News for April 30, 2025

Heavy rain caused deadly flooding in Oklahoma, where two people died and thousands were under flood alerts as roads and rivers overflowed.

House Republicans are starting to write a huge bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda, but early fights over cuts, fees, and tax breaks show how hard it will be to finish.

The article recounts how Gerry Berry and other U.S. pilots carried out the final helicopter evacuations from Saigon as Ambassador Graham Martin and the last Americans were pulled out during the fall of Saigon.

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

Ford CEO Jim Farley said Trump’s new tariff changes help auto makers, but he said more policy changes are still needed to support U.S. car growth.

Trump’s auto tariffs are making life harder for Lanex Manufacturing and other parts makers that rely on a supply chain that crosses the U.S.-Canada border multiple times.

The Kentucky Derby spotlights how a champion horse’s big heart, strong lungs, powerful legs, and careful training help create racing speed, even as Churchill Downs works to improve safety.

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.

A woodpecker in Rockport, Massachusetts, has broken many car mirrors, but residents are mostly treating the strange damage with humor.

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.