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Signing day in a pandemic: For IU women's basketball commit it was 'pure joy' and a lot of honking

Tennessee standout Chloe Moore-McNeil signed with Indiana basketball on Wednesday.

       




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Emmitt Holt's incredible journey includes 'nightmare' in Indiana

Webster's Emmitt Holt spent 64 days in the hospital, lost 50 pounds, had eight feet of intestines removed and returned to play college basketball.

       




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Brian Dennehy portrayal of IU basketball coach Bob Knight 'weirdest situation' in acting career

When Dennehy was asked if he would've fired Knight, he said yes. But he would have done it 15 years earlier when Knight hurled a chair across the court.

       




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IU football: Peyton Hendershot makes 'modified' return to Hoosiers

Peyton Henderson had been suspended in the wake of an incident for which he still faces a court hearing.

       




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IU basketball: Damezi Anderson enters transfer portal

After a record-setting career at South Bend Riley, he rarely cracked the Hoosiers lineup in two seasons.

       




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When Michael Jordan collided with Bloomington, Bob Knight and the Olympic Trials in 1984

Michael Jordan spent the spring of 1984 in Bloomington before he became Michael Jordan

       




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IU's Trayce Jackson-Davis indicates he's not declaring for NBA draft

The sophomore big man tweeted #Unfinished Business. He would have to declare for the draft Sunday night.

       




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Mr. Basketball Anthony Leal well-equipped to understand expectations that await at IU

Anthony Leal put individual numbers aside at Bloomington South. The result was a 26-0 record.

       




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Here's an early look at IU football's 2020 offensive depth chart

Tom Allen and his staff will have positional questions to work whenever they can bring the Hoosiers back together.

       




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Here's an early look at IU football's 2020 defensive depth chart

Tom Allen dreams of a top-25 defense. Indiana might be ready to give him one.

       




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IU releases guidelines for football season tickets during coronvirus

The renewal deadline is May 15 with 5% down to start. Refunds will be provided for unplayed games

       




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IU basketball forward Justin Smith declares for NBA draft, retains eligibility

A fixture in IU's starting lineup for most of the past two years, Smith averaged 10.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in 2019-20.

       




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Damezi Anderson transfers from IU basketball to Loyola

Anderson, a 6-7 wing from South Bend, put his name in the transfer portal exactly a week ago.

       




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With extended eligibility, IU baseball, softball planning for bigger rosters in 2021

IU baseball, softball working out expanded rosters

       




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In-state defensive lineman Rodney McGraw flips commitment from IU to Penn State

McGraw, a three-star defensive end, announced his decision Sunday via Twitter.

       




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IU football: New defensive line coach Kevin Peoples represents impressive coaching tree

Kevin Peoples has been mentored by Pete Jenkins, a defensive line master for decades.

       




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Coronavirus pandemic rocks Indiana lodging industry as hotels lay off hundreds of workers

Layoffs are mounting in the hospitality industry. "It's worst than 9/11," says the president of the Indiana Restaurant and Lodging Association.

      




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Here's how the $2 trillion federal stimulus will help Hoosiers

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the latest aid package to help the U.S. economy stay afloat during the coronavirus outbreak.

      




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'We are finished': Takeout and delivery isn't sustaining Indianapolis restaurants

Indianapolis restaurant owners report up to 80% sales declines during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they expect numbers to keep falling.

      




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The coronavirus pandemic is hitting landlords and small-business owners. Now rent is due.

The financial disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic are growing. April brings new challenges for renters, homeowners and small-business owners.

      




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Simon Property Group slashes executive pay due to coronavirus pandemic

Securities and Exchange Commission filings detail executive pay cuts for Simon Property Group executives as forced closures impact business operations

      




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Indiana will distribute new federal unemployment benefits. It will just take time.

Indiana will issue unemployment benefits to workers who do not typically qualify. But distributing new federal stimulus money will take time.

       




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Grocery store operating hours, latest shopping changes during the coronavirus pandemic

Here's how grocery stores are trying to accommodate shoppers with new hours, special times for at-risk customers and other changes as of April 29.

       




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Restaurants are selling groceries during the coronavirus pandemic. Here's what's available.

Restaurants struggling during the coronavirus pandemic are becoming grocery stores to survive. Here's where to score groceries around Indianapolis.

       




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Former Eli Lilly head Richard Wood dies; led company for nearly two decades

Richard Wood led Eli Lilly and Co. through prosperous times, thanks to products like Prozac. Colleagues say his foresight paid off.

