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Indiana softball returns to the diamond with two midweek non-conference matchups against the University of Louisville and the University of Notre Dame on Tuesday and Wednesday. After losing two of three against Minnesota, https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/indiana-softball-returns-to-non-conference-play-with-two-midweek-matchups

The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health care. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/amas-first-gay-president-to-take-over-at-tumultuous-time

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for President Biden to ignore a federal judge's temporary hold on the abortion pill, raising alarm about the rule of law taking a back seat to the rule of man. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/wyden-aoc-urge-biden-to-ignore-judges-order-blocking-abortion-pill

Former LaPorte County Commissioners' Attorney Shaw Friedman, left, and LaPorte County Auditor Timothy Stabosz. The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to review a 3-0 Indiana Court of Appeals decision authorizing Friedman's claim that Stabosz unlawfully defamed to proceed to trial. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/indiana-supreme-court-declines-to-review-laporte-county-defamation-lawsuit

California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year despite Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring last month the state was done doing business with the pharmacy giant after it indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some states. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/california-to-keep-paying-walgreens-despite-gavin-newsoms-order

Biogas is still a tiny sliver of the energy world, accounting for less than 1% of Indiana’s energy generation. But some utility experts are keeping their eye on it as a sleeper source of energy. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/indiana-gears-up-to-turn-manure-into-renewable-energy

Roughly 200 Russian journalists and activists have signed a letter calling for the release of a Wall Street Journal detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of espionage. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/russian-journalists-demand-the-release-of-evan-gershkovich-in-open-letter

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has indicted former President Donald Trump, is following a well-trod Democratic playbook. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/trump-indictment-follows-democratic-playbook-says-former-house-gop-majority-leader-tom-delay

Disney CEO Bob Iger on Monday said any retaliatory actions by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort is not only "anti-business but anti-Florida." https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/disney-desantis-war-of-words-heats-up-at-annual-meeting

Poor Hoosiers practically have to beg for help from state government when they are in need – from child care assistance to free lunch for students or cash assistance for https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/school-vouchers-far-out-of-line-with-indianas-social-safety-net

Klever Ortega and Cristina Lema had a good life until COVID-19 crippled Ecuador's economy. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/more-ecuadorians-move-to-u-s-spared-many-others-hurdles

INDIANAPOLIS – Police are investigating after one person was shot on the far east side of Indianapolis. IMPD said officers were dispatched to John Jay Drive around 4:41 a.m. on a report of a person shot. When they arrived, they found one person suffering from injuries consistent with a gunshot wound... https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-local/person-shot-on-indys-far-east-side-in-critical-condition