Black and Latino community leaders are stepping in to help their own through the coronavirus crisis.

Football Helmet companies will have tight deadlines to recondition, recertify and redistribute helmets needed for youth and high school programs.

The lawyer for William "Roddie" Bryan, the Georgia man who recorded video of two white men shooting Ahmaud Arbery, says his client is not a vigilante.

Local officials say the community is shocked that racism could have fueled the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.

In her first on-camera interview since Joe Biden denied her assault allegation, Tara Reade told Megyn Kelly it "changed everything about my life."

The claim that COVID-19 has a lower death toll than many other causes is partly false. There isn't yet a year's worth of data.

The play is the theater program's way of countering anti-drug programs that haven't worked — the kind where adults shake fingers at students.

IndyStar reporter Domenica Bongiovanni searched for tiny statues hidden by artist Dominic Sansone in 2009 for a Herron art class.

Citing the need to keep people safe, Indiana Black Expo has canceled its Summer Celebration and Circle City Classic.

Kerry Kapaku, owner of DanceWorks Indy, teaches a Saturday ballet class from her home. The studio is offering online content due to coronavirus concerns.

Social distancing and people's potential discomfort sitting in auditoriums have given Indianapolis venues several problems to solve amid coronavirus.

William Edouard Scott and John Wesley Hardrick both studied under famed Impressionist painter Otto Stark at Manual High School.

Four boys were executed in a Parke County, Indiana, mobile home on Feb. 14, 1977. There was only one survivor: Betty Jane Spencer.

Many slave women outlived their children and husbands or were abandoned by them. They had no where to turn.

The Indy 500 is delayed in 2020 due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. But six times, it was outright canceled.

From Bush Stadium to Victory Field

WE'RE living in strange times all right. But the weird world of Covid isolation took on a dreamlike quality for me and Richard the week before last. That was when we filmed our week-long series about lockdown reading for Channel 4, five shows which were broadcast this week from our living room.

Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience

1. Tears do not fall in space.
More details (Daily Telegraph)

2. Employees who install new web browsers on their computers perform better on average than those who use the default pre-installed browser that came with their machine.
More details (The Economist)

3. Methane eating micro-organisms carry out a deep clean of the oceans after an oil spill.
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4. Scientists are conducting searches for signs of extraterrestrial engineering.
More details (New Scientist)

5. The most popular place to hide valuables is a sock drawer.
More details (Daily Telegraph)

6. Fractions of virtual currency Bitcoin are known as satoshis.
More details (The Economist)

7. People in China hold "fake funerals" for themselves, so they can "enjoy" the day.
More details (Metro)

8. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak belonged to a group of hackers and hobbyists called the Homebrew Computer Club.
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9. Brains can be rendered transparent.
More details (Smithsonian Magazine)

10. Countries with the death penalty are now outnumbered by about five to one, by those who have abolished it.
More details (Guardian)

Education is the smartest investment an individual or a society can make, a letter to the editor says.

We need to educate ourselves and then trust the process the framers' included in the Constitution, a letter to the editor says.

An average of 907 Hoosiers are killed by guns each year, and 85 of those are children, a letter to the editor says.

When people have no respect for lives of others, it explains why the smallest disagreement can result in violent acts, a letter to the editor says.

Angela Summers, 45, was shot around 4 p.m. Monday while working in the 400 block of North Denny Street. She died later at an area hospital.

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill's office is appealing the order.

Indiana's disparity is on par with the nation as a whole, where blacks were 3.64 times more likely than whites to be arrested, the new study found.

Police said the shooting happened Friday night near the intersection of East 46th Street and Shadeland Avenue.

The death of a 16-year-old girl killed by a stray bullet in Indianapolis is a dramatic example of how large gatherings are hurting the coronavirus fight and leading to increased violence in the city.

Two fatal shootings of black men by police and the death of a pregnant pedestrian struck by an officer resurface old scars for Indianapolis.

A statistical analysis of Indianapolis' homicides shows that young black males are four times more likely than others to be victims of homicide.

Randal Taylor, who became police chief last week, has felt the grief that lies behind every shooting in Indianapolis.

Two Indianapolis police officers have been arrested in separate and unrelated incidents.

After IMPD officers killed 3 people in 8 hours, IndyStar found that Indianapolis is the largest city in the country without police body cameras.

Bulldogs senior hits a 3-pointer in the closing seconds to knock off Xavier in the Big East regular-season finale.

Senior caps 36-point night with winning 3-pointer

Bulldogs senior capped a stellar conference season with a game-winning shot and 36 points against Xavier

Senior is a first-team All-Big East player, the reigning player of the week, and he hit the game-winner in the regular-season finale.

Rotnei Clarke and his wife packed for her and their three small children in less than three hours.

Ronald, not known as a shooter, breaks a long dry spell, and Willie Veasley follows with a 3 to push the Bulldogs over the Orange

Where the players and coaches of 2019 Butler Final Four team are

Butler has been active in the transfer market this offseason, but had come up empty — until Friday.

Reiner directed the movie "LBJ," which was being screened at the film festival.

While in Indianapolis, Rob Reiner shared his thoughts on Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump and what steps can be taken to stop sexual harassment.

Mila Kunis has found a way to let Vice President Mike Pence know she's not fond of him. Every. Single. Month.

Coming-of-age story "Lady Bird" collects top prize in five Indiana Film Journalists Association categories.

NUVO, others buy tickets for hundreds of Indianapolis youth to see Marvel film with a black superhero

"Cultural Journey: Mexico" is sequel to India-themed event presented last summer by Heartland Film.

Australian actor Chris Hemsworth will wield green flag, not Thor's hammer, at 2018 Indianapolis 500.

Australian actor Chris Hemsworth will wield green flag, not Thor's hammer, at 2018 Indianapolis 500.

New York City will be purchasing 50,000 coronavirus test kits weekly from an Indianapolis lab, Aria Diagnostics, owned by a Carmel resident.

Noblesville has applied for a state grant to fund most of its section of the Nickel Plate trail, while Fishers and Indianapolis are pushing forward with their own plans.