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People protest the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis, May 29, 2020, in Indianapolis. The protest comes after a series of prominent black deaths that have inflamed racial tensions across the United States. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

People protest the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis, May 29, 2020, in Indianapolis. The protest comes after a series of prominent black deaths that have inflamed racial tensions across the United States. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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Indianapolis imposes curfew after 2 nights of violence

By Associated Press

The Indianapolis mayor imposed an overnight curfew Sunday after two nights of violent protest over police mistreatment of African Americans that caused widespread damage downtown and included several shootings.

NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center May 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

News 5/30/2020, 4:00pm

SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans

By Associated Press

A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade.

A protester carries a U.S. flag upside, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

News 5/29/2020, 1:00pm

Protesters torch Minneapolis police station in violent night

By Associated Press

Thick smoke hovered over Minneapolis on Friday, hours after cheering protesters torched a police station that officers abandoned as a third night of violent protests flared over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer knelt on his neck.

Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns speaks to the new graduates Dec. 14, 2019, at the John E. Worthen Arena. Ball State's Board of Trustees voted unanimously May 27, 2020, to approve plans for face-to-face instruction to begin on Aug. 24. Charles Melton, DN

News 5/27/2020, 5:27pm

Ball State students to return to campus in the fall

By Staff Reports

Ball State's Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to approve plans for face-to-face instruction to begin on Aug. 24, as scheduled for the fall 2020 semester, according to a university press release and Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns' campus-wide email.

A man wearing a protective face mask passes the New York Stock Exchange, May 26, 2020, as employees arrive for the partial reopening of the trading floor. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

News 5/26/2020, 3:00pm

5 national stories of the week

By Associated Press

The reopening of the New York Stock Exchange, disregard for social distancing rules during the Memorial Day weekend, White House failing to meet its testing goals in nursing homes, the death of black man in Minneapolis and SpaceX’s first-ever launch of NASA astronauts make up this week’s five national stories.

Worshippers wearing protective face masks offer Eid al-Fitr prayers outside a mosque May 24, 2020, in Tehran, Iran. Muslims worldwide celebrate one of their biggest holidays under the long shadow of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

News 5/25/2020, 3:00pm

5 international stories of the week

By Associated Press

Eid al-Fitr celebrations, the new travel restrictions on Brazil, protests in Hong Kong, the Israeli prime minister’s corruption trial and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work to keep alive a nearly extinct subspecies of rhino make up this week’s five international stories.

Queer Chocolatier co-owners Cheri Madewell and Morgan Roddy raised more than $10,000 for the business through a GoFundMe page after sharing their financial concerns online. The chocolate store closed its doors in March to dine-in customers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Morgan Roddy, Photo Courtesy

News 5/25/2020, 12:00pm

Community donations keep Muncie business open

By Taylor Marshall

After closing dine-in services for more than a month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Queer Chocolatier co-owner Morgan Roddy shared concerns online May 4 about the business' financial situation. In response, community members raised more than $10,000 in donations for the store.

Khirey Walker, kinesiology professor, asked students to create YouTube accounts and make video discussion board posts as an alternative to in-class discussions during the COVID-19 lockdown, which led Ball State classes to transition solely online March 2020. Photo Courtesy, Unsplash

News 5/20/2020, 3:00pm

Ball State professors adjust to online classes

By Daniel O’Connell

Regular on-campus professors began operating solely online after Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns announced early March the university would forgo in-person classes for the rest of semester to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Many professors handled the transition differently.