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SOUTH BEND — The city has agreed to pay $48,000 to settle a nearly four-year-old excessive force lawsuit filed against a police officer. In the early morning hours of Oct. 15, 2006, Charles and Michelle Heritz had returned from a wedding to their...

As Christopher Lorek went on to become an FBI special agent, a circle of friends and family back home in Glen Ellyn cheered him on from afar. That pride was compounded with sadness this week as news of the 41-year-old's death in a training accident...

— Arrelious Benn on Tuesday became the second Philadelphia Eagle in two days to make an unsolicited statement about how much he loves getting up and coming to work every day. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound wide receiver is in this ideal situation...

For cornerback D.J. Hayden, the ability to thrive in one-on-one situations sets him apart. It was teamwork, though, that saved his life. Hayden, drafted 12th overall by the Oakland Raiders last month, nearly died on the University of Houston...

Robert Vigorito knew he had changed some lives over the years since he helped start the Columbia Triathlon in 1984. He transformed an inaugural event that attracted fewer than 100 competitors into one of the top triathlons in the country with as many as...

A Saline County judge has granted a change of venue motion in a first-degree murder and child abuse trial. Attorneys for Antonio Brown asked a judge to consider the motion, saying their client could not receive a fair trial in Saline County. Brown is...

INDIANAPOLIS INDICTMENT Ex-assistant Indy prosecutor faces bribe charge INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former deputy prosecutor has offered to provide federal authorities with evidence that could lead to corruption charges against other current and...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis police officer who was badly injured in a 2011 crash says he's committed to walking again. Thirty-five-year-old Santos Cortez suffered major injuries last summer when a drunken driver slammed into his police...

A mother and her boyfriend face aggravated battery charges in connection to the severe beating of the woman's 4-year-old son. Amy Pherigo, 31, the boy's mother, and Jose A. Morales, 26, Pherigo's boyfriend, were each ordered held in lieu of $2 million...

A mother and her boyfriend face aggravated battery charges in connection to the severe beating of the woman's 4-year-old son. Amy Pherigo, 31, the boy's mother, and Jose A. Morales, 26, Pherigo's boyfriend, were each ordered held in lieu of $2 million...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — A man who says he was the victim of excessive force at a Michigan home for the disabled has won a key decision from a federal appeals court. The court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by Matthew McGuire, saying a judge...

Kidnappings, suicide bombings and hundreds of violent deaths have bloodied Pakistan’s campaign trail. Still, the parliamentary vote Saturday is being heralded as a milestone in the country’s democratic advancement. Once the votes are tallied...