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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana Fever All-Star Caitlin Clark is officially out for Tuesday’s game against the New York Liberty.

Clark was listed as out due to a right groin injury on the team’s pregame injury report Monday evening.

Clark was at practice Monday watching from the sidelines. Head coach Stephanie White said Clark met with doctors after practice for more evaluation and will still travel with the team to New York.

In the meantime, the rest of the Fever roster is focused on starting off the second half of the season on the right foot, even though Clark can’t play.

“We know this season’s not gonna be perfect. Everyone’s not always going to be healthy at the same time, and that’s kind of how its been for us this season,” Fever center Aliyah Boston said. “So for us, it’s about not getting down and not letting it hold us down, but make sure that the next person up and the next person to step on that floor is ready to go.”

Fellow All-Star Kelsey Mitchell reiterated that every game from this point on matters. Whether Clark is healthy or not, she said the Fever have to be gritty and get as many wins to push for the playoffs.

“I wanna win,” Mitchell said. “Unfortunately, (Clark) will not be around, but you have to want to win regardless. You look at these situations like it’s unfortunate, but we have to keep playing for her and make sure that she knows we miss her, but we have do right by ourselves.”

White is confident her team has what it takes to have a positive second half of the season.

“We know what it’s going to take,” White said. “We’ve got to be able to do that on a daily basis. We’ve got to continue to grow. We’ve got to understand that there’s gonna be disruption, and we’ve got to be able to handle that, which I think they’ve done a good job of. We’ve got to be able to start putting some things together.”

The Fever play the Liberty at 8 p.m. Eastern Tuesday night in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — Artificial intelligence is being used to diagnose autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with a simple test at Indiana University.

The test the researchers created is as simple as monitoring arm movements to touch a computer screen.

To do the test, participants first have to put on a sensor that tracks the precise movements of the hand before it starts tapping dots on the screen that disappear and reappear every few seconds “This happens about 120 times,” said Chaundy Mckeever, an IU graduate student working on the research team.

Each touch produces spikey-looking data, Mckeever said, pointing at a screen-filled data point. “This would be the forward motion. This is when you’re making contact with the screen, and this is moving backward again.”

The researchers told I-Team 8 that everyone’s movements are random. Dr. Jorge Jose, the James H. Rudy distinguished professor of physics at Indiana University, said, “The real surprise is that the randomness in people that have autism, ADHD, or the co-morbid of the two things is totally different from people that are called neurotypical. The ones that don’t have this neurodevelopmental disorder.”

They’ve been working on this research since 2013, but using artificial intelligence has been a game changer for them. Jose said, “First, train the system to be able to test completely new participants, new subjects and can tell you with 86% accuracy. This is done in about 15 minutes.”

The system is a lot quicker than a psychiatrist or psychologist doing it. “It takes them from 10 to 12 hours to diagnose a new subject,” Jose said.

The test doesn’t work with every child. Mckeever said, “Some children are too young, or really low functioning. Young children with ADHD will not make it through the whole test. They just get bored out of their minds.”

Researchers tell I-Team 8 if a child can’t complete the test that can be a diagnosis in and of itself.

Now that their research is published in Nature, a peer reviewed scientific journal, they will be looking for more funding to expand the study with the ultimate goal of getting the test approved for widespread use.
“We think this can be done in elementary schools,” said Dr. Jose.

(AP) — The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.

The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first gathered the records and turned them over to the National Archives and Records Administration.

In a lengthy statement released Monday, King’s two living children, Martin III, 67, and Bernice, 62, said their father’s assassination has been a “captivating public curiosity for decades.” But the pair emphasized the personal nature of the matter, urging that “these files must be viewed within their full historical context.”

The Kings got advance access to the records and had their own teams reviewing them. Those efforts continued even as the government granted public access. It was not immediately clear Monday whether the documents would shed any new light on King’s life, the Civil Rights Movement or his murder.

“As the children of Dr. King and Mrs. Coretta Scott King, his tragic death has been an intensely personal grief — a devastating loss for his wife, children, and the granddaughter he never met — an absence our family has endured for over 57 years,” they wrote. “We ask those who engage with the release of these files to do so with empathy, restraint, and respect for our family’s continuing grief.”

