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• Victims identified in 2 Huntington County crashes

  24-09-2023 23:30 via wane.com
  
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The Huntington County Coroner released the names of the victims in two separate crashes on Sunday.The first crash happened on SR 105 at CR 800 South in Wayne Township on Friday.In that crash, Sharlene R, Rhodes, 31, of Marion due to multiple blunt force impact injuries. Her death was ruled an accident, but the investigation into the crash is ongoing.The second crash, where a truck hit a bicyclist, happened in the early-morning hours of Saturday on SR9 in Polk To
  
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• Out of Darkness Walk; How Fort Wayne is bringing attention to suicide awareness

  24-09-2023 21:12 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Sunday residents came together to honor those who have lost their lives to suicide.The Out of Darkness walk is an event that gives community members an opportunity to honor, support and provide hope to those struggling with mental health and suicide. It also gives members of Fort Wayne and surrounding areas the opportunity to acknowledge how mental health and suicide can impact all lives.Fort Wayne and area residents came together at Headwaters Park to walk the 1.07-mi
  
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• 6 dead after train crashes into family's SUV in Florida

  24-09-2023 18:13 via wane.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Six people, the youngest just 9 years old, are dead after a tragic crash between a freight train and an SUV in Florida.died Sunday, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said the crash happened at about 6:45 p.m. after a Cadillac Escalade carrying a family and a friend of theirs was struck by a train traveling 55 mph in Plant City.
  The family was heading to a quinceañera at the time of the incident, accord
  
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• NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth

  24-09-2023 17:39 via wane.com
  
  (AP) — NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land, as the mothership set off after another asteroid.“We have touchdown!” Flight Control announced, immediately repeating the news si
  
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• 11 Indiana schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools of 2023: Did yours make the list?

  24-09-2023 17:00 via wane.com
  
  INDIANA (WDAF/NEXSTAR) — More than 350 schools in the U.S. have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools by the Department of Education.The annual recognition is given to schools based on academic performance, or progress toward closing achievement gaps among student groups on tests, the Education Department explains.Created in 1982, the National Blue Ribbon School Program recognizes public, parochial and private learning facilities from across the country.Schools can be recognized for a Bl
  
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• Woman killed in near east side hit-and-run

  24-09-2023 15:43 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS - A woman was killed in a hit-and-run early Sunday morning on Indy's near east side.
  According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the incident happened just before 2 a.m. near the intersection of East Michigan Street and Woodruff Place East Drive.
  Police say the woman was crossing the street when she was struck by a silver Jeep. The Jeep continued west on Michigan Street toward downtown.
  The woman was transported to an area hospital in critical condition. A police r
  
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• Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in Indy

  24-09-2023 15:43 via wane.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS - A woman was killed in a hit-and-run early Sunday morning on Indy's near east side.
  According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the incident happened just before 2 a.m. near the intersection of East Michigan Street and Woodruff Place East Drive.
  Police say the woman was crossing the street when she was struck by a silver Jeep. The Jeep continued west on Michigan Street toward downtown.
  The woman was transported to an area hospital in critical condition. A police r
  
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• No Sunday plans in October? Shop local pop-up market in downtown Fort Wayne

  24-09-2023 15:19 via wane.com
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- If you have no plans Sunday, starting October 1, head downtown to shop at the pop-up Union Street Market.The shop local Sundays begin October 1 and run every Sunday through October. Each week participants can expect to see 15 to 20 different pop-up vendors offering a variety of goods. This is on top of the 18 merchants who are there every day of the week. The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  To find out more information about Union Street Market and to see wh
  
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• A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his family is suing Texas officials

  24-09-2023 14:26 via wane.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlocks filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the state's governor and attorney general, alleging they failed to enforce a new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles.Darryl George, 17, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, has been serving an in-school suspension since Aug. 31. Officials with the Houston-area school say his dreadlocks fall below his eyeb
  
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• Three arrests made in boy's shooting death that sparked New Mexico governor's aggressive guns ban

  24-09-2023 13:51 via wane.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A third arrest was made Friday in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban.Albuquerque police took Daniel Gomez, 26, into custody a day after two other men were identified as suspects. Police didn't immediately release further details about Gomez's arrest.Jose Romero, 22, and Nathen Garley, 21, were being held for the Sept. 6 shooting
  
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