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Indiana’s coronavirus stay-at-home order leads to criminal charge in drunk driving case

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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.  Sign up here. An Indiana man has been charged criminally with violating the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home order after he crashed his pickup and was arrested on a drunk driving charge. The wreck Wednesday was a few hours after the stay-at-home order, aimed at […]

2 Fiat Chrysler workers dead after testing positive for the coronavirus

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Two Fiat Chrysler factory workers have died after contracting the coronavirus, the UAW announced on Tuesday. Fiat Chrysler builds the Ram 1500 at the Sterling Heights facility. (Fiat Chrysler) “I want to extend sincere sympathies from myself and the entire International Executive Board for the families of two of our members, one at FCA Kokomo, […]

Former Olive Garden employee considering legal action after customer was provided with ‘server that wasn’t black’

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One of two Olive Garden employees who was targeted during an alleged incident of racial discrimination at an Evansville, Ind., restaurant may be considering legal action, an Indiana law firm has confirmed. Amira Donahue, who has since resigned from Olive Garden in Evansville, Ind., was working as a hostess on Feb. 29 when she allegedly observed a […]

Ex-South Bend police officer justified in black man’s killing that plagued Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s campaign

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A special prosecutor announced Friday that a white former South Bend police officer was justified in the fatal shooting of an African-American man last summer and that he won’t be charged in the killing that roiled then-Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign. Special prosecutor Ric Hertel was appointed to lead an investigation into Sgt. Ryan O’Neill’s […]

Olive Garden fires Indiana restaurant manager who allegedly provided customer with a ‘server that wasn’t black’

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Olive Garden has confirmed an investigation into an alleged incident of racial discrimination against two of its staff members at a restaurant in Evansville, Ind. Amira Donahue, a hostess at the restaurant, told WEHT that she observed the incident break out on Saturday after a customer requested a cup of hot water from “a server […]

Indiana couple in car forces 2 teenage Trump supporters on bikes off the road, angered by flags, police say

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An Indiana couple used their car to force two twin teenage brothers off the road because their bikes bore flags that were supportive of President Trump, police said Friday. Gregory Perry-Jones, 23, and Cailyn Marie Smith, 18, were each charged on Thursday with two felony counts of intimidation and criminal recklessness. They were also charged with one count each […]

Victor Davis Hanson: 2020 presidential race will ‘split’ the Dems in a way the Republicans have never fractured

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The 2020 presidential election will split the Democratic Party in a way that the Republican Party has never, Stanford University professor and author Victor Davis Hanson predicted Thursday. In a wide-ranging interview on host Bill Hemmer’s “Hemmertime” podcast, Hanson said that during Wednesday’s ninth presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, Democrats should have gone for front-runner Sanders’ jugular […]

Bernie Sanders confident he will have Barack Obama’s backing despite reported opposition

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Bernie Sanders: We ‘need’ Obama Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told CNN Thursday that the Democratic Party needs ‘icon’ former president Barack Obama in the 2020 presidential race. In an interview with CNN on Thursday, 2020 Democratic primary frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said that despite past reports of friction, he believes his candidacy would have the […]