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“I love the court and I love the Constitution, and I want to share it with people," Justice Amy Coney Barrett said during a visit to the University of Notre Dame on Friday.
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South Bend is looking to capitalize on redevelopment efforts in the Lincoln and Kennedy Park area. About half of the lots in the neighborhood are vacant, but that could soon change.
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To promote bipartisanship, Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will come to Notre Dame on Friday, Sept. 19 for "Pragmatism Over Polarization: A Conversation with U.S. Governors."
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St. Joseph Medical Center in Mishawaka held a September 11 remembrance ceremony Wednesday to mark the 24th anniversary of the attacks.
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Notre Dame opens its home football schedule this weekend, and fans heading to campus will see some changes inside the stadium along with familiar rules outside of it.
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It’s been four months since a box truck crashed into the New Prairie High School baseball team’s buses. Now, one of the players seriously hurt in the crash is finally leaving the hospital.
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Residents of the South Bend area have a chance to speak with members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus this weekend.
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Disney’s High School Musical - October 3rd through 12th, 2025 at The South Bend Civic Theatre Wilson Auditorium
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The FAA said it identified hundreds of quality system violations at Boeing's 737 factory in Renton, Wash., and Boeing subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems' 737 factory in Wichita, Kan.
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"This is everywhere. Every community, every town, every state," one of the suspect's neighbors said. "It's going to be everybody's neighbor, everybody's classmate. It's not at all unusual anymore."
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Fed Gov. Lisa Cook referred to a condo she bought in 2021 as a "vacation home" in a loan estimate, which could undermine claims by the Trump administration that she committed mortgage fraud.
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Trump tells NATO members they need to cut off Russia energy purchases before he will take bigger steps to isolate Russia over its war in Ukraine.
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Erika Kirk said Charlie Kirk's mission will continue, and thanked law enforcement and President Trump for supporting her family in the aftermath of her husband's death.