Gary man charged in 2nd rape

MERRILLVILLE | A 42-year-old Gary man raped and battered a woman in August after offering to give her a ride, police said.

M'ville cops looking for man accused of rape

MERRILLVILLE | Police are searching for a 41-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a woman with whom he had a prior relationship.

Man charged in sexual assault

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Hammond police offer safety plan for real estate agents

HAMMOND | The Hammond Police Department is launching a plan to promote the safety of real estate agents following a rape about a week ago during a showing in Robertsdale.

Appeals court: Second region sex offender not required to register

INDIANAPOLIS | For the second time in less than a month, the Indiana Court of Appeals has declared it unconstitutional to require a Northwest Indiana man to register as a sex offender.

Take rape victims to hospital for immediate treatment

The papers have had many articles and letters about rape recently, but not one has given any real advice or had any common sense.

Misreading electorate likely cost Mourdock Senate victory

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Richard Mourdock has never changed who he is or what he believes for the sake of higher office, and likely never will.

Donnelly elected to U.S. Senate; rape comments haunt Mourdock

INDIANAPOLIS | A message of moderate bipartisanship and a major campaign misstep by his opponent helped elect Democrat Joe Donnelly to the U.S. Senate.

Mourdock team attacks poll, ignores Donnelly

INDIANAPOLIS | Faced with poll results showing Republican Richard Mourdock is likely to lose Indiana's U.S. Senate race, Mourdock's campaign on Friday all but ignored his opponent, Democrat Joe Donnelly, and instead launched a bizarre assault on the poll itself.

Poll: Donnelly takes 11-point lead; governor race tightening

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Richard Mourdock's controversial debate remark that pregnancies caused by rape are "something that God intended to happen" may have doomed his bid to represent Indiana in the U.S. Senate, according to the Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll released Friday.

Hustler publisher offers Mourdock $1M for proof of God's intent

INDIANAPOLIS | Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt has offered $1 million cash to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock if he can prove pregnancies caused by rape are "something that God intended to happen."

GUEST COMMENTARY: Mourdock's answer missed major points

Senate candidate Richard Murdock's answer to a senatorial debate question about abortion seems to not only be theologically wrong but also misses many of the more important points.

Indiana Republicans stand by their man Mourdock

CARMEL, Ind. | Proving party loyalty trumps all, Hoosier Republicans enthusiastically greeted embattled U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock with a standing ovation at their semiannual dinner Monday night.

Daniels cites Purdue job to avoid talking about Mourdock

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels declined to reaffirm his prior endorsement of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock on a national television program Thursday night, citing his future position as president of Purdue University.

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Mourdock apologizes if rape remarks misunderstood

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock on Wednesday reaffirmed his controversial claim that women who are raped should not be permitted to obtain an abortion because pregnancies resulting from rape are "something that God intended to happen."

Mourdock rape remarks draw responses from across Indiana, nation

INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosiers and political leaders from across the country are reacting to Tuesday's debate remark by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock that pregnancies resulting from rape are "something that God intended to happen."

Mourdock's divine rape stance could shake up Senate race

NEW ALBANY, Ind. | Republican Richard Mourdock opposes abortion even in cases of rape because such pregnancies are God's will, he claimed during Tuesday's final U.S. Senate debate.