News for April 8, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs at the CDC have shut down the agency's lead poisoning team, slowing help for local health officials and tribal communities.

Parents are raising concerns after a Maine day care was accused of giving melatonin to young children without consent, and the state later overturned its abuse and neglect finding.

Michael Tanzi was executed in Florida for the 2000 killing of Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta after she was abducted during her lunch break.

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop blocking The Associated Press from White House events and treat it like other media outlets.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father with protected legal status, was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison after officials relied on weak gang claims, and the Trump administration is now fighting a court order to bring him back.

The IRS has agreed to share some tax information with ICE, a move that could help the Trump administration target undocumented immigrants in its deportation push.

A South Florida student born deaf is doing very well in school, showing how early medical help and hard work can lead to strong results.

Walmart may lean on its Walmart+ membership program to keep growing and stay resilient as tariffs and recession fears pressure the company.

As U.S. measles cases rise, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is publicly backing the MMR vaccine while health officials warn that myths about measles and vaccination can put people at serious risk.

Remote hiring is drawing fake job seekers who use AI and stolen or false identities, and Pindrop Security says one such applicant was caught as a deepfake fraud.

Elon Musk attacked White House trade adviser Peter Navarro after Navarro dismissed Tesla as more of an assembler than a car maker, deepening a public split over Trump’s tariff policy.

The Trump administration removed Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield from her NATO post, making her at least the ninth senior military officer fired.

The Supreme Court paused a lower-court order that would have required the Trump administration to reinstate about 16,000 fired federal probationary workers while the case continues.

The Trump administration is telling some migrants who used the Biden-era CBP One asylum app to leave the US immediately, after revoking their parole status.

Florida won its first men’s basketball national title since 2007 after Will Richard’s shooting and late defense helped seal a 65-63 comeback win over Houston.

Ukraine says it captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in eastern Donetsk, raising new questions about China’s role in the war.

JetBlue and Broward County investigators are tied to a case in which two Dominican Republic teens were found dead in a plane’s landing gear and were identified months later through extensive DNA testing.

Anita Rachvelishvili has sued the Metropolitan Opera and her union, saying her contracts were canceled after she gave birth and that she was unfairly dropped because of a temporary vocal issue.

Frigid weather and flood risks are still affecting much of the U.S., with Louisville, Kentucky, facing one of its worst flooding events on record.

Christopher Julian got a tiny opioid settlement payout while Cumberland County and other governments received far more, underscoring victims’ anger over how the money is being shared.