ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Two Indiana police officers who repeatedly punched a handcuffed man have been charged with a civil rights crime.

Cory Newland and Joshua Titus of the Elkhart Police Department were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday. Police video shows them punching a man identified as M.L. after the man spat at Newland while sitting handcuffed in a chair in January 2018.

FBI agent Grant Mendenhall says his agency "won't tolerate the abuse of power" by police.

A Bloomington mother wants to know why her son is still in a Venezuelan prison after she says he was supposed to be released in November. 

Todd Leininger traveled to the country in 2014 with his Venezuelan wife to visit family.

"I actually kind of discouraged them from going because I had read that there was a lot of unrest in the country," says Todd's mother Barbara. 

House lawmakers have changed a school bus safety bill to eliminate a way for schools to pay for cameras on school bus stop arms.

The legislation comes as a result of an incident that killed three Rochester, Indiana schoolchildren last year.

After months of debate over its future, the former East Noble Middle School building is now under the control of the City of Kendallville. 

The historic building's fate has been debated for months, with school officials slating it for destruction last fall. But earlier this year, the East Noble School Board switched positions.  The building is safe for now, unless plans to redevelop it as a community learning center fall through.

Ownership of the building transferred Wednesday evening at a school board meeting, according to a release from the Dekko Foundation.