WE ARE told at every hand that dire misfortune will fall upon us if we do not capitulate to the Eurocrats and continue to make every trading concession needed by EU membership. Perhaps these ladies and gentlemen, oxygen-starved in their Brussels penthouses, could be apprised of some basic facts of life.

THE GREAT majority of us like it when the things we are being told actually make sense. I certainly do. So when the scary bulletins and instructions pouring out of government do not do that, I experience "red light" syndrome.

SO, BORIS, where is your land of liberty now? Where is proportionality and reason?

Who says graduation can't happen online? Liam Payne, Oprah Winfrey and more stars are going to give the Class of 2020 a virtual send-off.

"Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" topped USA TODAY's 23rd annual Save Our Shows poll with a record 67% of voters urging NBC to save it.

Here are quarantine-friendly ways to get mom a perfect gift for Mother's Day.

Three-year-old Rowan had been begging for a McDonald's Happy Meal since his family went into self-quarantine.

Out this weekend: Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's new duet, Michelle Obama's documentary on Netflix and the season finale of "Saturday Night Live."

Delta said it is making the move to protect employees amid the coronavirus pandemic, but planes have been flying near empty

Mother's Day will bring Arctic blasts, wintry conditions and records low temperatures for two-thirds of the US. Meanwhile, a heat wave will hit Alaska

As the all-out effort for a vaccine accelerates, USA TODAY is rounding up some of the week's most notable developments.

Black and Latino community leaders are stepping in to help their own through the coronavirus crisis.

Football Helmet companies will have tight deadlines to recondition, recertify and redistribute helmets needed for youth and high school programs.

News of Little Richard's death sent shockwaves across social media Saturday as tributes started pouring in from celebrities and musicians.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh's proposal on rules for college players thinking NFL could help reduce talent base at programs like Ohio State, Alabama.

In her first on-camera interview since Joe Biden denied her assault allegation, Tara Reade told Megyn Kelly it "changed everything about my life."

The world is nearing 4 million cases of the coronavirus. More COVID-19 news Saturday.

The claim that COVID-19 has a lower death toll than many other causes is partly false. There isn't yet a year's worth of data.

IndyCar driver Zach Veach and a 1909 car are making a guest appearance during the Indianapolis Opera's production of "Elixir of Love."

The play is the theater program's way of countering anti-drug programs that haven't worked — the kind where adults shake fingers at students.

Indiana Repertory Theatre's new plays include Mary Lincoln's reclusiveness, 'Fahrenheit 451' and a celebration of Indianapolis' bicentennial.

The Netflix series "Self Made" depicts Madam C.J. Walker's rise as a hair care entrepreneur in Indianapolis.

Musicians, artists and other creatives who live in Central Indiana can get $500 each through a coronavirus relief program worth almost $400,000.

Indianapolis art historian Sarah Urist Green presents more than 50 do-it-yourself projects in 'You Are an Artist' book

Conventions, conferences and trade shows cling to calendar spots with cautious optimism after the coronavirus pandemic caused tourism to nosedive.

After ending print publication in 2019 and moving to online nonprofit model, Nuvo will cease operations.

Four boys were executed in a Parke County, Indiana, mobile home on Feb. 14, 1977. There was only one survivor: Betty Jane Spencer.

After nearly 100 years, the northern Indiana resort and amusement park closes. The park near Monticello was originally named Ideal Beach.

Epidemics aren't new. This is how Hoosiers have weathered them in the past.

Look to those that survived the Depression for survival tips.

Don't forget to put the speaker back.

Often overlooked, Benjamin Harrison gave us great national parks and forests.

In stark contrast to the Armistice Day in 1918, Indiana celebrations of victory in Europe in World War II were somber and subdued.

HI FOLKS, how are you guys doing? This cheery text arrives on my phone several times a week, so now I share it with you. I hope you're all well, coping, and haven't yet reached the end of your tethers.

I CAN'T help feeling that this is all a long-delayed return to normal. I know the lockdown feels abnormal, and I suppose it is, in that we've never seen anything like it before. But beyond that, I have a powerful sense that normal relations have merely been resumed; the age-old see-saw relationship between man and planet re-established.

I'VE NEVER seen or heard anything like it. Or rather, NOT heard. I was on the green roof of London: Kite Hill, the highest spot on Hampstead Heath, and summit of my daily permitted exercise routine.

I FEAR that holding Downing Street media briefings about the virus every single afternoon is now totally counterproductive.

SIX WEEKS into lockdown and every day brings fresh headlines and behaviour you simply couldn't and wouldn't have predicted when you went to bed the night before.

This year, I am currently making over $12,000 less a year then I was supposed to when I was hired in 2004, a letter to the editor says.

Education is the smartest investment an individual or a society can make, a letter to the editor says.

In this materialistic culture, this holiday stands alone as a time to reflect on the blessings we've been given by God, a letter to the editor says.