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Statewide Stories
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People with limited sight often enjoy sports through listening. But audio descriptions of sports events — like the Indy 500 - can miss details. -
Top Indiana Republicans like Attorney General Todd Rokita and U.S. Sen. Jim Banks called for Diego Morales to suspend his secretary of state campaign, but Morales says he plans to stay in the race. -
A slate of 11 Indiana Democrats will get a boost ahead of November’s midterms. The group of candidates will vie for competitive seats in the Indiana House and aim to break the Republican supermajority. -
An Indianapolis transgender woman won court approval to change her birth certificate. Now Indiana's attorney general is trying to reverse it. -
An “unprecedented” Indiana recount challenge is unfolding after Senate District 23 candidate Paula Copenhaver asked the state recount commission to subpoena voters accused of illegally crossing over into the Republican primary.
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There have been more than 900 suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola, resulting in more than 180 deaths. It's the first major outbreak the Trump Administration drastically cut health aid programs.
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As both the US and Iran signal a peace deal is near, Robert Kagan, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the U.S. will likely come out weaker than before the war.
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New research shines a light on the lost Franklin Expedition, a 19th century voyage to the Canadian Arctic gone awry.
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NPR's Star Wars nerds talk about whether the franchise still has the juice, as 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu' hits the cinemas.
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Moses Sawasawa/APAfrica races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda. -
Anike Rahman for NPRThe number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding? -
Mahnaz Ebrahimi|January 2026The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York. -
NPRNPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with W-U-N-C listener Thomas Hirschman of Durham, North Carolina. and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
Photo courtesy of the Jewish Federations of North AmericaThere's an effort on Capitol Hill to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which awards funding to houses of worship to harden their defenses. In 2024, roughly a third of those who applied actually received funding.
