News for April 29, 2025

Harvard University says it will make changes to its academics and admissions after internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab bias, even as it clashes with the Trump administration over campus policy demands.

Marianne Akers is linked to a crash that drove into the YNOT After School Camp in Illinois, killing four girls and injuring several others.

Ashlie Crosson, an English teacher at Mifflin County High School, was named the 2025 National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Renée Richards says Trump’s first 100 days brought a wider attack on transgender rights, even as she keeps playing sports and argues for limits on trans women who went through male puberty in women’s competition.

The Trump administration said the University of Pennsylvania broke sex discrimination rules by letting a transgender swimmer compete on its women’s team and use women’s facilities.

Illinois State Police say Marianne Akers was the driver in the Chatham, Illinois, crash that killed four children and is not currently in custody as the investigation continues.