Gerrita Cornelissenen

HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 18, 2025, 4:28 AM

The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics, escalating its confrontation with the group, which is suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.

Health

Fear grips Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 as police search for shooter

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 14, 2025, 6:29 AM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hundreds of police officers were scouring the Brown University campus along with nearby neighborhoods and poring...

Lifestyle

OpenAI ends vesting cliff for new employees in compensation-policy change

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 14, 2025, 1:50 AM

OpenAI told staff this past week that it was ending a compensation policy that required employees to work at the...

Sports

New York tourist stabbed while changing baby’s diaper in Macy’s restroom: Police

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 13, 2025, 5:33 PM

A woman was arrested Thursday afternoon after allegedly stabbing a tourist inside the Macy's flagship store in New York City,...

Science

Exclusive: A father and his three kids work for ICE. Why they do it

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 13, 2025, 5:33 PM

First of two stories looking at the role of ICE in the changing landscape of immigration enforcement.

Health

Grassley built a reputation for government oversight. Has he abandoned it under Trump?

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 13, 2025, 5:30 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement officials were firing and forcing out waves of Justice Department veterans, Sen. Chuck Grassley denounced a “political infection” that had poisoned FBI leadership.

Lifestyle

California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 13, 2025, 4:29 AM

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 - California sued the Trump administration late on Friday for withholding more than $33 million in federal...

Lifestyle

Justice Department sues Fulton County for 2020 election records

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 13, 2025, 4:28 AM

The Department of Justice on Friday filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, in an attempt to obtain records from...

Business

Rising tensions and finger-pointing at DHS amid pressure to ramp up deportations

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 13, 2025, 4:27 AM

WASHINGTON — White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland...

Business

Lawsuit challenges the approval of an exploratory drilling program in Alaska petroleum reserve

Gerrita Cornelissenen Dec 12, 2025, 10:12 AM

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Conservation groups and an Iñupiat-aligned group sued Thursday to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory...