News for February 18, 2025

FireAid has announced $50 million in grants to help community groups support people affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.

Veteran federal prosecutor Denise Cheung resigned after saying Trump appointees pushed her to take a bank freeze action without enough evidence.

A measles outbreak is growing in rural northwest Texas, and state health officials say more cases are likely, with South Plains Public Health District and Lubbock Public Health helping investigate.

DOGE held meetings at the Pentagon to start planning cost cuts at the Defense Department, with Secretary Pete Hegseth saying the effort should protect military readiness.

President Donald Trump’s cuts to federal science funding and NIH overhead money are sparking panic at Johns Hopkins University and other research centers, with scientists warning that years of work could be stalled or lost.

A Delta Air Lines flight crash-landed upside down in Toronto, but all 80 people on board survived and investigators are now looking into what went wrong.

A foreign service worker says the Trump administration’s rushed USAID shutdown led the State Department to cancel emergency medical transport for his pregnant wife, putting her and their unborn child at serious risk.

Kentucky is facing a new round of winter weather after deadly storms and flooding killed 14 people, prompting Governor Andy Beshear to warn residents to stay safe.

Joshua Dotson was sentenced to a total of 261 years in prison for multiple Tennessee murders, including the killing of his former girlfriend Jamesha Covson and her unborn child.

Oakland County sheriff’s officials said three Michigan children were found living alone in terrible conditions after their mother abandoned them for years.

Rebecca Auborn has been found competent to stand trial in Ohio on charges that she fatally drugged four customers and tried to kill a fifth.