A bomb exploded near a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California, resulting in the death of one person, Mayor Ron DeHarte told Reuters on Saturday (May 17). - REUTERS
Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday (May 16), triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers. - REUTERS
Dozens of demonstrators rallied outside a Maryland federal courthouse on Friday (May 16) demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a state resident who was deported in error to El Salvador despite a judicial order protecting him from removal. Ama Frimpong, legal director of the immigrant rights group CASA, called it "unlawful and unconstitutional" and said her group will continue fighting until Kilmar is brought home to his family. - REUTERS
The man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a Western New York arts institute in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday (May 16) for an attack that also wounded a second man, the district attorney said. - REUTERS