NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.

Join me at @propublica.org in one of the most rewarding jobs in journalism, guiding collaborative investigative projects in local newsrooms around the country as a senior editor with our Local Reporting Network! We’d love to see your application by Dec 8.

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

The White House has launched a new website aimed at tracking what it deems “media bias” and inaccuracies—which itself contained inaccuracies.

Multiple crashes have been reported across Indiana due to winter weather, including a pileup involving 20-30 vehicles that shut down I-70 in Vigo County.

Be careful on the roads. In Grant County, the sheriff's department shared the following photo of a multi-vehicle crash on I-69. Details: https://fox59.com/indiana-news/slick-roads-causes-multi-vehicle-crash-on-i-69/ 

The three-year deal requires Northwestern to pay a $75 million fine to the federal government in exchange for the government restoring $790 million in research funding that was frozen. The deal halts all pending federal investigations into the university.

In AIR-BORNE, I wrote about the reluctance many scientists had to acknowledge Covid can float to new hosts. Now it looks like something similar may be happening with bird flu, which may be blowing from farm to farm. Story in @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/bird...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in wild birds in Indiana. Officials urge the public to avoid contact with sick or dead birds and report sightings. Learn recommended safety steps and reporting links: http://dlvr.it/TPX9Nm

BlueSky, meet Momo. Momo lives at an animal shelter near me here in southeastern Indiana & she NEEDS A HOME ASAP. tinyurl.com/5fwxdvdh

Indiana Democratic State Representative Mitch Gore is leading the effort to raise the minimum age for marriage to 18. The proposed Ban Marriage for Minors bill aims to protect young individuals from entering into marriage before they are legally considered adults.

On this day in 1899, the first theatrical production of Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur" opened at the Broadway Theater in New York City. By the time of its last performance in 1921, an estimated twenty million people had seen the play. rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-...

We’ve issued First Alert Weather Days for Saturday AND Sunday because of the possible impacts from a winter storm that will move through 21Country. Click the link for the latest snow totals. https://www.21alivenews.com/2025/11/29/first-alert-weather-days-issued-winter-storm-moves/ 

Trump says he’ll pardon a former Honduras leader convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers. A U.S. prosecutor said Juan Orlando Hernández “paved a cocaine superhighway to the U.S.” More evidence that Trump’s threats against Venezuela have nothing to do with drugs.

To put the Northwestern capitulation into human terms: $75 million is the equivalent of three head football coaches a year for three years.

This is SOOOO important... a slightly confusing distinction, but in handful of uni's where people who work there have sued (fac/staff/students, with AAUP and other partners), they've won binding settlements (regardless of what appeasements the administrators get up to)

Commentary: Black Friday is a day given over to short-term interests, impulsiveness and exploitation, driven by the message that if consumers don’t act now to take what they want, they’ll lose out. Giving Tuesday, which follows Black Friday, offers a different perspective.

Approximately $3.6 billion in delayed funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, was released Friday to states and tribes, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. https://to.pbs.org/4rqfMFh

Join us in Washington D.C. 🎬 CPJ is proud to support "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” with a screening and panel discussion featuring CPJ’s U.S. Advocacy Representative @zerdeh.bsky.social, at the Georgetown University Film Festival. 🗓️ Dec. 5 | 11AM ET

More than 50 local nonprofits are sharing ways you can donate to help those in need. See the holiday wish lists free from The Journal Gazette: www.journalgazette.net/local/holida... Also: Don't miss spotlights on The Cooper House Allen County and Life Adult Day Academy.

My holiday TV calendar for The Journal Gazette has air times for more than 100 holiday movies and specials, about half of which are new for 2025. www.journalgazette.net/living/enter...

The cover of @sportsillustrated.bsky.social #OTD in 1977 - #HoosierSky + #BasketballSky.

I really wish more newspapers would post their front pages. Design is still important.

Happy Thanksgiving. Want to share a few stories I've written over the years for this day. None is behind the paywall. Happy grateful stories coming. 1/

Flipping a Northwest Indiana congressional seat held by Democrats for almost a century is a big goal of the mid-decade redistricting push.

Weather forecasters are still unsure about a weather system moving through Indiana this weekend but say most snow accumulation will occur north of Terre Haute and Indianapolis. @joe-hren.bsky.social

Northwestern University is expected to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that would reportedly restore $790 million in frozen federal funding and end an investigation into antisemitism at the university.

The attorney for Bruna Ferreira—the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, who was detained by ICE officials—has revealed that Ferreira chose the White House press secretary to be her child’s godmother.

Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.

A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice says that over 1,000 workers have signed a petition raising “serious concerns” about the company’s “aggressive rollout” of artificial intelligence tools. www.wired.com/story/amazon...

The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.

A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead. www.wired.com/story/subscr...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should tell the PJM Interconnection that it can only add large data centers to its system when they can be reliably served, according to a complaint filed Tuesday at the agency by the grid operator’s market monitor.

Has a sketch artist ever been embroiled in scandal

An Indiana legislator opposed President Trump’s push for the state to redraw its congressional map to gain GOP seats in next year’s midterms. Harassment followed. “I’d rather my house not get firebombed,” the lawmaker told @russellberman.bsky.social.

Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith could hold unusual influence as Indiana lawmakers return to the Statehouse starting next week to consider a mid-decade redraw of the state’s congressional districts. Beckwith was one of the earliest statewide... indianacitizen.org/flexing-poli... #hoosiersky #redistricting

"Declining vaccination rates, declining immunity and slow public health monitoring systems are the main causes of the most recent increase in pertussis cases." www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Night of Lights returns to downtown Fort Wayne tonight, where thousands gather to ring in the holiday season 🎅🎄🌟 Here's everything you need to know, from the schedule to street closures: https://www.21alivenews.com/2025/11/26/night-lights-take-over-downtown-fort-wayne-wednesday/ 

Legislators in Indiana are set to reconvene to consider redrawing the state's congressional map despite the state Senate leader's indicating this month that there wasn't sufficient GOP support to follow through on President Trump push for redistricting.

We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper

Scoop: BI has abandoned its paywall this holiday season as it seeks to juice advertising revenue in Q4—a move that comes as the outlet is on pace to miss its revenue target, despite the goal being lowered by parent company Axel Springer. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

A New York Times investigation finds that the Trump regime gave false information to the Supreme Court about an incident in Chicago in order to support its bid to deploy the National Guard in the city. (Gift link)

I'll be at the Lew Wallace Hoosier Author Fair in Crawfordsville signing copies of Lost Treasures of Indiana this weekend. www.ben-hur.com/programs/lew...

Hobart says the Amazon data center would bring in tens of millions of dollars of additional revenue a year. www.nwitimes.com/news/local/b...

#Indiana #Covid wastewater measurements show us having the highest transmission in the country. From @michael-hoerger.bsky.social www.instagram.com/stories/reub...

Staff cuts at an Ohio Planned Parenthood affiliate have been finalized, according to the union who represents workers there. Amid the cuts, staff were also notified that a clinic in the system will close this month. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/25/s...

Sen. Jim Justice (R-West Virginia) and his wife agreed to pay over $5 million in unpaid income taxes that the IRS said dated back to 2009.