News for April 30, 2025

Ethnos360, a Christian missionary group, faces a new lawsuit accusing it of failing to protect a woman from sexual abuse when she was a child overseas.

The Education Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Chicago Public Schools over a program meant to support Black students and staff.

A new NBC News poll says most Americans oppose trans women competing in female sports, even as support is higher among Gen Z and the issue remains tied to Trump administration policy.

The Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security used FBI crime database checks to flag thousands of international students, leading to visa revocations and record terminations.

Maine lawmaker Laurel Libby is asking the Supreme Court to restore her voting rights after the Maine House censured her for a Facebook post about transgender student sports.

Students involved in an alleged hazing scheme tied to the Westhill High School boys lacrosse team turned themselves in after Onondaga County officials gave them 48 hours to face possible kidnapping charges.

Kevin Nazemi’s persistence as an 11-year-old helped him win a White House interview with President Bill Clinton, and the meeting shaped his life and lasting friendship with Dave Anderson.

Joshua Curtis, a Massachusetts Army veteran and football coach, died after rescuing his son and niece from a rip current on a Florida beach.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student and green card holder, was released from ICE detention after a federal judge in Vermont said his case raised serious First Amendment concerns.

A judge ordered Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi released on bail while he fights his immigration detention case.

Vietnamese Americans including Dzung Pham, Long Nguyen, and Tam Huu Do reflected on code-switching, family roots, and whether they feel “American enough” 50 years after the fall of Saigon.

Eleven Westhill High School students turned themselves in after Onondaga County prosecutors said they took part in a hazing stunt that may lead to criminal charges.

A U-Haul truck driven by Gordon Turner crashed while fleeing police in Newark, Delaware, killing a University of Delaware student and injuring eight other people.

The Supreme Court appeared open to letting Oklahoma approve the nation’s first religious public charter school, a case that could reshape the line between church and state.

President Donald Trump backed Massapequa’s fight to keep its Native American school mascot after New York state moved to ban such names and threatened funding.

Illinois police said the crash that killed four children at a Chatham after-school camp likely was not a targeted attack, and the driver is under investigation.