(CNN) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country.

The announcement came just over a week after President Donald Trump signed into law a rescissions bill clawing back congressionally approved federal funds for public media and foreign aid. Of the $9 billion in canceled funds, $1.1 billion was earmarked for the CPB.

“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations,” CPB president and CEO Patricia Harrison said in a statement. “CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care.”

Officials at the organization, which was founded more than 60 years ago, said they are focused on helping local stations figure out how to cope with sudden budget shortfalls. Harrison has warned that some stations, particularly in rural areas, will have to shut down without federal support.

Most larger stations have numerous other funding sources, including viewer and listener donations, to soften the blow dealt by Congress. Still, public media executives have warned that the interconnected system will be weakened in various ways without federal funding as a foundation.

Most of the corporation’s roughly 100 staff positions will be eliminated when the money runs out on September 30. The CPB will maintain a small transition team through January to guarantee “a responsible and orderly closeout of operations,” it said in a statement.

On Friday, the CPB also filed a voluntary dismissal of its lawsuit against President Trump for his attempts to remove three of five board members from the organization.

The Trump administration’s cuts to the CPB were the culmination of the president’s months-long effort to defund public broadcasters, which the president has alleged are “biased” against conservatives.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Gov. Mike Braun (R) has announced that several Indiana state agencies will work with federal immigration officials to deport people who are in the country illegally.

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security, Indiana State Police, Indiana Department of Correction, and Indiana National Guard have signed agreements to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In a Jan. 28 executive order, Braun reiterated the state’s partnership with federal immigration enforcement, saying, “Indiana is not a safe haven for illegal immigration. Indiana will fully partner with federal immigration authorities as they enforce the most fundamental laws of our country.’

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security has signed a 287(g) agreement with ICE allowing designated officers to perform immigration enforcement functions such as arrests and issuing detainers.

The Indiana State Police have entered into a similar agreement to collaborate with federal immigration authorities.

The Indiana Department of Correction has signed a Warrant Service Officer memorandum of agreement, enabling personnel to help with immigration enforcement duties in jails and correctional facilities. IDOC will also provide up to 1,000 beds at Miami Correctional Facility for detainees.

Braun also mentioned the anticipated partnership between the Indiana National Guard and federal immigration authorities, with Camp Atterbury available for temporary use to house people subject to deportation.

Braun emphasized that the mission at Camp Atterbury will not interfere in the Indiana National Guard’s ability to respond or their training readiness.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An annual event in Indianapolis is taking a sharp turn away from its old name, but the goal is to keep its longtime mission directly on track.

For eight years, Tha Black Owned Business Block Party brought dozens of local entrepreneurs together in one spot – to sell their wares, share their stories, and potentially make new customers and friends.
Organizers say all of that -and more- will now happen under a new brand: the EightDown Festival.

“150 Black-owned businesses will be taking over every square inch of Flanner House,” longtime organizer Dominic Dorsey shared during a visit with WISH-TV’s Daybreak. “But we’re also going to be offering trophies. We’re going to be awarding some champions within the community. We’re going to be highlighting more of those cultural aspects.”

Asked for an explanation for the name change, Dorsey said the local calendar is increasingly crowded with block parties from several different organizations. That led to the re-branding to EightDown.

“So ‘Eight’, obviously, for the month of August. ‘Down’ being a euphemism for unity,” he explains. “So this is an opportunity for us to celebrate unity and excellence during the month of August. Still highlighting those Black-owned businesses, but also all of the things that we do exceptionally well in art, culture, dance, music across the board.”

Dorsey says it will be just like the old Block Party, but “turned up to 11!”

He also points out that while minority entrepreneurs are at the heart of the festival, he hopes people of all cultures will feel welcome to attend.

“This is for anybody who appreciates the culture,” he says. “This is a place for you to come and feel your most unapologetically authentic self. That’s what we want to celebrate. That’s what we want to uplift. And we want everybody to come out and experience that.

The party is Saturday, August 2nd from 1-7pm at Flanner House, 2424 Dr. MLK Jr. Street.
There is no charge to attend, and Dorsey hopes the free entry will encourage everyone to bring a little spending money.

