News for April 3, 2025

Tom Cruise honored his former co-star and friend Val Kilmer with a moment of silence at CinemaCon while promoting his new film.

A badly injured loggerhead sea turtle named Lenny was rescued in the Florida Keys, treated at the Turtle Hospital, and released back into the sea.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said about 20% of the recent Health and Human Services layoffs may have been mistakes that need to be reversed.

Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed to lead the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid, putting him in charge of major U.S. health coverage programs.

Naomi Elkins was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the deaths of her two young daughters in New Jersey.

Teen racer Cameron Carraway is using his success on the track to support Joshua's Gift, a nonprofit that helps families with autism.

Beloved Bath in Maplewood, New Jersey, is giving people with autism steady jobs while making bath products and candles.

HHS cut key CDC and FDA tobacco-control programs, raising fears that fewer people will quit smoking and more teens could start using nicotine.

Cuts at the National Institutes of Health could slow cancer research, disrupt clinical trials, and delay new treatments for patients.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s HHS has pulled back vaccine funding, weakening the systems that help states deliver childhood shots and respond to outbreaks.

Narciso Gallardo Fernandez is accused of fatally shooting a Walgreens employee in Madera, California, after police say he was angry with pharmacies.

Olivia Munn says her body confidence changed after her double mastectomy, even as she worries about returning to topless scenes in her acting comeback.

Costa Rican investigators said Brett Gardner’s son, Miller Gardner, died of carbon monoxide poisoning while the family was on vacation in Costa Rica.

Trump’s immigration crackdown is putting immigrant caregivers at risk, raising worries that U.S. families and long-term care providers will lose workers they depend on.

Xavier Becerra has entered the crowded race for California governor, with the contest still could change if Kamala Harris decides to run.

The Trump administration has cut more than $125 million in NIH funding for LGBTQ health research, disrupting studies and putting many researchers’ jobs at risk.

Costa Rican authorities said Miller Gardner, the teenage son of former Yankees player Brett Gardner, died from carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a hotel in Costa Rica.

President Donald Trump and the Trump-Vance administration are rolling back diversity and federal support programs in ways critics say are undoing long-standing accommodations and services for disabled people.

The Trump administration’s layoffs at the World Trade Center Health Program have sparked alarm that 9/11 survivors could lose access to care and compensation.

Federal prosecutors, under Pam Bondi and Donald Trump’s death-penalty policy, will seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.