News for May 3, 2025

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.

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.

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

Wanda Barzee, who helped hold Elizabeth Smart captive years ago, was arrested in Utah after police said she entered parks where sex offenders are banned.

Denver Fire Station 3, the city’s oldest working firehouse, is being remembered as a key site in the history of Black firefighters and the Denver Fire Department’s slow move toward desegregation.

Police in Rochester, Minnesota, are investigating after Sharmake Omar said a white mother used racist slurs against a Black child at a park and then against him when he stepped in.

Poland is stepping up military training, spending, and planning as fears grow that Russia could pose a direct threat, while trust in the United States and NATO’s protection is being tested.

A major oil spill off Louisiana is raising concern that federal staffing cuts could make the United States Coast Guard and NOAA response slower and less effective.

The Trump administration has stepped back from plans to cut Head Start funding, but the early education program still faces concern over other cuts and staffing problems.