They also repeated the family’s long-held contention that James Earl Ray, the man convicted of assassinating King, was not solely responsible, if at all.

Bernice King was 5-years old when her father was killed. Martin III was 10.

A statement from the office of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called the disclosure “unprecedented” and said many of the records had been digitized for the first time to make it possible. She praised President Donald Trump for pushing the issue.

Release is ‘transparency’ to some, a ‘distraction’ for others

Trump promised as a candidate to release files related to President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. When Trump took office in January, he signed an executive order to declassify the JFK records, along with those associated with Robert F. Kennedy’s and King’s 1968 assassinations.

The government unsealed the JFK records in March and disclosed some RFK files in April.

The announcement from Gabbard’s office included a statement from Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, who is an outspoken conservative and has broken from King’s children on various topics — including the FBI files. Alveda King said she was “grateful to President Trump” for his “transparency.”

Separately Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s social media account featured a picture of the attorney general with Alveda King in her office.

Besides fulfilling Trump’s executive order, the latest release serves as another alternative headline for the president as he tries to mollify supporters angry over his administration’s handling of records concerning the sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself behind bars while awaiting trial in 2019, during Trump’s first presidency. Trump last Friday ordered the Justice Department to release grand jury testimony but stopped short of unsealing the entire case file.

Bernice King and Martin Luther King III did not mention Trump in their statement Monday.

Some civil rights activists were not so sparing.

“Trump releasing the MLK assassination files is not about transparency or justice,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton. “It’s a desperate attempt to distract people from the firestorm engulfing Trump over the Epstein files and the public unraveling of his credibility among the MAGA base.”

Records mean a new trove of research material

The King records were initially intended to be sealed until 2027, until Justice Department attorneys asked a federal judge to lift the sealing order ahead of its expiration date.

Scholars, history buffs and journalists have been preparing to study the documents to find new information about his assassination on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which King co-founded in 1957 as the Civil Rights Movement blossomed, opposed the release. They, along with King’s family, argued that the FBI illegally surveilled King and other civil rights figures, tapping their offices and phone lines with the aim of discrediting them and their movement.

It has long been established that then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was intensely interested if not obsessed with King and others that he considered radicals. FBI records released previously show how Hoover’s bureau wiretapped King’s telephone lines, bugged his hotel rooms and used informants to get information against him.

“He was relentlessly targeted by an invasive, predatory, and deeply disturbing disinformation and surveillance campaign orchestrated by J. Edgar Hoover through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),” the King children said in their statement.

“The intent of the government’s COINTELPRO campaign was not only to monitor, but to discredit, dismantle and destroy Dr. King’s reputation and the broader American Civil Rights Movement,” they continued. “These actions were not only invasions of privacy, but intentional assaults on the truth — undermining the dignity and freedoms of private citizens who fought for justice, designed to neutralize those who dared to challenge the status quo.”

The Kings said they “support transparency and historical accountability” but “object to any attacks on our father’s legacy or attempts to weaponize it to spread falsehoods.”

Opposition to King intensified even after the Civil Rights Movement compelled Congress and President Lyndon B. Johnson to enact the Civil Right Act of 1964 and the Voting Right Act of 1965. After those landmark victories, King turned much of his attention to economic justice and international peace. He was an outspoken critic of rapacious capitalism and the Vietnam War. King argued that political rights alone were not enough in an uneven economy. Many establishment figures like Hoover viewed King as a communist threat.

King’s children still don’t accept the original explanation of assassination

King was assassinated as he was aiding striking sanitation workers in Memphis, part of his explicit turn toward economic justice.

Ray plead guilty to assassinating King. He later renounced that plea and maintained his innocence until his death in 1998.

Members of King’s family, and others, have long questioned whether Ray acted alone, or if he was even involved. Coretta Scott King for the probe to be reopened, and in 1998, then-Attorney General Janet Reno directed the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department to take a new look. The Justice Department said it “found nothing to disturb the 1969 judicial determination that James Earl Ray murdered Dr. King.”

