News for May 3, 2025

Buffalo Trace Distillery reopened for limited tours and tastings after historic flooding shut down the Kentucky bourbon maker’s campus.

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days have strained long-standing ties with Europe as tariffs and defense threats anger the European Union and raise worries about NATO.

A small plane crashed into a Simi Valley neighborhood, killing two people on board and leaving the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate what went wrong.

The 151st Kentucky Derby ended with Sovereignty winning the race, while the event also drew bold fashion, rainy weather, and a cameo from Simone Biles.

Juan Demetrio Villalpando Dominguez was sentenced to federal prison for helping move drug money tied to his son's trafficking network from Colorado sales back to Mexico.

The Trump administration plans to cut thousands of jobs across U.S. spy agencies, including a major workforce reduction at the CIA.

Elon Musk’s Starbase in Texas is set to become an official city after residents voted to incorporate the SpaceX area.

Trump has moved to cut public funding for NPR and PBS, even as local public radio stations say they are a key source of emergency news and service in rural areas and after disasters.

A 10-year-old girl died in southwest Atlanta when a tree fell on her home during a storm, and her mother and grandmother were hospitalized.

Rainy weather did not stop the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, as fans kept celebrating, betting, and dressing up for the race.

Rodney Hinton, the father of an 18-year-old shot dead by Cincinnati police, has been charged with aggravated murder after prosecutors say he deliberately hit and killed a Hamilton County deputy with his car.

Warren Buffett said he will ask Berkshire Hathaway’s board to make Greg Abel the company’s CEO at the end of the year.

Lando Norris won a rainy, crash-filled Formula 1 sprint race in Miami, edging McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri and helping close the gap in the drivers’ title race.

Reginald, the world's tallest living dog, met the world's smallest living dog, Pearl, during a Guinness World Records playdate in Idaho, and the two got along well.

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who halted executions and later went to prison for corruption, has died at 91.

Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway will have new leadership at the end of the year and warned that the U.S. should not use trade as a weapon.

Lorraine Kelly said she is having keyhole surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes and expects to be fine.

Temu has stopped shipping products direct from China to U.S. shoppers after new U.S. tariff rules ended the duty-free loophole it had used to keep prices low.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won re-election, while Peter Dutton and the opposition lost after a campaign shaped by cost-of-living worries and debate over Trump-style politics.

Tariffs and economic uncertainty tied to President Donald Trump are forcing Churchill Downs to pause a major Kentucky Derby renovation and are starting to affect sales and betting around the event.