Barrett on 7th Circuit moves to full Senate
The nomination of Hoosier Thomas Kirsch II to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was approved Thursday by the Judiciary Committee and will be sent to the U.S. Senate for a confirmation vote.
COA reversal awards Carmel pizzeria owner $197K, potential treble damages
A panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against a Hamilton County pizzeria company’s owner after finding the trial court erred in concluding that he failed to establish money damages for his partners’ acts of forgery and counterfeiting related to the business, among other things, awarding more than $197,000 in damages and over $21,000 in legal fees.
COA: Intelligence text exclusion not abuse of discretion in residential entry case
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a Lawrence County man’s residential entry conviction, finding the exclusion of his psychological assessment from evidence was not an abuse of discretion.
Inmate scheduled for Thursday execution asks 7th Circuit for a stay
With mere hours left before his scheduled execution, Brandon Bernard is awaiting a decision from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that could delay his death by lethal injection.
Justices grant transfer in one case, decline 21 others
Indiana Supreme Court justices declined to hear 21 cases of out 22 petitions for transfer last week, agreeing to hear just one case concerning a man’s lookalike drug-related conviction in a search and seizure dispute.