“The idea is that you spend as little as you can to get there, so you can spend as much as you can with these black owned businesses.”

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Here’s a look at Friday’s business headlines with Jane King, who has the latest on Open AI, the July jobs report, and a White House demand for drug companies to cut prices.

Trump wants drug companies to cut prices

President Trump is asking 17 drugmakers, including Pfizer, Merck, and Lilly, to cut U.S. drug prices within 60 days.

He has several proposals to do this, and one of them involves the drugmakers selling medicine directly to consumers or businesses.

Shoppers still flocking to amazon

Amazon says shoppers are still buying, even with uncertainty of tariffs.

However, the company also spooked investors who are eager to see Amazon’s hefty investments in artificial intelligence pay off.

The company has committed to spend up to $100 billion this year on ai as it races to build out infrastructure and software.

Amazon employs more than 26,000 full and part-time employees across 37 facilities in Indiana.

Conversations with ChatGPT made public

Open AI’s ChatGPT just removed a feature that would make your public conversations – searchable on google and other search engines.

TechCrunch says you used to be able to filter search results on Google, Bing, and other search engines to include URLs from the domain chatgpt.com/share, and on it, you could find strangers conversations with ChatGPT.

Hours after the tech blog reported on it, Open AI took the feature down, saying it was a “short-lived experiment” and that it created too many opportunities for people to accidentally share things they didn’t intend to.

July jobs reports expected this morning

The July jobs report is out Friday and analysts are expecting 115,000 jobs created, which would be lower than June’s creation of 147,000.

If payrolls come in lower than expected, that data could amp up the Federal Reserve to possibly cut rates in September.

Cinemark looks to shine up the silver screen

ScreenX is a premium film format that utilizes additional displays on the right and left walls of the auditorium, called wings, to create a 270-degree panoramic field of view.

Cinemark said said six of those new screens will be open in time for the openings of “Wicked: For Good” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash.”

The family of Virginia Giuffre, who was among Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known sex trafficking accusers, said that it was shocking to hear President Donald Trump say the disgraced financier “stole” Giuffre from him and urged that Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, remain in prison.

Giuffre, who had accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by Epstein, has been a central figure in conspiracy theories tied to the case. She died by suicide this year.

Her family’s statement is the latest development involving Epstein, who took his own life in a New York jail in 2019 while facing federal sex trafficking charges, and the Republican president, who was his one-time friend. Trump denied prior knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and said he cut off their relationship years ago, but he still faces questions about the case.

Trump, responding to a reporter’s question on Tuesday, said that he got upset with Epstein over his poaching of workers and that Epstein had stolen Giuffre from his Palm Beach, Florida, club.

“It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been ‘stolen’ from Mar-a-Lago,” the family’s statement said.

“We and the public are asking for answers; survivors deserve this,” it continued.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt noted the president was responding to a reporter’s question and didn’t bring up Giuffre himself.

“The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club for being a creep to his female employees,” she said.

The family’s statement comes shortly after the Justice Department interviewed Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 on sex trafficking and other charges and is serving a 20-year sentence in Tallahassee, Florida. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed Maxwell in a Florida courthouse, though details about what she said haven’t become public.

Maxwell’s lawyers have said she testified truthfully and answered questions “about 100 different people.” They have said she’s willing to answer more questions from Congress if she is granted immunity from future prosecution for her testimony and if lawmakers agree to satisfy other conditions.

A message seeking comment about the Giuffre family’s statement was sent to Maxwell’s attorney on Thursday.

In a CNN interview Thursday evening, Giuffre’s family also spoke out.

“She wasn’t stolen, she was preyed upon at his property, at President Trump’s property … stolen seems very impersonal. It feels very much like an object, and the survivors are not objects, women are not objects,” said Sky Roberts, Giuffre’s brother. “She was preyed upon, and it certainly makes you kind of ask the question, you know, how much he knew during that time?”

A Trump administration official said the president is not currently considering clemency action for Maxwell.

