News for April 30, 2025

A Pennsylvania prosecutor said Patrolman Andrew W. Duarte was killed by police friendly fire during a hospital siege that also left the gunman dead.

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.

As Crozer-Chester Medical Center closed its emergency room, longtime nurse Brenda Millar helped deliver one last baby before leaving the hospital for good.

A House Judiciary Committee proposal would end government-funded legal help for unaccompanied migrant children, even as a judge ordered the Trump administration to restart that aid.

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

Donald Trump said he could help get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S., even as his administration has argued in court that it cannot bring him back.

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.

Jeff Sperbeck, longtime agent and friend of John Elway, died after injuries from a golf cart accident in Southern California.

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.

A federal judge dismissed charges against Henrry Villatoro Santos, clearing the way for possible deportation after the Justice Department asked to drop the case.

Roy Cooper, a legendary rodeo cowboy known as “The Super Looper,” died in a house fire at his home in Decatur, Texas.

John Reid, Virginia’s Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, says Governor Glenn Youngkin’s team tried to pressure him off the ballot by threatening to spread false lewd photos.

ICE raided an Oklahoma City home during a search for other suspects, and a U.S.-citizen family says the agents wrongly traumatized them and took their belongings.

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.

The NFL fined the Atlanta Falcons and coach Jeff Ulbrich after a confidential draft phone number was exposed and used in a prank call to Shedeur Sanders.

The Atlanta Falcons and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich were fined after a prank call to Shedeur Sanders during the NFL draft.

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.

More than 40 Democratic lawmakers are pressing Customs and Border Protection to explain tougher screening and detention tactics at U.S. ports of entry.