MICHIGAN CITY — The state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box will be dedicated Tuesday, April 26, at the Woodburn Fire Station in Woodburn. A second one will be revealed Thursday, April 28, at the Coolspring Township Fire Department near Michigan City.

POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — An ultra-marathoner’s attempt to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble was cut short when the Coast Guard towed him back to land — for the second time.

MARSHALL COUNTY — A man was hurt over the weekend when he was flying in a powered parachute.

GIBSON COUNTY — When a fire broke out at one Hoosier family’s home, firefighters went above and beyond and tried to save more than their house.

CONROE, TEXAS — Conroe Police Sgt. Kevin Johnson told CNN on Friday, April 22, the female tiger was evacuated from a nearby Harris County rescue farm because of intense flooding this week.

ATHENS, GREECE — The Olympic torch has been lit in southern Greece, kicking off the countdown to Rio 2016.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — Legendary musician Prince has died at 57, his rep confirms to the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON D.C. — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will announce Wednesday that abolitionist Harriet Tubman will replace former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

SOUTH BEND — Bernie Sanders has a bold vision for America’s economic future, but what does that really mean? South Bend area voters have the chance to learn more at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, during “Breaking it Up, Breaking It Down: A Forum on the Need for a Bernie Sanders Economic Platform.”

ROYALTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Police say the death of morning radio show host Denise Bohn-Stewart and her husband Eric Stewart in a Royalton Township, Mich. home Tuesday morning was a murder-suicide.

MUNCIE — Garfield cartoonist Jim Davis, who graduated from Ball State University in the 1960s, will return to his alma mater as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Art, the university’s board of trustees was told on Friday.

WASHINGTON D.C. — The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream were arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, April 18.

ROYALTON TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Police have named popular morning radio show host Denise Bohn-Stewart and her husband Eric Stewart as the two found dead in a Royalton Township, Mich. home Tuesday morning.

INDIANAPOLIS — As adults, we all know life doesn’t always go as planned.

MOUND CITY, MO. — Mound City franchise owners unveiled plans for their McDonald’s of the future on Tuesday, April 12.

LONDON — The internet has spoken — and “RRS Boaty McBoatface” is the people’s choice to name a $300 million state-of-the-art polar research ship.

MESA, ARIZ. — A Mesa dad met his daughter for the first time on Thursday after he had to miss her birth when he got attacked by a cat while trying to put the animal in its cage.

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Having one of your children undergo an amputation isn’t easy for many reasons, the cost of prosthetics being one of them.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — As his family mourned the tragic death of Joshua Garcia, 5, at his funeral earlier this week, his favorite superhero stood watch over his casket in a silent tribute.

INDIANAPOLIS — Human remains found in rural Shelby County have been identified as a teen missing since Christmas.

ST. LOUIS — The nation’s biggest coal company, Peabody Energy (BTU), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday as the coal industry grapples with the fallout of low natural gas prices, costly regulations and legacy costs.

POLK COUNTY, FLA. — Polk County firefighter John Williams was doing a sweep of a single-family home in Mulberry, Florida, that had erupted in flames after a grease fire started in the kitchen on April 8.

MARYVILLE, TENN. — A man was arrested after a disturbance at a Tennessee high school Tuesday, according to investigators.

FORT WAYNE — Since 1991, Vera Bradley’s annual outlet sale has offered its signature bags for a specially discounted price. Now, 25 years later, it’s set to bring in more than 60,000 fans from all over to Fort Wayne. “It’s an experience like none other,” Theresa Palermo said, Chief Marketing Officer at Vera Bradley. The spring sale …read more.

EVANSVILLE — Days after her third birthday, Paige Mason and her mom are still opening the thousands of cards and presents they received from all around the world.

FOREST LAKE, MINN. — In every step at Dance Tech Studios you’ll detect a little spring.

SOUTH BEND — Two vehicles that have been a part of the Studebaker National Museum’s collection for 40 years, but never displayed, will soon be up for public bid.

ROHNERT PARK, CALIF. — A goat apparently needed a caffeine fix when it wandered into a Starbucks in Rohnert Park, California, over the weekend.

SHELBY COUNTY — The Shelby County Sheriff Department is investigating after a report of possible human remains.

FORT WAYNE — A quick stop at a gas station changed the lives of a Fort Wayne couple forever. On April 2, Sherill Johnson sent her husband, Ernie, out to grab something for dinner.

CHICAGO — When members of the Chicago Police Department learned about Madison Pruitt’s wish to be a police officer as she battles terminal cancer, they had a whole day set up just for her.

ELKHART COUNTY — The easiest way to calm a kid down may be candy and a movie. For an autistic Elkhart County teen, he’d rather run with police. A sheriff’s deputy took the young man under his wing, after a 911 call earlier this year ended in a jog. Seven runs later, Lt. Casey Lehman and Jack (name changed for privacy reasons) are keeping pace.

LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — An injured bear cub is on the mend after firefighters rescued him Thursday from a Florida brush fire.

INDIANAPOLIS — Musician Janet Jackson is postponing the second leg of her Unbreakable world tour indefinitely.

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — A Long Island, N.Y., high school senior has won the college lottery. All eight Ivy League schools — Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, University of Pennsylvania — have offered Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna places in their freshman class. In addition to the Ivies, she was accepted by Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts …read more.

AKEVILLE, MINN. — For over two years, the parents of two missing teenage sisters said they had no idea what happened to them after they mysteriously vanished. But it turned out the girls were living less than three hours away the entire time.

LAKE STATION, IND. — Ever been stood up? How about on your birthday? How about when you are 9 years old?

OKEECHOBEE, FLA. — Talk about a big catch. This massive alligator was recently tracked down by hunters at Outwest Farms in Okeechobee, Fla. Outwest Farms owner Lee Lightsey, along with his son Mason, his guide Blake Godwin and two hunters discovered the creature Saturday, April 2, at one of the ponds on their private ranch. “We …read more.

POLK COUNTY, FLA. — Candy, condoms, and narcotics were some of the items that suspects brought with them when they traveled to have sex with children, according to detectives who recently conducted an undercover online child sex sting that targeted child sex predators. Seventeen people were arrested during “Operation April’s Fools” which was conducted March 29 …read more.

NEW YORK — For years you’ve been told to go for skim over full-fat dairy. Even the latest dietary guidelines for Americans urge people to avoid the full fat, and following this lead, school lunch programs provide only low-fat milk and no whole milk at all, even though they do allow chocolate skim milk with its added sugars.

MUNCIE — Ten weeks before her due date, Chanda Fouseridge went into the hospital for what she thought would be a routine checkup.

INDIANAPOLIS — A man believes it’s a miracle that he survived after making it out of a crushed car on Saturday, April 2.

LAS VEGAS — Backstreet’s back, all right.

MIAMI — Part of South Florida’s sandy coastline was covered with thousands of unwelcome beachgoers throughout the week of March 27.

MEXICO CITY — The Popocatepetl Volcano in Central Mexico exploded Sunday, spewing incandescent rocks and ash into the sky.

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana University alumnus Jamie Hyneman, a special effects expert and inventor best known as co-host and executive producer of the popular TV show “MythBusters,” will be the featured speaker at IU Bloomington’s undergraduate commencement May 7.

SEATTLE — Alaska Air announced a deal Monday, April 4, to acquire Virgin America, the ninth-largest U.S. airline by passenger traffic, for more than $2 billion, having outbid JetBlue Airways.

NEW YORK — Are you really getting what you pay for in your morning latte?

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Who says police work can’t sometimes be fun and games?

NEW YORK — Some of the most powerful medicine delivered to young patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York on Wednesday came in a package less than 32 inches tall and with a tail.

ASHLAND, ORE. — Police officers in Oregon responded to a not-so-typical call Wednesday morning.

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners is investigating the death of a baby girl who died after receiving dental treatment at Austin Children’s Dentistry in Northwest Austin Tuesday.

STEVENSVILLE, MICH. — What’s a bear to do after a long winter’s slumber?

MISHAWAKA — The Saint Joseph County Services building in downtown Mishawaka will be closed while officials assess the damage after part of the roof caved in.

ST. JOSEPH — Part of the roof on the St. Joseph County courthouse in Mishawaka has collapsed.

A Wal-Mart cashier shows off his mad skills impersonating Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.

STEUBENVILLE, OHIO — When Mary Glasure had to undergo her first chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer this month, the mother of seven admittedly needed a morale boost.

HOUSTON — Lemonade stands are cute, but a lemonade expansion deal for 11-year-old Mikaila Ulmer has proven to be a far more lucrative endeavor.

INDIANAPOLIS — Parents of baby boys can attest that any time you take a diaper off, you better be ready for anything.

ESSEX, ENGLAND — Two people have been arrested after a young girl died from serious injuries suffered when she was blown around in a bouncy castle during an Easter fair in Essex, England.

MIAMI — When Milla Bizzotto finished her first 24-hour obstacle race earlier in Miami this month, she went toe to toe with seasoned competitors, ran 36 miles and completed hundreds of obstacles.

DENVER — A rescued otter has a new home in what might go down as the cutest FedEx delivery ever.

First, meet “Oliver.”

OWEN COUNTY — The man being held in connection to an Owen County toddler’s death has been charged with her rape and murder.

MORRISTOWN, TENN. — Nigel Reid’s feet moved ever so swiftly, as he carried the weight of a 200-pound cross.

RICHMOND — Long before Thelma & Louise rode off in their ’66 Thunderbird convertible, there were the Gypsy Coeds.

SPENCER — The coroner has determined that one-year-old Shaylyn Ammerman died from asphyxiation. Her death has been ruled a homicide.

CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. — A Cherokee County. woman has been arrested after deputies received videos of her performing sexual acts with a Dachshund.

