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Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to the bone, a spokesperson said in a statement on May 18.

Biden was diagnosed on May 16 after "experiencing urinary symptoms," and a "nodule" was discovered on his prostate, according to the statement. While the diagnosis indicates the former president has one of the worst forms of the disease, it "appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management," the spokesperson said.

At least 32 people were killed in Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia after storms and tornadoes tore through the region as part of an extreme weather outbreak on May 16, "leaving behind a trail of destruction," authorities said.

The toll includes at least 23 dead in Kentucky and seven in Missouri, authorities there said. The number of fatalities was expected to continue increasing, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.

A Mexican Navy training sailing ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, shearing the top of its masts and causing 19 injuries, authorities said.

New York Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference that four people had serious injuries. All of the injuries happened on the ship, authorities said. The New York Police Department said to avoid the bridge.

WASHINGTON −The Supreme Court on May 16 continued to block the Trump administration from using a 1798 wartime law to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants who said they had not been given a real chance to contest their removal.

In an unsigned opinion with two noted dissents, the court said the migrants haven’t had enough time or information to protect their rights. That’s particularly important, the court said, because the administration asserts in another case that it’s not able to bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration believes shutting down two state prisons could save more than $100 million per year in taxpayer funds, avert the need for costly upgrades and plug staffing gaps across the commonwealth’s corrections system. 

Over the past 15 years, a decline in the commonwealth’s incarcerated population has freed up space in prisons, and officials say paying for this unneeded capacity isn’t the best stewardship of public dollars.