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'People are really suffering': Black and Latino communities help their own amid coronavirus crisis

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

      




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Looking for toilet paper, disinfecting wipes or hand sanitizer? Try bartering on Facebook and Nextdoor

Welcome to the real sharing economy. Friends and neighbors set up trades on Facebook and Nextdoor for household essentials like toilet paper, eggs and bread.

      




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'He was the most loving person': Little Richard's guitarist, Chance the Rapper, Spike Lee react to singer's death

News of Little Richard's death sent shockwaves across social media Saturday as tributes started pouring in from celebrities and musicians.

      




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Little Richard, outsized founding father of rock music, dies at 87

Little Richard Penniman, a founding father of rock music, died at 87. Before Elvis, the flamboyant singer wowed 1950s teens with his frantic sound.

      




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Indianapolis Opera's 'Elixir of Love' features IndyCar driver Zach Veach, vintage car

IndyCar driver Zach Veach and a 1909 car are making a guest appearance during the Indianapolis Opera's production of "Elixir of Love."

      




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Voting rights march kicks off month of Art & Soul performances

Art & Soul celebrates African-American art and artists in Indiana. The event coincides with Black History Month.

      




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Artists Evan and Radie Steiner fell insta-love through Instagram. Now they're married.

An Indianapolis photographer met a New Jersey painter on Instagram because they liked each other's work. Now they're married and run an art business.

      




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'Author in Chief': Two centuries of presidential books

Bloomington resident Craig Fehrman explored the history of U.S presidents' campaign books and memoirs for his first book, "Author in Chief."

      




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The 'Andy Griffith'-inspired movie exceeded its fundraising goal. Here's what's next.

The "Andy Griffith"-inspired movie "Mayberry Man" reached its fundraising goal. Here are more opportunities to be involved with the film in Indiana.

      




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For creators of Madam C.J. Walker Netflix series, her story is timeless and 'aspirational'

The Netflix series "Self Made" depicts Madam C.J. Walker's rise as a hair care entrepreneur in Indianapolis.

      




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Was Addie Munroe a true rival of Madam C.J. Walker and other questions about 'Self Made'

We answer four questions about the historical accuracy of the Netflix series "Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker."

      




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John Prine made music, friends and even a movie in Indiana

Iconic singer-songwriter John Prine, who died at age 73, hired Indiana guitarists Jason Wilber and Larry Crane to play in his band.

       




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Indy art historian's 'You Are an Artist' book supplies ideas, and readers supply effort

Indianapolis art historian Sarah Urist Green presents more than 50 do-it-yourself projects in 'You Are an Artist' book

       




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Indianapolis convention business looking to emerge from bleak coronavirus crisis

Conventions, conferences and trade shows cling to calendar spots with cautious optimism after the coronavirus pandemic caused tourism to nosedive.

       




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Photos: Spring flowers at Newfields in full bloom

IndyStar walks through the closed gardens at Newfields, Friday, April 24, 2020.

       




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Ballet lessons from the living room: Dance classes during the coronavirus pandemic

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

       




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We can't visit Newfields right now. Here's a photo tour of its blooming, flowery gardens.

Newfields' gardens usually draw thousands of visitors this time of year. While it's closed because of the coronavirus, see a photo tour of the blooms.

       




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Here's why you'll see colorful 'smoke' coming from an Old Northside chimney on Friday

You can see this art in person while you social distance. The Harrison Center will send colorful "smoke" from its historic chimney for the first time.

       




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IndyFringe cancels its 2020 festival on Mass Ave. because of coronavirus concerns

IndyFringe, the popular Mass Ave. theater festival, has been canceled. Social distancing requirements will not allow the artists to prepare.

       




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Here's what visiting museums could be like once they reopen during the coronavirus fight

As The Children's Museum, Newfields and others wait for the OK to reopen, they are strategizing how to keep visitors safe from the coronavirus spread.

       




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Indiana restaurant history in photos: From tenderloins to fried brains

In Indiana, everyone knows the best restaurants to get the best pie, fried chicken, tenderloins and yes...fried brains.