In their latest statement, Bernice King and Martin Luther King III repeated their assertions that Ray was set up, pointing to a 1999 civil case in which a Memphis jury in a wrongful death case concluded that Martin Luther King Jr. had been the target of a conspiracy.

“As we review these newly released files,” the Kings said, “we will assess whether they offer additional insights beyond the findings our family has already accepted.”

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — We’re coming off of a wet weekend at times with some areas receiving 2-4″+ of rainfall. Now, our attention turns toward suffering through a sweltering combination of heat and humidity that gives way to dangerous heat indices by midweek.

Monday night: A cooler, partly cloudy, and dry night is ahead with lows in the mid 60s.

Tuesday: Warmer, but slightly less humid, for Tuesday with plenty of sunshine and no rain in sight. Highs in the upper 80s.

Wednesday: We really start to see the heater rear its ugly head Wednesday as a hot dome locks in further than it has in recent days. Highs will soar into the low 90s with some spots possibly hitting the mid 90s. Dew point values in the mid 70s will make for a swampy air mass that yields triple digit peak heat indices.

7-Day Forecast: Worst of the heat and feels like temps occurs Thursday with some areas possibly pushing closer to a 110 degree heat index…yuck. Heat stress levels will also be at their highest in the major category Thursday and Friday. Beginning Friday and heading into the final weekend of July, we’ll see this hot dome break down enough to increase rain/storm chances and lower highs into the upper 80s. It isn’t going to save us from the awful humidity though.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WISH) — Fort Wayne police on Monday afternoon fatally shot a man who made “concerning statements” and “suicidal comments” while brandishing a firearm in a commercial area along West State Boulevard.

Police were notified just after 1:15 p.m. Monday about the man at West State Boulevard and Cass Street, just north of the downtown area.

When the man displayed the firearm, officers fired their weapons, resulting in the man’s death.

The Fort Wayne Police Department collected bodycam and dashcam footage for an investigation it’s doing along with the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and Indiana State Police.

The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave, following standard protocol.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Monday said it and the Indiana State Police collaborated over the weekend to crack down on reckless driving and street takeovers in the city.

The joint operation resulted in the towing of seven vehicles, four arrests, the issuance of two summons, and 34 traffic citations. Additionally, two stolen vehicles were recovered during the enforcement efforts.

A Facebook post from IMPD, which included photos, said dangerous driving, spinning, and street takeovers have no place in the city, and it is committed to maintaining safe streets. The partnership with the Indiana State Police is part of ongoing efforts to hold reckless drivers accountable and ensure community safety. The operation reflects a broader initiative to address public safety concerns related to illegal street activities that endanger residents and disrupt neighborhoods.

Identifying information on the four people arrested or where the arrests were made were not included in the post.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis police said Monday that its nuisance abatement unit arrested four people for selling alcohol without a permit and various narcotics and firearms-related offenses on Saturday in downtown Indianapolis.

Detectives saw the people selling alcoholic beverages out of a cooler without the necessary permits. Further investigation revealed the drinks contained tequila or vodka and were being sold for $10 each.

Arrested were Lorrease Ingram, 24; Farries Maxwell, 18; and Daronte Tarvin, 22, and Jamar Young, 19.

During the arrests, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department also confiscated four stolen handguns, over 100 grams of marijuana, a digital scale, and other drug-dealing paraphernalia.

The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make the final charging decision, IMPD said in a social media post.

“This is another example of the proactive and collaborative work our officers are doing to keep downtown Indianapolis safe,” IMPD Deputy Chief of Investigations Kendale Adams said in a statement in the post.

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NEW YORK (AP) — More than 5.2 million aboveground swimming pools sold across the U.S. and Canada over the last two decades are being recalled after nine drowning deaths were reported.

The recall covers a range of Bestway, Intex Recreation and Polygroup pools that were sold by major retailers as far back as 2002. According to Monday notices published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, these pools have compression straps running along the outside of the product — which “may create a foothold” for small children and allow them to access the water unattended.

That can pose a serious drowning risk, the safety regulatory warn. To date, the CPSC believes nine children across the U.S. have drowned after gaining access to these now-recalled pools in this way. Those deaths occurred between 2007 and 2022, involving children between the ages of 22 months and 3 years old. No additional fatalities have been reported in Canada.

