News for April 3, 2025

The Education Department, under President Donald Trump, is threatening to cut federal money to school districts and states that do not certify they have no unlawful DEI practices.

The Trump administration plans to freeze $510 million in federal grants to Brown University as it reviews the school’s response to antisemitism and diversity policies.

Severe storms tore through Tennessee and Arkansas, killing people and leaving heavy damage as forecasters warned of dangerous rain and flash flooding across the central U.S.

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.

Aurora 7th grader Vedanth Raju is preparing for the National Spelling Bee after winning Colorado’s state bee and being honored by the Aurora mayor.

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.

Elgin police identified remains found in a submerged car in the Fox River as Karen Schepers, ending a 42-year search in her cold case.

A resident in Flamstead, Steve Harris, captured a hawk that had been attacking villagers, bringing an end to weeks of fear in the Hertfordshire village.

U.S. layoffs jumped sharply in March, with Elon Musk’s DOGE-driven federal job cuts helping push the total to the third-highest monthly level ever recorded.

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.

Four suspected car thieves were arrested near Philadelphia after police say they crashed a stolen SUV and tried to escape by jumping into a pond.

The Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County is now tied to 18 deaths, as officials confirmed one more fatality found in Altadena.

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.

Lithuania held a farewell procession for four U.S. soldiers, including Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., and Staff Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, after they died during a training exercise.

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.