News for March 29, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane crash into a home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, that killed everyone on board.

American woman Faye Hall has been released by the Taliban in Afghanistan and is now in Qatar’s care before heading home.

A fast-growing South Carolina wildfire is still spreading in the mountains, while firefighters and the South Carolina Forestry Commission work to keep homes and other structures safe.

Mineralys Therapeutics’ experimental blood pressure drug lorundrostat lowered systolic blood pressure in a trial of people whose hypertension was still uncontrolled on standard treatment.

Utah became the first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools after Gov. Spencer Cox let the new law take effect without his signature.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law banning DEI programs in public colleges and adding new limits on faculty, classroom speech, and college rules.

The U.S. State Department warned that attacks could happen in Syria during Eid, as Syrian authorities said they had arrested militant cells and the security situation stayed tense.

A University of Minnesota graduate student was detained by ICE, and the school said it was not told ahead of time.