Consumers in possession of these pools are urged to immediately contact Bestway, Intex and/or Polygroup to receive a free repair kit — which will consist of a rope to replace the compression strap. Owners of these pools should otherwise ensure that small children cannot access the pool without supervision, regulators note — and could alternatively drain the pool until the repair is made.

All of the pools being recalled are 48 inches or taller — and can be identified by brand and model names listed on both the CPSC and Health Canada’s recall notices. Sales of the pools ranged by model and location, but date as far back to 2002 and as recently as 2025.

About 5 million of these now-recalled pools were sold across the U.S. — including both online and in-stores at major retailers like Walmart, Target, Lowe’s, Costco and Amazon. Another 266,000 were sold in Canada.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Each week, WISH-TV highlights eight events and activities happening over the weekend around Indianapolis. 

Below are eight great events you should check out from Friday, July 25 to Sunday, July 27, 2025

INDY PRIDE NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN

Friday,July 25,2025 

Tibbs Drive-In Theatre 
480 S. Tibbs Ave. Indianapolis, IN  46241 

Hour(s): 
7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. 

Ticket(s):
Adult – PRIDE Night General Admission: $12.75 
Child – PRIDE Night General Admission: $6.75 

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.  

JAZZ IN THE ALLEY: ROB DIXON & TRIOLOGY/BRENDA WILLIAMS

Friday, July 25,2025 

The Alley at The Cabaret 
924 N Pennsylvania St, Suite B 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 

Hour(s): 6:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. 

This event is free. For more information, click here.  

BRICKYARD WEEKEND

Friday, July 25, to Sunday, July 27,2025 

Indianapolis Motor Speedway 
4790 W. 16th St. Indianapolis, IN 46222 

NASCAR Practice 
July 25 
Hour(s): 10:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m. 

Ticket(s):
General Admission: $20  
(Children 15 and under are admitted free with a paying adult in General Admission locations) 

Pennzoil 250 Race Day 
July 26 
Hour(s): 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

Ticket(s): 
Reserved Seats: Starting at $55 
(Any individual, regardless of age, must have a ticket for a Reserved Seating area) 

Flex Admission: $55 
(Children 15 and under are admitted free with a purchase of an adult flex ticket. Limit 4 children per adult Flex ticket purchased) 

General Admission: $40 
(Children 15 and under are admitted free with a paying adult in General Admission locations) 

Brickyard 400 pres. by PPG Race Day 
July 27 
Hour(s): Gates open at 8:00 a.m. -Gates close at 5:30 p.m. (*subject to change) 

Ticket(s): 
Reserved Seats: Starting at $55 
(Any individual, regardless of age, must have a ticket for a Reserved Seating area)    

Flex Admission: $60 
(Children 15 and under are admitted free with a purchase of an adult Flex ticket. Limit 4 children per adult Flex ticket purchased) 

General Admission: $45 
(Children 15 and under are admitted free with a paying adult in General Admission locations)  

Track Walk: $30 
(11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. *Schedule is subject to change at the discretion of IMS and NASCAR officials) 

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.  

EAGLEMANIA!

Saturday, July 26, 2025  

Conner Prairie 
13400 Allisonville Rd 
Fishers, IN 46038 

Hour(s): 
8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.   

Ticket(s):
Tables: $236.52 
Lawn tickets: $12.96-$65.88 

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.  

HOT WHEELS MONSTER TRUCKS LIVE

Saturday, July 26, to Sunday, July 27,2025 

Gainbridge Fieldhouse 
125 S. Pennsylvania St. 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 

Hour(s): 
Saturday, 12:30 p.m.  
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.  
Sunday, 2:30 p.m.  

Tickets prices vary in the seating section. 

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.  

INDY LEMON DROP FESTIVAL   

Saturday, July 26, 2025   

Indiana State Museum Lawn  
650 W Washington St. 
Indianapolis, IN 46204 

Hour(s): 
3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

Ticket(s): $44.52 
(Sales end on Jul 26, 2025) 

To attend this event, you must be 21+. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here. 

