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Credit Ben Thorp / WBAA Purdue University and the City of West Lafayette both announced on Friday they will reinstate indoor mask mandates for students, staff, and visitors to campus or city buildings regardless of vaccination status. In their decision, Purdue officials cited both new guidance from the CDC and concerns about local hospital capacity. Local hospital officials have warned they are already full from a mix of COVID-19 and unrelated illnesses. “Like everyone we hope the worst of the pandemic is behind us,” said Purdue Chief Medical Officer Dr. Esteban Ramirez in a statement. �...

William and Kate will visit Scotland for a week PRINCE William will visit sustainable projects across Scotland ahead of a climate change conference in Glasgow.  Cop26 is to be at the heart of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s week-long trip, which begins today.  The couple are in Scotland due to William’s role as Lord High Commissioner, the Queen’s representative at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. As well as attending the meeting in Edinburgh, he will also watch the Scottish Cup final, being held at Hampden Park, with emergency responders at a rooftop bar tom...

Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices. White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows white people both at a collective and individual level to enjoy structural advantage and rights tha...

The Tippecanoe County Health Department offered updates on Wednesday as the county moved into the red on the state’s COVID-19 advisory map for the first

Investigation Underway Into Shots Fired Into Tippecanoe County Democratic Party Building Ben Thorp/WBAA The Lafayette Police Department is investigating shots fired into the Tippecanoe County Democratic Party headquarters they say took place sometime overnight Wednesday. The vandalism at the county Democratic party headquarters appears to have coincided with pro-Trump extremists convergence on the U.S. Capitol, and the Indiana Democratic Party sees a link between the two.  The building’s front door was boarded up Thursday night. Police say they received a report at 4 p.m. Thursday and don�...