News for March 9, 2025

Dan Hurley explains how his intense, restless coaching style drives UConn as the team tries to stay among college basketball’s best during a hard season.

A small plane crashed into a residential area in Pennsylvania, but all five people on board survived and the National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation.

Trump’s terms for restoring U.S. aid to Ukraine are still unclear, as his administration keeps the military and intelligence pause in place while pushing talks on war-ending concessions.

A Florida teen, Miranda Corsette, was allegedly kidnapped, killed, and dismembered after being lured through a social media app, police said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham said a pause in U.S. aid for Ukraine could be worse than Afghanistan and urged the Trump administration to restart weapons and intelligence support.

President Donald Trump's tariff threats and immigration crackdown were the main focus of a Face the Nation interview with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who said both efforts are meant to fight fentanyl and strengthen border security.

Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Tom Suozzi said a government shutdown should be avoided, but they were split on a short-term funding bill and used the interview to push for more bipartisan dealmaking.

Governor Kathy Hochul imposed new fire restrictions in Long Island after a brush fire near Westhampton burned hundreds of acres and was mostly contained.

Kristi Noem said she will use the broad powers of her role as Homeland Security secretary to carry out President Trump’s immigration and border agenda.

Selma marked the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday with memorials, calls to protect voting rights, and warnings that hard-won civil rights gains could be rolled back.

Canadian Ambassador Kirsten Hillman said talks with the Trump administration are making progress, as both sides try to avoid new U.S. tariffs tied to fentanyl, trade, and border security.

Panama released dozens of U.S.-deported migrants from a remote camp after human rights criticism, but gave them only 30 days to leave the country.

The article follows efforts to recover Nazi-looted art, as museums and governments reconsider old sales and returns tied to Jewish families and wartime persecution.

Pat McFadden said countries cannot be forced into a coalition to help protect any future peace deal in Ukraine, as the UK and France keep pushing for wider support.

Trump wants more than a minerals deal before he restarts U.S. aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.

The World Health Organization says cuts to USAID funding could drive a global rise in tuberculosis cases and deaths.

Peter Mui’s Fixit Clinic is part of a growing right-to-repair movement that is winning more state laws and making it easier for people to fix their own products.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is still struggling to control bird flu, and the outbreak is driving egg prices higher while raising questions about farm safety, vaccines, and how the virus spreads.

Russian strikes on Ukraine killed more than 20 people as President Donald Trump’s pause on U.S. intelligence support left Kyiv more vulnerable, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned the attacks showed the cost of appeasement.

Federal workers, many of them veterans, say Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts and attacks on the civil service are causing severe mental health strain and despair.