RICHMOND — State Police say a woman missing from her home in Laurel since 1974 has been found living in a small town in Texas under an alias. In a release, ISP says Lula Ann Gillespie-Miller, then 28 years old and shortly after giving birth to her third child, felt she was too young to be a …read more.

SPENCER — Indiana State Police say they have found a body that they believe is the body of Shaylyn Ammerman. ISP said the body matched the description of the missing one-year-old.

AVON — An Avon man admits he blackmailed young girls in Indiana and across the country into sending explicit material through a phone app.

WHITESTOWN — A dog left to die in a Whitestown dumpster now has a forever home – thanks to the Whitestown Police officer who saved him.

CINCINNATI — Willow, mother of the five cheetah cubs born via C-section at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Cheetah Breeding Facility on March 8, has passed away.

SPENCER — Authorities in Owen County are searching for a missing 1-year-old girl believed to be in danger.

CHARLES COUNTY, MD — Five officers from the Charles County Police Department found out the key to living a long life after rescuing an 81-year-old woman named Roberta who had lost her way.

MIDLAND, TEXAS — Paige Walker drives by St. Ann’s school on her way to work at Midland Memorial Hospital almost every day. But there was one thing she kept noticing recently—the book fair.

DETROIT — Detroit high schoolers just got a free ticket to community college.

KOKOMO — As the family of Howard County Deputy Carl Koontz prepares to the lay the fallen officer to rest, the deputy’s 8-month-old son, Noah, is on the minds of many.

WASHINGTON D.C. — Hannah Shaw finds abandoned kittens everywhere. She discovered two in a friend’s backyard compost bin. (The names Earthworm and Scraps seemed to fit.)

WASHINGTON D.C. — Take all the pictures and videos you want, but be sure to leave your drone at home.

RACINE, WI. — A Racine teenager says she went nine months having no idea she was pregnant. That is until she unexpectedly gave birth at home on Tuesday morning. Racine Police sent the 17-year-old girl and child to the hospital.

BRUSSELS — Two explosions ripped through Brussels airport Tuesday, March 22 during the morning rush hour as hundreds of passengers were trying to check in, according to the Associated Press. An explosion has also been reported at a Brussels metro station.

BAINBRIDGE, GA. — When a Florida man received a text that a couple — he did not know — was having a baby, he showed up at the hospital anyway with gifts for the new parents.

ARVADA, COLO. — An Arvada convenience store clerk is being hailed a hero after helping a young mother holding a baby who was having a seizure.

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo says that a polar bear that got out of a containment area was never a danger to visitors.

NEW YORK — More than two dozen New York City middle and high schools will soon offer free tampons and pads in restrooms as part of a first-of-its-kind initiative.

CLEVELAND — A military homecoming is always a special event, but video of one Ohio soldier’s return is just too much.

HOLLYWOOD HILLS — Fitness guru Richard Simmons said on the Today Show Monday, March 14, that no one is holding him hostage inside his home.

LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Another dead armadillo has been found in the Holland area.

KALAMAZOO — For the first time since she and seven other people were shot in a shooting rampage in the Kalamazoo area three weeks ago, a photo of Abigail Kopf was released Sunday, March 13.

LOS ANGELES — A mountain lion miraculously surviving in the urban mountains around L.A. is believed to have breached a 9-foot fence at the Los Angeles Zoo and mauled an 18-pound koala at night, officials said Thursday, March 10.

HOLLYWOOD — Marvel Studios is increasing their girlpower on the big screen, and behind the scenes they’re looking for some talented science-loving youngsters as well.

FEDERALSBURG, MD. — The 13 bald eagles that were found dead last month on Maryland’s Eastern Shore didn’t die of natural causes, wildlife officials said Thursday, and authorities are offering a $25,000 reward to help find whoever killed them.

MENIFEE COUNTY, KENT. — A community is rallying around a dog after an accident left her with two of her legs amputated. A shelter is doing everything they can to give Shay a second chance. Shay is a two-year-old chocolate lab mix who was badly injured last month. Officials at the shelter believe she was …read more.

PORTLAND, MICH. — A girl who recently moved to West Michigan got an incredible surprise at her new school on Thursday, March 10.

BLOOMINGTON — Police say age didn’t stop a 14-year-old girl from prostituting herself online.

SEATTLE — A Washington state woman facing terminal lung cancer is desperately trying to find a home for her three dogs, dubbed the “Aussie Posse.”

EUGENE, ORE. — Nearly two dozen kids — ages 8½ to 19 — appeared in federal court here on Wednesday morning. They wore nose rings and braces. Suits too big in the shoulders. Some doodled, others took copious notes. The backs of some heads barely peeked above the courtroom’s wooden benches.

JOHNSON COUNTY — A dog who survived a deadly semi crash on I-65 Wednesday morning is alive and in good condition.

ELKHART COUNTY — When Staff Sergeant Dylan Eberhart boarded a plane to Djibouti last June, he was just married and already planning his return trip. Eberhart thought his military buddies might join in on the fun.

SILICON VALLEY, CALIF — Eric O’Grey was told he only had five years left to live in 2010.