News for April 29, 2025

A kangaroo running on an Alabama highway caused a two-car crash and briefly shut down traffic before officials captured it safely.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he will end the Pentagon’s Women, Peace and Security program, calling it a “woke” initiative, even though it was signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended Judge Hannah Dugan after her arrest on federal charges tied to an immigration case.

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.

The remains of Wisconsin mother Shannah Boiteau were found nearly nine years after she disappeared near St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Fired Corporation for Public Broadcasting officials have sued President Donald Trump’s administration, saying he did not have the power to remove them.

A fatal seven-vehicle crash on southbound I-35W near Mounds View killed Kirby Kyle Schwarzkopf and injured several others, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Milford Police Department’s K9 Titan helped find and rescue a missing autistic 8-year-old boy who was clinging to a tree in a stream in Massachusetts.

Former aide Jian Guo has been charged with spying for China for more than four years while working for far-right German lawmaker Maximilian Krah in the European Parliament.

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.

Kristi Noem said she is very confident the two people arrested in her purse theft case are in the country illegally, as federal officials said both suspects now face charges and immigration action.