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Film club members celebrate as they watch a TV live broadcasting of South Korean director Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite" receiving the award for best picture at the Oscars, Feb. 10, 2020, at the Yeonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

News 2/10/2020, 10:00am

5 international stories of the week

By Associated Press

Reports of the rise in new virus cases in China, the mass shooting at a Thai shopping mall, Palestinian accusations of torture by Israel, a failed Iranian satellite launch and the Oscar wins of South Korean movie 'Parasite' make up this week’s five international stories.

Ball State was ranked in the top 30 of several categories of online learning from the U.S. News and World Report. In its rankings, three of them were in the top ten;  best online master’s in curriculum and instruction,  best online master’s in nursing education Programs and best online master’s in education programs for veterans. Unsplash, Photo Courtesy

News 2/7/2020, 5:00pm

Ball State ranks in top U.S. online programs

By Bailey Cline

Ever since the rankings started eight years ago, the U.S. News & World Report has shown the differences in college online programs, which “helps prospective students who are trying to find a quality and meaningful online program,” Nancy Prater said. 

Protesters hold signs outside the White House after President Donald Trump was acquitted on the two counts of impeachment Feb. 5, 2020, in Washington D.C. Emily Wright, DN

News 2/7/2020, 12:00pm

Ball State College Democrats, Republicans gear up for 2020 elections.

By John Lynch

Lynn Teter wasn’t always politically involved. While the 2016 election was her initiation into politics, the Ball State elementary education freshman said the 2018 shooting incident at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and the events that followed got her interested in political activism.

In this image from video, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts arrives for the vote in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

News 2/5/2020, 5:23pm

Not Guilty: Split Senate acquits Trump of impeachment

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House.

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Vice President Mike Pence watch. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

News 2/4/2020, 10:30pm

Trump boasts of economic gains on eve of impeachment verdict

By Associated Press

Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor.

Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg arrives at Community Oven Pizza for a campaign event, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Hampton, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

News 2/4/2020, 7:00pm

Buttigieg, Sanders lead as Iowa releases partial results

By Associated Press

The Iowa Democratic Party released partial results of its kickoff presidential caucus after a daylong delay late Tuesday showing a former Midwestern mayor, Pete Buttigieg, and an outspoken progressive senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, leading the opening contest of the party’s 2020 primary season.

Caucus goers check in at a caucus at Roosevelt High School, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

News 2/4/2020, 10:00am

5 national stories of the week

By Associated Press

The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucus, a preview of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, the first U.S. patient of the new virus, the U.S. military’s new nuclear weapon and the shooting in a California Greyhound bus make up this week’s five national stories.

In this Feb. 2, 2020, photo, a worker wearing a protective suit checks the luggage of an evacuee from Wuhan, China, after their evacuation flight landed at an airport in Marseilles, France. China sent medical workers and equipment Monday to its just-completed, 1,000-bed hospital for treating victims of a new virus that has caused 362 deaths and more than 17,300 infections at home and abroad. (AP Photo/Arek Rataj)

News 2/3/2020, 10:00am

5 international stories of the week

By Associated Press

China’s new virus hospital, Iran's knowledge about the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner, the Trump administration's new immigration restrictions, the stabbing incident in London and an update on the Florida naval base shooting make up this week’s five international stories.