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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Ben Davis High School football player who was hit in a drive-by shooting last month is recovering, but still has a lot to overcome, according to his aunt. Jamilah Mintze says her nephew, 18-year-old Rondell Allen, is improving since he was shot July 31 at the Heather Ridge Apartments . Allen, a standout football star at Ben Davis, was struck in the chest by a bullet as an unknown gunman opened fire from another vehicle at the entrance to the complex. PREVIOUS | Ben Davis High School football standout shot in drive-by Two other passengers in the car, both 16-year-olds, were not injured. Mintze said Allen’s mother has remained by her son’s side 24/7. “I was just there on Friday with him and his mother and he is in good spirits and has his favorite thing, a football, right next to him, along with watching ESPN to catch up on his favorite sport,” Mintze said. Mintze said the family is asking for privacy as police still have not identified any suspects in Allen’s sh...

Daniel Begay, who is Navajo, had always been told growing up that traditional American Indian foods were good for him. But because most American Indians are lactose intolerant, "they aren't getting that same source of calcium from dairy products," Begay says. Turns out that it's a traditional cooking method that is key to his bone health. The Navajo burn juniper branches , collect the ash and stir it into traditional dishes. The most popular: blue corn mush . Begay, a graduate student at Northern Arizona University , analyzed the amount of calcium in 27 samples of juniper from all over the reservation. But first he had to ash the juniper outside his apartment in Flagstaff. Not quite the same as the rural reservation. "I let my landlord know beforehand. I said, 'Hey, I'm going to be building a fire in our yard, just so you know,'" Begay says. "I burned up a picnic table a little bit." His analytical chemistry professor , Jani Ingram, ...