Stimulus check argument led to quadruple murder, family claims

A man suspected of killing three adults and a child had pulled out a gun and opened fire following a heated argument over dividing a stimulus check, the family says.

‘Nothing short of mass murder’: 6 dead in shooting, including pregnant woman, at Indianapolis home

Six people were killed early Sunday in a shooting at a home in Indianapolis, including a woman and her unborn baby. “What happened this morning was a mass murder,” the city’s mayor said.

US carries out its 1st execution of a female inmate since 1953

A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate.

US executes Louisiana truck driver who killed 2-year-old daughter, second execution this week

The Trump administration continued its unprecedented series of post-election federal executions Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his 2-year-old daughter for weeks in 2002, then killed her by slamming her head repeatedly against a truck’s windows and dashboard.

It's a boy! Indianapolis Zoo welcomes adorable baby giraffe

"He is already growing and will be several feet taller before his first birthday," the zoo wrote on its website.

Grandfather pleads guilty in cruise ship death of his 18-month-old granddaughter

A grandfather accused in the fatal fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico last year pleaded guilty Thursday to negligent homicide.

Woman burned granddaughter for urinating on couch

The grandmother scalded her 4-year-old granddaughter in a hot shower for urinating on a couch.

Man guilty of murder, cannibalism gets life term

A southern Indiana man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and eating parts of her body was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.

Brave 5-year-old boy takes on gunman during home invasion

The South Bend Police Department released video footage of the home invasion, which occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 30, according to police.

5-year-old boy tackles gunman during Indiana home invasion

A five-year-old boy tackled an armed gunman after a group of men forced their way into his Indiana home.

Man bites trooper, abandons 6-year-old along toll road in Northwest Indiana

A man bit a trooper and abandoned a child on a busy toll road in Northwest Indiana early Saturday morning. The trooper tased him, but the taser had no effect.