CRAFTS & COFFEE

Sunday, July 27, 2025 

White River State Park 
801 West Washington Street 
Indianapolis, IN  46204 

Hour(s): 
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  

Ticket(s): $12.51  
Includes parking, yoga, and craft supplies (tote bag, vase, paint, etc. 

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here. 

GREETINGS FROM DUNELAND: INDIANA’S NATIONAL PARK

Jun 20, 2025 – Oct 25, 2025 

Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center 
450 W. Ohio St., Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center 
Indianapolis, IN 46202 

Hour(s): 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here. 

(CNN) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor and artist who rose to fame as a child as Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died, according to a source close to the actor.

He was 54.

Warner died in a drowning accident in Costa Rica, where he was on vacation with his family, the source said.

CNN has reached out to representatives for Warner for further information.

A native of New Jersey, Warner started acting at age 9, making appearances in shows like “Fame.” He was a young teen when he was cast as the only son of Bill Cosby’s character, Heathcliff Huxtable, in “The Cosby Show,” which ran from 1984 to 1992.

Warner later reflected on the legacy of the popular, Emmy-winning sitcom.

“The fact that the Cosby Show for Black America and White America alike finally legitimized the Black middle class, which has always been around since the inception of this country but, as with everything, is not legitimate til it’s on television,” Warner said. “When the show first came out, there were White people and Black people talking about (how) the Huxtables don’t really exist, Black people don’t really live like that. Meanwhile, we were getting tens of thousands of fan letters from people saying, thank you so much for this show.”

Warner was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 1986 for his supporting work on “The Cosby Show.”

By the time the show was over, Warner said in a 2013 interview, “we were still on top enough to go out on top, but we were ready to live our own lives.”

“We were all ready to move on and as Mr. Cosby said, by that point, we had pretty much said all that we could say,” Warner added.

After the perennial hit series ended in 1992, the actor continued working primarily in television until recently, with credits including “Touched by an Angel,” “Community,” “Key and Peele,” “Suits,” “Sons of Anarchy” and “American Horror Story.”

Warner’s comments on Cosby’s misconduct allegations

Warner acknowledged his sadness in 2015 when sexual misconduct allegations about Bill Cosby came to light, saying he felt the sitcom’s legacy had been “tarnished” by the allegations.

“My biggest concern is when it comes to images of people of color on television and film, no matter what … negative stereotypes of people of color, we’ve always had ‘The Cosby Show’ to hold up against that,” Warner told The Associated Press in an interview at the time.

Cosby was released from prison in 2021 after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his 2018 sexual assault conviction, saying Cosby’s due process rights were violated. Cosby was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in a state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in 2004.

In a 2015 interview with Billboard magazine, Warner spoke about how “painful” it is to watch Cosby, who he described a major influence in his life, become the subject of rape allegations.

“He’s one of my mentors, and he’s been very influential and played a big role in my life as a friend and mentor,” Warner said at the time. “Just as it’s painful to hear any woman talk about sexual assault, whether true or not, it’s just as painful to watch my friend and mentor go through this.”

Warner’s life beyond acting

As much as he honored the Theo character, Warner also worked hard to show how multifaceted he was, including being a Grammy-winning musician.

He won best traditional R&B performance in 2015 for the song “Jesus Children.” He was also nominated for a Grammy in 2023 for best spoken word poetry album.

Both as a musician, and then as a parent, Warner talked to CNN in 2017 about his excitement in those roles.

“Being a new parent, I have a lot of new material for the music,” he said at the time. “It’s really awesome and right now, my daughter’s four months so I don’t have to tell her ‘no.’”

Warner also starred opposite Eddie Griffin in the series “Malcolm & Eddie” for four seasons between 1996 and 2000.

His more recent acting credits include “The Resident,” “The Wonder Years” reboot, “Grownish” and “9-1-1.”

Last year, Warner launched his podcast “Not All Hood” last year with the goal of continuing to be a voice that explores the diverse experiences of the Black community and touch on themes of representation in media.

“When we talk about the Black community, we tend to speak of it as a monolith when the reality is there are so many different facets of the Black community, and we wanted to have a space where we can really explore, discuss, and acknowledge all of those different aspects,” he told People magazine in an interview last year.