News for February 7, 2025

A Bering Air plane carrying 10 people crashed in Alaska after going missing on a flight to Nome, and officials say there are likely no survivors.

The Justice Department told the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to follow President Donald Trump’s gender ideology order, prompting the group to remove transgender references from its public materials.

The Trump administration’s federal worker buyout plan is facing legal doubt and a court challenge over whether it is allowed without Congress’s approval.

A federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plan to sharply cut USAID’s workforce, temporarily blocking major layoffs and return orders.

Sangamon County has agreed to a $10 million settlement with Sonya Massey’s family after she was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in her home.

The CDC says flu levels are now at their highest point since the 2009 pandemic, with a second winter wave pushing illness rates to very high levels nationwide.