       




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74 Indiana businesses receive verbal warnings for violating governor's coronavirus order

Indiana officials have investigated several hundred complaints about businesses accused of violating state-mandated safety restrictions.

       




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Self-employed, independent Indiana workers now can apply for new unemployment insurance

Here's how the self-employed, gig workers and others who don't typically qualify for state unemployment benefits can receive new federal benefits.

       




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Leaked memo details Simon plans to reopen Indiana malls Saturday

Simon Property Group plans to reopen on Saturday Indiana malls shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leaked internal memo.

       




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Editorial: Wave of heroin abuse pounding Indiana; swift action needed

Gov. Mike Pence's Scott County order allowing a needle-exchange program is a welcome step. But it's just a start.

       




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Editorial: Helping Indy's young black males requires city-wide effort

More than 100 companies and nonprofits have pledged support for the Your Life Matters initiative, created to help the city's most vulnerable residents. That's a great start, but momentum is critical.

       




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US Unemployment Rate Soars To 14.7%, the Worst Since the Depression Era

The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent in April, the highest level since the Great Depression, as many businesses shut down or severely curtailed operations to try and limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus. From a report: The Labor Department said 20.5 million people abruptly lost their jobs, wiping out a decade of employment gains in a single month. The speed and magnitude of the loss defies comparison. It is roughly double what the nation experienced during the entire 2007-09 crisis. As the virus's rapid spread accelerated in March, President Trump and numerous governors imposed restrictions that led businesses to suddenly shed millions of workers, putting the economy in a deep freeze. Analysts warn it could take many years to return to the 3.5 percent unemployment rate the nation experienced in February in part because it's unclear what a new economy will look like even if scientists make progress on a vaccine, testing, and treatment.

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Samsung To Launch a Samsung Pay Debit Card This Summer

In a blog post yesterday, Samsung announced plans to launch a Samsung Pay debit card this summer. The Verge reports: Samsung will launch the card, which will be backed by a cash management account, in partnership with personal finance company SoFi, Ahn said. Samsung is also developing a "mobile-first money management platform," according to Ahn. His blog doesn't detail what features that money management platform or the upcoming debit card may have, but he does say that Samsung will share more details "in the coming weeks." Samsung joins Apple in offering a branded payment card. Google is reportedly working on its own branded payment card as well, though Google's will apparently be a debit card, like Samsung's. Google will also supposedly offer spending-tracking tools for the card.

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In-Person DEF CON 28 Event Is Canceled

Annual Las Vegas hacker gathering DEF CON has officially called off its physical conference for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Register reports: In what was pretty much a foregone conclusion, the organizing team today said the in-person event would not be held in 2020. It had been slated to take place in August. This comes after the more formal Black Hat USA event, usually scheduled to run the same week as DEF CON in Sin City, was shelved as an in-person shindig, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic forcing everyone to stay home where possible. Both shows will tentatively take place as web streaming affairs this summer. For DEF CON 28, this means a 'Safe Mode' online gathering, with video streams and a Discord server, between August 6 and 9. "Even if a vaccine were to be discovered tomorrow it would not be soon enough to test, manufacture, distribute and administer in time for people to safely to travel by August," explained Jeff "The Dark Tangent" Moss. "Too many states have stayed open or are reopening, people partied for far too long, and the lack of federal coordination gives me no hope that things will get back to normal this year. I also worry that the conferences that postponed to later this year will be caught up in the 'second wave' after restrictions start to ease and they will end up having to cancel. Because of this, postponing for DEF CON was not an option."

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'Video Vigilante' Arrested After Filming a Hospital's Emergency Ramp

The Boston Herald writes that a "video vigilante faces numerous charges after being arrested outside Massachusetts General Hospital where police say he was recording the emergency ramp at the height of the coronavirus pandemic." schwit1 shares their report: John L. McCullough, 41, was charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace and threats to do bodily harm after police say he refused to stop recording Sunday evening. "I informed him that I could not make him stop filming but I asked him to stop out of respect to patient privacy," the arresting officer wrote in a police report obtained by the Herald through a public records request. The next day the newspaper's senior editor posted a follow-up: John L. McCullough told the Herald Tuesday evening he is a First Amendment crusader who takes videos of police and posts them to YouTube. That's what got him a June 2 arraignment date. "I understand how people may feel, but that doesn't mean I should be locked up," McCullough said... "Did I break the law? No. I may have been rude," he added. "I understand people may feel jittery, but where peoples' feelings start my rights don't stop...." Cambridge civil-rights attorney Harvey Silverglate said McCullough will probably have his case tossed, even if what he was doing is seen as crass. "There's no amendment in the Constitution called the humanity amendment," said Silverglate. "It's a free country and you have a right to be a jerk." But taking video outside a hospital during a pandemic and as people try to social distance — and first responders, including the police, face all-too-real health risks — is "pretty distasteful," Silverglate added. Still, he added the judge will "have to throw it out." He added it's "punishment itself" to go to court in this climate. McCullough, records state, does not have an attorney yet. He did say he's ready to plead his case. "Don't be brainwashed," he added, "and it shouldn't be a problem when a black man has a camera." The Herald suggests one more interesting detail. "McCullough said '20 other cameras' were probably rolling at the same time as he was — alluding to security cameras in the area."

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Do Working-From-Home Developers Risk Burning Out?

"Software developers, like everyone else, have had to transition to a work-from-home world," writes InfoWorld. For the users of GitHub, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant changes in work cadence and collaboration, along with an increased risk of burnout, a GitHub study of usage patterns on the Microsoft-owned code sharing site has found." In an "Octoverse spotlight" analysis published May 6, 2020, GitHub compared the first three months of 2020 with the first three months of 2019... GitHub said its analysis shows that developers have been resilient to the change wrought by COVID-19, with activity holding consistent or increasing through the crisis. But their analysis also found: Developers are working longer, by "up to an hour per day," seven days a week. Slightly more pushes, pull requests, reviewed pull requests, and commented issues. More collaboration on open source projects, and less time to merge pull requests into open source projects.

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Insider: The real Victor Oladipo appears but Pacers' comeback bid falls short vs. Celtics

Boston dominated for most of four quarters but Indiana briefly took the lead in the final minutes behind Victor Oladipo and inspired defensive play.

      




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Mark Cuban is as stunned as anyone that the NBA season is suspended

Dallas Mavericks owner and IU alum is taken aback to learn the NBA is stopping play in the wake of a player's coronavirus test

      




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Insider: Pacers well positioned to deal with any salary cap impact from the coronavirus

An insurance payment due to Victor Oladipo's injury gives Pacers lowest payroll in NBA

      




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Insider: If the NBA returns, Pacers could benefit with a healthy backcourt

Malcolm Brogdon is healing and more minutes for JaKarr Sampson could get the Pacers out of the first round of the playoffs

      




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Why the Pacers traded the chance to draft Michael Jordan for Tom Owens

The Pacers dealt the No. 2 pick in the 1984 draft for one season of Tom Owens

      




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Pacers Malcolm Brogdon declares himself ready to play again with injury '100%' healed

The Pacers didn't have their starting point guard for the last three games before the NBA went on hiatus, but he's able to play if/when it restarts.

      




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Inside Madison Square Garden when Reggie Miller's 8 points in 8.9 seconds echoed round the world

What Miller did may have been the greatest one-man comeback in the history of the NBA.

      




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Portillo's makes its Hendricks County debut as Avon location opens

Italian beef and Chicago-style hot dogs are now being sold near Ronald Reagan Parkway and U.S. 36.

      




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The most delicious moments at the IndyStar Wine & Food Experience

Wagyu steak, baby lamb chops, dumplings, pie and more were served with fine wine at the IndyStar Wine & Food Experience at Clay Terrace in Carmel.

       




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Watch these amazing crepes being made at T-Swirl Crepe in Downtown Indianapolis

Take a look at a variety of crepes being created at T-Swirl Crepe, a new place to eat in Downtown Indianapolis.

       




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Photos: How the central Indiana restaurant industry is reacting to a pandemic

Restaurants and bars in central Indiana respond to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, health pandemic while operating under state-issued restrictions.

      




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For downtown Franklin, Historic Artcraft Theater must survive pandemic

Empty seats. Silent screens. How Franklin's Artcraft Theater is weathering the pandemic.

       




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Shapiro's deli endures COVID-19 as it did Spanish flu 100 years ago

Shapiro's delicatessen, a Kosher eatery just south of Downtown Indianapolis, is adapting to a carryout model amid the coronavirus pandemic.

       




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Planning Mother's Day brunch? Here are 25-plus restaurants with takeout deals near Indianapolis

Several Indianapolis-area restaurants are offering brunch deals and takeout specials to help mom relax and stay out of the kitchen on Mother's Day.

       




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Pawnee returns Thursday for special 'Parks and Rec' episode from quarantine

As a fundraiser for Feeding America, the cast of "Parks and Recreation" shot a special episode during the coronavirus pandemic. It will air April 30.