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Purdue University graduate Neil Armstrong walked on the moon on this date in 1969. The historic jaunt happened just before midnight on July 20 and continued into the next day.
An anti-immigration group is hosting a rally in Fishers with a controversial former ICE leader who served under President Donald Trump.
Republican state Sen. Liz Brown claims victory, again, after challenger files to drop recount.
Plus, the latest on the lettuce parasite plaguing Indiana and neighboring states.
Former leader of U.S. Border Patrol Greg Bovino will headline a private dinner and mass deportation rally in Hamilton County. (Photo courtesy of Save Heritage Indiana social media)
Former Border Patrol leader to speak at 'mass deportation' rally in Fishers
By Mackenzi Klemann
The controversial former leader of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will headline a mass deportation rally in Fishers on Aug. 1, with a counter protest planned for the same day.
Greg Bovino, once the face of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign, will speak at the invitation-only rally and a private dinner in Carmel organized by Save Heritage Indiana.
Sen. Liz Brown, R-Fort Wayne, speaks during an Indiana Senate session on Feb. 24, 2026. (Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Challenger drops recount of 14-vote GOP primary margin for state Sen. Liz Brown
By Tom Davies
The Republican primary challenger to state Sen. Liz Brown has dropped his push for a recount of their 14-vote margin race.
Darren Vogt submitted a petition Monday to the state Recount Commission to dismiss the recount request he filed May 19, two weeks after primary voting ended in what was a bitter campaign.
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The main entrance of Food and Drug Administration Building 1 on the FDA campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Photo by Michael J. Ermarth/FDA)
FDA: Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce sample produced a false positive for cyclospora
By Sam Gauntt
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Sunday that the Taylor Farms lettuce sample that tested positive for the parasite cyclospora was actually a false positive.
The announcement comes after the FDA previously reported on Saturday that a sample of iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms in central Mexico had tested positive for the parasite. As of Sunday, the FDA said there are no confirmed samples of Taylor Farms lettuce testing positive for cyclospora.
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