News for May 26, 2025

Planned Parenthood of Michigan is preparing for federal Medicaid cuts that could reduce funding, force more clinic closures, and limit patient access to care.

Double amputee Army veteran Dan Nevins is urging Congress to end a rule that reduces some wounded veterans’ retirement pay when they also receive disability compensation.

Timothy Schulz was shot and killed by Polk County sheriff’s deputies after a tense confrontation that began after an apparent alligator attack and involved possible drug use.

A 13-year-old boy died after falling from a trailer during Green, Ohio’s Memorial Day parade.

King Charles III visited Canada to deliver a throne speech that Prime Minister Mark Carney says will highlight Canada’s sovereignty amid President Donald Trump’s talk of annexing the country.

Maria Marquez and Johanna Marquez were arrested after a 3-month-old infant died at their alleged unlicensed day care in California.

A Southwest Airlines flight was struck by lightning as it landed in Denver, but it reached the gate safely and no one was hurt.

Veteran New York City engineer Raymond Feige died in a sewage-boat explosion at a wastewater facility in West Harlem.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again, sending lava and ash high into the air while the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the lava stayed inside the summit area and did not reach homes.

The new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 is spreading in the U.S., while Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine policy changes could limit booster access for many Americans.

Caitlin Clark will miss at least two weeks for the Indiana Fever after suffering a quadriceps strain.

The 2025 American Music Awards in Las Vegas featured major performances from Jennifer Lopez, Janet Jackson, and Rod Stewart, with Lopez hosting the show.

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino said the bureau is reexamining three high-profile Biden-era cases, including the D.C. pipe bombings, the White House cocaine discovery, and the leak of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs draft opinion.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said the bureau will put more resources into several high-profile unresolved cases, including the Supreme Court leak, the White House cocaine case, and the pipe bomb investigation.

Charles Rangel, the longtime Harlem congressman and major Black political figure, has died at 94 after nearly five decades in Congress.

President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion in Harvard grant money and sending it to trade schools instead.

Severe storms across parts of the South and Central U.S. are causing flight delays and other travel problems as millions of people head home after Memorial Day.

The Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity says the U.S. labor market looks much worse than the official unemployment rate suggests, with its broader measure showing 24.3% of Americans were "functionally unemployed" in April.

Charlie Rangel, the longtime Harlem congressman and a key figure in New York politics, has died at 94.

The Kremlin brushed off Donald Trump’s criticism of Vladimir Putin, saying the talks over Ukraine were happening amid “emotional overload” as Russia stepped up its attacks.