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Supreme Court strikes down Trump cuts to USAID

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, March 5, 2025

The decision, while temporary and tentative, is the court’s first clear defeat for Trump in his second term.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. downplays measles outbreak after child dies in Texas

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025

The school-aged child, who was not identified further, was the first person in the U.S. to die from the measles since 2015.

New details emerge in deaths of Gene Hackman, wife, dog

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025

Their bodies were discovered in Santa Fe on Wednesday afternoon during a welfare check, officials said.

Video captures dramatic near-miss on runway at Chicago Midway airport

By Tribune News Service · Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025

The near-miss was captured on video, which shows the commercial plane about to touch down at Chicago Midway, then quickly lifting off the tarmac as the smaller jet crosses its path to landing.

Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate in Oklahoma motel killing

By Tribune News Service · Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025

Twice, the Supreme Court has blocked his execution.

RFK Jr. wins confirmation as Trump’s health secretary

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025

Kennedy has vowed to fire hundreds of employees at the NIH, the nation’s largest funder of biomedical research, saying he distrusts their pro-industry and Big Pharma bias.

Canada, Mexico hit back at Trump tariffs, China vows action

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025

Trump’s tariffs deliver on a warning to the three countries for what he says is a failure to prevent the flow of undocumented migrants and illegal drugs.

‘We are devastated’: Members of US Figure Skating community on plane that crashed

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025

Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The skaters were part of the National Development Team, a training program for top ...

Many feared dead after midair plane collision over Washington

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025

American Airlines Flight 5342 was traveling from Wichita, Kansas to the Washington's Reagan National Airport.

US plans to send as many as 30,000 detained migrants to US Navy base in Guantanamo

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025

Currently, the U.S. government has a facility in Guantanamo where some Cuban and Haitian migrants intercepted at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard await the result of their asylum cases.

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery

By Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025

U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein said the penalty reflected the seriousness of Menendez’s crimes, which he said were motivated by “greed” and “hubris” and “betrayed the voters of New Jersey.”

Supreme Court will decide if religious schools may be funded as public charters

By Tribune News Service · Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025

The new church-state case could yield a potentially momentous decision that could change public schools in much of the nation.

Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as next defense secretary

By Tribune News Service · Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025

Trump, for his part, told reporters Friday morning that Hegseth is “a very, very good man.”

IU students start Semester in LA program amid wildfires

By Lacie Carr · Friday, Jan. 24, 2025

But with the wildfires, many students were left wondering whether LA would be a safe place to stay for the semester.

Biden preemptively pardons Fauci, Cheney and more as Trump inauguration looms

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

With Trump taking power at noon, Biden took dramatic action to protect them from Trump’s stated goal of exacting revenge against perceived enemies.

Trump is sworn in as the nation’s 47th president in historic inauguration

By Tribune News Service · Monday, Jan. 20, 2025

Trump became only the second person in the nation’s history to regain the White House after losing it.

TikTok restores service after Trump vows to extend deadline

By Tribune News Service · Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025

Even before TikTok made the app unavailable, loyal creators were organizing online to pressure Trump to follow through on pledges he made on the campaign trail to be TikTok’s savior.

Supreme Court upholds law that could force TikTok to shut down in US

By Tribune News Service · Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

The justices in a unanimous opinion said the 2024 law does not violate the 1st Amendment or its protection for freedom of speech.

SpaceX pushes 1st Starship test launch attempt to Thursday

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025

The seventh test flight overall for the 396-foot-tall combined rocket is aiming for liftoff from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas during a 60-minute launch window that opens at 5 p.m. EST.

Southwest pilot arrested in cockpit for DUI

By Tribune News Service · Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration prohibits pilots “from reporting for duty or remaining on duty” if they have a blood alcohol concentration of 0.04 of higher and work in a “safety-sensitive” capacity.

IU Greek life social events put on hold until late March

The IFC wrote in an email the pause will address student health and safety concerns.

Starbucks, poke bowl restaurant coming to Read Hall

IU announced in Nov. 2024 it would increase housing and dining rates on the Bloomington campus by 2% each.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump cuts to USAID

The decision, while temporary and tentative, is the court’s first clear defeat for Trump in his second term.

Transgender people banned from women's sports in Braun executive order

The executive orders aim to end what the governor's office labeled as "extreme gender ideology."

Water main break repaired at 10th Street and Fee Lane

The closure is expected to end around 10 p.m., the city said on their live dashboard.