News for April 29, 2025

Dozens of states are suing the Trump administration, saying cuts to AmeriCorps would unlawfully damage the national service agency and the programs it supports.

Arizona lawmakers passed bills that could let Governor Katie Hobbs approve the country’s first state Bitcoin reserve.

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.

A Yale School of Public Health study published in JAMA Network Open found that life expectancy rose much more in parts of the Northeast and West than in many Southern states over the 20th century.

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.

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.

New research suggests women who survive cancer are more likely than men to deal with lasting fatigue and depression, and exercise may help lower those risks.

Severe storms swept from the Midwest to New England, causing hail, flooding, power outages and at least one deadly electrocution linked to downed lines in Pittsburgh.