On Thursday, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) announced they had arrested a 33 year-old woman and her teenager son on terrorism charges some days earlier. She had bought equipment such as ammunition and tactical gear in order to help him commit a violent attack against his school.
On Friday, May 16, 2025, ten inmates broke out of the Parish Justice Center Orleans in New Orleans in Louisiana, a state on the south-east coast of the United States. The Justice Center staff discovered the breakout during an 8:30 a.m. headcount.
A minibus in Bilopillia, Ukraine was hit, with at least nine people dead and four others injured early on Saturday local time, said the regional military administration of Sumy. The bus was traveling toward Sumy near the border of Russia and was hit at around 6:17 a.m.
On Friday, May 16, at 12:01 a.m., members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) union went on strike. The members stated there was lack of agreement with New Jersey (NJ) Transit officials on the terms and conditions of the new contract. NJ Transit commuter trains as well as the MTA Metro-North West of Hudson service have stopped running for the duration of the strike. The union announced that the strike was expected to last until Sunday.
The Australian Greens chose Queensland Senator Larissa Waters as their new party leader during a two-hour meeting held May 15 in Melbourne. The decision followed the defeat of previous party leader Adam Bandt, who was unseated by a Labor candidate in Melbourne during the May 3 federal election.
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