News for February 25, 2025

As the Texas measles outbreak grows, more parents are choosing to vaccinate their children, and Chad Curry’s mobile health unit is helping give shots and prevent more spread.

An anti-vaccine group and Polly Tommey are spreading a false claim that the measles outbreak in Texas was caused by the MMR shot, while state health officials say the outbreak is from a real wild measles strain.

The Supreme Court appeared ready to side with Marlean Ames in a case that could end a higher legal hurdle some courts use for “reverse discrimination” claims.

Judge Amir Ali ordered the State Department and USAID to pay overdue foreign aid bills and follow his order to restore funding for work done before Feb. 13.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs launched a new state partnership with Customs and Border Protection to fight border crime, marking a rare move by a Democratic governor to work with the Trump administration on immigration.

Fired Yosemite workers said hanging an upside-down U.S. flag was a warning about President Donald Trump’s public lands policies and a call to rehire federal staff.

Apple chief Tim Cook said the company may need to change its diversity, equity and inclusion policies as US legal pressure grows, even after shareholders rejected a bid to end them.

U.S. consumer confidence fell sharply in February as Americans grew more worried about inflation, tariffs, and the economy under President Donald Trump, while the Federal Reserve stayed cautious on rates.

A South African court said claims of a white genocide in the country are “not real” and blocked a gift to the Boerelegioen, a white supremacist group.

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip after finding prosecutors failed to correct false testimony at his trial.

Russia pushed back on President Donald Trump’s claim that Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine, widening the gap between U.S. and European views on the war.

The United States broke with its usual allies and sided with Russia in UN votes on Ukraine, showing a sharp shift in President Donald Trump’s stance on the war.

Jason Kilburn is trying to fix his daughter Caroline’s records after a paperwork mistake left her without a valid birth certificate or Social Security number.

Nathan Chen, Nancy Kerrigan, and Peggy Fleming are among the skaters added to a benefit show in Washington, D.C., for victims of the deadly midair crash near Reagan National Airport.

President Donald Trump’s freeze on US aid has forced most emergency food kitchens in Sudan to shut, leaving many people facing severe hunger as the civil war worsens.