Passengers who finally escaped the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph were on the move early Friday, some checked into the comfort of hotels, others on buses or headed to charter flights home after five numbing days at sea on a ship paralyzed by an engine-room fire.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois moved closer Thursday to becoming the 10th state in the nation where same-sex couples can legally wed, after the Senate voted to lift a ban on gay marriage.
MOBILE, Ala. — The crippled Carnival cruise slowly making its way back to dry land suffered another setback Thursday when a tow line snapped, setting the ship adrift once again as crews worked to repair it.
CHICAGO — A drug kingpin in Mexico who has never set foot in Chicago has been named the city's new Public Enemy No. 1 — the same notorious label assigned to Al Capone at the height of the Prohibition-era gang wars.
LAS VEGAS — One Las Vegas shooting range is selling "take a shot at love" packages that include 50 submachine gun rounds. Another is offering wedding packages in which the bride and groom can pose with Uzis and ammunition belts. And a third invites lovebirds to renew their vows and shoot a paper cutout zombie in the face.
DALLAS — American Airlines and US Airways agreed Thursday to merge in an $11 billion deal that would create the world's biggest airline.
Three years after being released from Riley Hospital for Children, a Ball State student will dance to support her friends at the annual Dance Marathon on Saturday.
Student Government Association senators asked questions to executive board slates about points they felt were unclear after the two debates earlier this week.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence asked the federal government Wednesday to approve a three-year extension of the Healthy Indiana Plan.
Danielle Cadena Deulen, the first speaker of Ball State’s English Department’s spring creative writing series, read from her collection of poems and her own memoir Wednesday night.
Indiana’s ban on Sunday retail alcohol sales will likely continue for at least another year after a legislative committee leader said Wednesday he didn’t plan on holding a vote on a bill lifting the prohibition.
Police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters in their manhunt for a revenge-seeking ex-cop.
President Barack Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and boost it annually to keep pace with inflation is already getting a trial run.
?Local Christian congregations gathered to mark the start of Lent on Wednesday.
There was no question. The man standing before Rick Heltebrake on a rural mountain road was Christopher Dorner.
Indiana's longtime ban on Sunday retail alcohol sales will likely continue for at least another year as a vote isn't being scheduled on a bill to lift it.
EASTON, Pa. — Talk about grade inflation.
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's ban on Sunday retail alcohol sales will likely continue for at least another year after a legislative committee leader said Wednesday he didn't plan on holding a vote on a bill lifting the prohibition.
