Indiana woman dies at Utah national park amid summer heat

The National Park Service said Thursday that the 61-year-old visitor was pronounced dead at Canyonlands National Park.

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban: State constitution gives only limited protections

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's abortion ban doesn't violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer.

Watch: Tornado rips through Indiana apartment complex

Deaths have been reported in Indiana and Georgia after severe weather, including tornadoes, tore paths of destruction from the Midwest to the South on Sunday, leaving more than a half-million people without power.

Man starts fire inside jail
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Surveillance footage captured the moment a man started a fire inside Lake County Jail in Indiana. The man is seen pouring liquid around the lobby before lighting a piece of paper on fire and dropping it, sparking the flames. The fire was quickly extinguished and no one was hurt. Authorities are still looking for the suspect.

Funeral director pleads guilty to theft after decomposing bodies found

The director of a southern Indiana funeral home where 31 decomposing bodies and the cremains of 17 others were found pleaded guilty Friday to more than 40 counts of felony theft.

Indiana doctor reprimanded for speaking publicly about 10-year-old girl's abortion

A medical board voted that Dr. Caitlin Bernard didn’t follow privacy laws when she told a newspaper reporter about the girl’s treatment in a case that gained attention in the national abortion debate.

Indiana doctor who provided abortion for 10-year-old girl to face discipline hearing

The hearing comes after Indiana's attorney general accused Dr. Caitlin Bernard of violating state law by not reporting the girl’s child abuse to police and federal patient privacy laws by telling a newspaper reporter about the girl’s treatment.

Indiana deputy killed in dog attack that injured 8-year-old son

Tamieka White, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday night shortly after Indianapolis police officers responded to her home on the city’s east side, officials said.

Search for missing climbers continues at Alaska's Denali National Park

Aerial and limited ground searches were underway Monday in Alaska for two overdue mountain climbers whose last known tracks disappeared at the site of an avalanche, officials said.

16-month-old fatally shot by 5-year-old sibling at Indiana apartment, police say

The older sibling accessed a handgun inside the Lafayette apartment on Tuesday afternoon and fatally shot the boy, who was identified as Isiah Johnson, police said late Tuesday.

Man who saved 5 kids from burning home awarded Carnegie Medal

The Indiana man received the prestigious award after he spotted the burning home and jumped into action to save the sleeping children inside the house.

Wanted Arizona man faked his own death to avoid capture, deputies say

"The acquaintance posed as a nurse and dressed in scrubs to deceive family members when they collected his personal property," the sheriff's office said in a news release. "This act of deception assisted Mr. Wright in fleeing Arizona."