Emma Elliott Freire

6 days ago | wng.org | Emma Elliott Freire

A spate of measles outbreaks across the country represents an early challenge for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who took office in February. The number of confirmed cases of measles has risen to above 700, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The highly contagious disease has spread to 25 states, and the CDC says it has caused three deaths.

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1 week ago | wng.org | Emma Elliott Freire

John Berardi clutched his warm pizza box as he walked home on a cold Baltimore evening in November 2024. He barely noticed a group of three teenagers in hoodies, two of whom held brooms. But as he walked by, the group asked him for some of his pizza. He ignored them and kept going, but the teens followed him down the street, demanding the pizza. “OK. Here, take the pizza,” he said, quickly handing it over. Two of the teenagers fell back. “But one of them, it wasn’t enough for him,” Berardi recalled.

1 week ago | wng.org | Emma Elliott Freire

The Trump administration on April 11 scored a legal victory in its battle to deport 30-year-old Columbia University graduate and activist Mahmoud Khalil. At a removal hearing in Jena, La., immigration Judge Jamee E. Comans ruled the government had sufficient grounds for deporting the student activist. Yet it appears Khalil won’t be leaving American soil anytime soon.

1 week ago | wng.org | Emma Elliott Freire

Michael Bock didn’t recognize the screaming woman running down the sidewalk on the other side of the street. But the man chasing her with a barbed-wire-wrapped piece of wood? Bock definitely had seen him before. He was hard to forget. He’d filed what teeth he still had into sharp points, making him look like some kind of wild animal. Without hesitating, Bock crossed the street. He cut an imposing figure: his uniformed 6-foot-5-inch frame was fitted with a protective vest and a body camera.