      




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Retro Indy: Tony Kiritsis was a very angry man

He wired a shotgun to a mortgage banker's neck and abducted him on live TV, but he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

      




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Black History: Famed Indiana artists have a shared heritage at Manual High School

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

      




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Female ex-slaves found security, community at Indianapolis' Alpha Home

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

      




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Semper Fi: Kokomo native was first female Marine

Opha Johnson — born Opha May Jacob in Kokomo, Indiana — was honored 100 years later, thanks to the Women Marines Association.

      




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'Citizen archivists' projects to work on during the coronavirus pandemic

Volunteers serve as "citizen archivists" to help make their collections more accessible to the public.

       




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Retro Indy: Drive-In Theaters

Don't forget to put the speaker back.

       




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This Hoosier president helped give America some of its greatest national parks

Often overlooked, Benjamin Harrison gave us great national parks and forests.

       




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Broad Ripple's White City amusement park and the fake 'opium den' that burned it down

There were no fewer than 30 White City amusement parks across the world. They were inspired by the Chicago World's Fair.

       




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It is time for Mother Nature’s reality check, says RICHARD MADELEY



I CAN'T help feeling that this is all a long-delayed return to normal. I know the lockdown feels abnormal, and I suppose it is, in that we've never seen anything like it before. But beyond that, I have a powerful sense that normal relations have merely been resumed; the age-old see-saw relationship between man and planet re-established.




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Poet Pam taking no prisoners, says JUDY FINNIGAN



IN THESE uncertain days of lockdown, I sense a strange inversion of intergenerational strife.




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Ministers’ silence is deafening, says RICHARD MADELEY



I'VE NEVER seen or heard anything like it. Or rather, NOT heard. I was on the green roof of London: Kite Hill, the highest spot on Hampstead Heath, and summit of my daily permitted exercise routine.




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Is this lockdown worth the risk, says RICHARD MADELEY



THE RISKS of lockdown are threatening to become greater than the risk of catching the coronavirus.The blunt instrument of social and economic shutdown may soon begin to bludgeon more people to death than the microscopic bug it is meant to protect us from.




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Right time to bench the B-team, says JUDY FINNIGAN



I FEAR that holding Downing Street media briefings about the virus every single afternoon is now totally counterproductive.




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Trump’s bleach blond bombshell, says RICHARD MADELEY



SIX WEEKS into lockdown and every day brings fresh headlines and behaviour you simply couldn't and wouldn't have predicted when you went to bed the night before.




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Expert’s advice doesn’t add up, says RICHARD MADELEY



PROFESSOR Neil "do as I say, not as I do" Ferguson has had a bad week, which he brought entirely on himself.




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High school results, April 6

Includes baseball,softball and boys track

       




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High school results, April 11

Includes baseball, softball, boys golf,girls lacrosse, girls tennis

       




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High school results, April 22

High school results for April 22

       




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High school results, April 27

Results of high school sports action

       




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Letters: Teachers sacrifice family life, financial stability to educate Hoosier children

This year, I am currently making over $12,000 less a year then I was supposed to when I was hired in 2004, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Letters: Marion County Coroner's Office needs more resources, staff

Right now there is an epidemic of suicides and opioid overdoses, on top of the unacceptably high murder rate in the city, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Letters: Increase Hoosier teacher salaries to match neighboring states

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

      




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Letters: Indiana Chamber: Holcomb is the right leader for Indiana

The best way for Indiana to continue its momentum and move forward is with Holcomb's leadership, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Letters: A message to nonvoters: America's democracy needs you

Half of Americans do not vote, and many choose not to stay politically informed because the display can be infuriating, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Letters: Avoid inflammatory rhetoric during impeachment proceedings

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

      




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Letters: Snowplows scarcely seen on interstates during storm

The interstates were a disaster with snow more than 3 inches deep in places, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Letters: America deserves better than Donald Trump

Trump will fade into history, but his legacy and the failure of leadership in Congress will long be remembered, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Letters: Speak out against rising anti-Semitism, hate speech, bigotry

The alarming rise of anti-Semitism in this country and other parts of the world is completely unacceptable, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Letters: Drone strike reveals Trump's commitment to keeping America safe

'Thank God we have a president in office with a backbone.'