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Federal Executions Resume, Charges Filed In Vauhxx Booker Case | Indiana Newsdesk

All federal executions are carried out at a prison facility in Terre Haute.
All federal executions are carried out at a prison facility in Terre Haute.

Right now on  Indiana Newsdesk:

The governor says he won’t issue a mandatory mask order despite increasing cases and hospitalizations. Just ahead, the governor is delaying the state’s reopening plans because of the surge in cases, but is that enough?

After a 17 year hiatus, the federal government resumed executions in Terre Haute. Our Adam Pinsker was selected as a media witness for the executions. Ahead he joins us from the federal penitentiary.

The people Black activist Vauhxx Booker accused of attacking him over the 4th of July weekend near Lake Monroe, share a very different account of what they say happened. Coming up charges filed and the latest on the investigation into what Booker alleges was a near lynching.

Those stories plus the latest news headlines from across the state right now on  Indiana Newsdesk!

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Anchor "Indiana Newsdesk," "Ask The Mayor" - WTIU/WFIU News. Formerly host of "The Weekly Special." Hebron, Ind. native, IU Alumnus. Follow him on Twitter @Joe_Hren