WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The emergency appeal is the first in a string of applications to the high court involving DOGE’s swift-moving work across the … Read more
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will require new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, marking what a department spokesperson called “a radical departure from past practices.” The policy change would force vaccines, in order to be approved for human use, to undergo studies in which half of individuals in a study receive … Read more
One of the key witnesses in the Karen Read murder retrial continued to testify for a third day Friday on the events surrounding the death of Read’s boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, who was found unresponsive in the snow outside a Massachusetts home in 2022. Prosecutors allege, following a night of drinking in Canton, … Read more
Legendary Athens, Ga., band R.E.M. today released an updated music video set to a remix of their debut single, “Radio Free Europe,” recorded by producer Mitch Easter in his North Carolina studio in April 1981. The new video “celebrates the 75th anniversary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty station, established by the United States 75 years ago … Read more
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A pickup truck and a tour van collided on a highway leading to Yellowstone National Park, leaving seven people dead and eight others injured, Idaho State Police said. The crash happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday near Henry’s Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, police said in a press release. The … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year. It’s the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 … Read more
The U.S. Army is weighing plans for a historic parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., this June that would involve some 6,600 soldiers, tanks and infantry vehicles, helicopter flyovers and parachute jumps, according to several people familiar with the planning effort. The June 14 parade, if approved, would coincide with and be part of … Read more
SpaceX is shooting for Mars, with Elon Musk’s rocket company racing to bring humanity closer to being a multi-planetary species. Back here on Earth, the leader of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is hoping his company gets a chance to start a government of its own in Texas. Starbase is where SpaceX … Read more
BRAINTREE, MASS. (WHDH) – Students in Braintree paid tribute to local veterans during an assembly at Archbishop Williams High School on Friday. Students in the “Youth and Valor” program interviewed 11 veterans for the project. They then crafted essays to detail each veteran’s story of sacrifice and service to the county. At Friday’s event, the … Read more
BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston police are investigating after a stolen car crashed into a building in Mattapan. Officials say the car crashed into a building on Blue Hill Avenue after hitting a hydrant. Police say the suspects took off after the crash. No injuries are reported and no one is in custody at this time. … Read more