Giuffre said she was approached by Maxwell in 2000 and eventually was hired by her as a masseuse for Epstein. But the couple effectively made her a sexual servant, she said, pressuring her into gratifying not only Epstein but his friends and associates.

Giuffre said she was flown around the world for appointments with men including Prince Andrew while she was 17 and 18 years old.

The men, including Andrew, denied it and assailed Giuffre’s credibility. She acknowledged changing some key details of her account.

The prince settled with Giuffre in 2022 for an undisclosed sum, agreeing to make a “substantial donation” to her survivors’ organization.

The American-born Giuffre lived in Australia for years and became an advocate for sex trafficking survivors after emerging as a central figure in Epstein’s prolonged downfall.

Her family’s statement said she endured death threats and financial ruin over her cooperation with authorities against Epstein and Maxwell.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Fever have signed Australian forward Chloe Bibby to a rest of season contract, the team announced Friday.

Bibby has played in two games for the Fever since joining on a seven-day contract on July 25.

In two games with Indiana, Bibby has averaged 9.0 points per game, shooting 44.4% from the field and 50% from the arc.

On Wednesday, Bibby scored 10 points in 13 minutes — including two three-pointers — to help Indiana earn a 107-101 win over the Phoenix Mercury.

She made her Fever debut last Sunday, logging 8 points in 11 minutes played as part of an 83-78 road win over the Chicago Sky.

Bibby started the season with the Golden State Valkyries, averaging 6.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game before being waived June 30.

The Australian forward will be an important part of Indiana’s offense as two-time WNBA All-Star Caitlin Clark continues to recover from a groin injury.

Clark has been ruled out for Friday’s game against the Dallas Wings. It will be her sixth game missed since injuring her right groin in the final seconds of Indiana’s 85-77 win over the Connecticut Sun on July 15.

The team stated there is no timetable for Clark’s return.

The Fever begin a four-game road stint in Dallas on Friday, before heading west to face the Seattle Storm on Aug. 3.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis firefighters responded Friday morning to a fire at an old extended-stay hotel near the Fashion Mall at Keystone.

Indianapolis Fire Department responded around 9:15 a.m. to the former TownePlace Suites Indianapolis Keystone, 8468 Union Chapel Rd. That’s just off of 86th Street, about a half-mile south of the Fashion Mall.

The fire began while crews were renovating the building, firefighters at the scene told News 8.

IFD did not say how the fire started or if there were any injuries.

This story is still developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Refreshing air is moving in across the state and will continue to be here throughout the weekend. We will see a little bit of some hazy skies thanks to smoke from wildfires in Canada. Temperatures continue to stay below normal throughout the weekend.

We had more than 40 days in a row of 80 degrees temperatures or warmer. That is the longest stretch we’ve had since 2012. 

Here are a few July 2025 stats. This July will be in the record books as the 12th warmest on record with an average temp of 79.5 degrees. Overnight lows were incredibly warm too. This July is the 9th warmest for overnight lows with an average of 70.9 degrees. 

TODAY: Look for lots of sunshine through much of the day today. It may be a little bit hazy at times thanks to some smoke from wildfires up in Canada. It should not be too much of an issue with air quality throughout the state. Lower humidity values here to stay for your Friday and throughout the weekend. Look for high temperatures below normal into the upper 70s.

TONIGHT: Clear, comfortable and cool for later tonight. Look for mostly clear skies and temperatures to fall near 58.

TOMORROW: We will start off the weekend with mostly sunny skies. Humidity value stays in the comfortable range. Normal high for this time of year into the mid ’80s and we will see reading stay into the upper 70s for the afternoon. 

7 DAY EXTENDED FORECAST: Still pretty wonderful into your Sunday. Look for partly cloudy skies high temperatures will climb into the lower ’80s. Humidity value still stay comfortable for the end of the weekend. 

Next week we do see some rain chances moving back in. Some spotty showers or thunderstorms could be possible just about every afternoon next week. Temperatures will be near normal on Monday and Tuesday. However temperatures climb back up into the upper ’80s and we will also see higher humidity values later in the week.

WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — It was quite the scene at Colts training camp on Thursday.

Colts head coach Shane Steichen wanted to bring back the Friday night lights feel from high school football.

Lights were brought out to the practice field at Grand Park. The crowd was energetic, creating a game-like feel.

“I kind of wanted to bring back that Friday night feel when you’re in high school playing under the lights,” Steichen said. “That was always a special time for myself and a lot of these guys.”

“Man, it was real fun out there,” Colts defensive tackle Grover Stewart said. “It brought me back to my high school days. Being out there like a Friday night, but it’s a Thursday night. It felt great out there.”

“It’s nice to come out there under the lights,” Colts safety Nick Cross said. “In a week, we’ll be doing it against another opponent. But it was a fun atmosphere. Shoutout to the fans for coming out, and we had a good practice out here.”

The fans got to see quite a show too.

Colts rookie tight end Tyler Warren make a spectacular one-handed catch on a ball thrown over the middle from Daniel Jones.

Jones and Anthony Richardson Sr. went back and forth making great plays at the quarterback position.

“Both have been doing a really good job,” Steichen said. “Both of them have made plays at a high level the last couple days, and that’s what you want to see. You want to see growth. You want to see completions. You want to see the offense moving up and down the field. Both have been doing a really good job.”

After practice, there was a fireworks and drone show. The Colts honored their late owner Jim Irsay, with drones in the sky saying “For Jim.”

The Colts get back on the practice field at Grand Park on Saturday, practicing from 10-11:35 a.m.

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WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — The Colts brought out the lights to the practice field for the first night practice at Grand Park during training camp.

It was quite the scene, with an energetic crowd, excellent plays on the field, and fireworks after practice.

Here are eight quotes that stood out from the Colts night practice on Thursday:

1. Shane Steichen on how the quarterbacks have been performing

“Both have been doing a really good job. Both of them have made plays at a high level the last couple days, and that’s what you want to see. You want to see growth. You want to see completions. You want to see the offense moving up and down the field. Both have been doing a really good job.”

Anthony Richardson Sr. and Daniel Jones are in an open competition for the starting quarterback job.

Both quarterbacks have strung together some good practices this week.

Steichen says there is no timeline for when a starting quarterback will be named.

2. Steichen on Anthony Richardson Sr.

“I think everything’s cleaner right now. He’s playing at a high level. He’s making good decisions with the football. Taking the completions when needed. So it’s been really good to see.”

3. Steichen on the night practice

“I kind of wanted to bring back that Friday night feel when you’re in high school playing under the lights. That was always a special time for myself and a lot of these guys.”

4. Grover Stewart on the night practice

“Man, it was real fun out there. It brought me back to my high school days. Being out there like a Friday night, but it’s a Thursday night. It felt great out there.”

5. Stewart on playing against Richardson at practice

“I talk trash to him each and every day, man. Going against him, it’s a great thing because you could tell he’s on it. He’s focused. I talk trash to him and try and throw him off but he still stays locked in. You can just tell he’s growing out there each and every day. Each and every play too.”

6. Steichen on the urgency picking up at training camp

“There’s got to be urgency. Obviously when the pads come on, the urgency picks up a little bit. We got a couple more practices and we head to Baltimore, we got a game a week from today. So the urgency’s got to be there every single day moving forward.”

The Colts have two more practices at Grand Park before heading out to Baltimore. The Colts have a joint practice with the Ravens on Tuesday before playing their first preseason game against the Ravens on Thursday at 7 p.m.

7. Nick Cross on the night practice

“It’s nice to come out there under the lights. In a week, we’ll be doing it against another opponent. But it was a fun atmosphere. Shoutout to the fans for coming out, and we had a good practice out here.”

8. Joe Bachie on defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo

“He’s kind of like that cool uncle. We talk about our room’s our living room and he kind of heads that. He’ll be real with you though. If you’re not playing well, he’ll let you know.”

Bachie has spent the last four seasons playing for Anarumo in Cincinnati.

The Colts get back on the practice field at Grand Park on Saturday, practicing from 10-11:35 a.m.

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