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The East Africa correspondent and his South Sudanese assistant were placed in custody on Friday for reasons that remain unclear. He was released Monday morning, while his assistant remains detained.

The island has been struggling with a massive debt burden for nearly two years, and protection from lawsuits are about to expire. An oversight board could initiate a bankruptcy-like process.

Multiple large May Day marches took place across the U.S. on Monday. The focus went beyond traditional labor issues to immigration, women's rights and freedom of speech.

The Met Gala — an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art — was held Monday night in New York City. The ball honored designer Rei Kawakubo, and its theme was avant-garde.

"Clearly our policies broke down," Oscar Munoz told the House Transportation Committee regarding an incident in which a passenger was dragged off a flight.

"Various fires were set in the street and in garbage cans, a police car was spray-painted and vandalized, and there were attempts to set at least one business on fire," police say.

This year's "State of Black America" report took the unusual step of warning that the organization now has a new priority: protecting areas of progress from retrenchment during the next few years.

The CDC says the death rate for black Americans fell 25 percent over 17 years and was especially dramatic for those 65 and older. But young black people are still dying earlier than white Americans.

If you want to travel on the Shiki-Shima train, you'll need to plan ahead: despite starting at nearly $3,000, tickets are sold out through next spring.

Park Geun-hye's lawyers denied the slew of corruption charges against her, which could put her away for life. Meanwhile, a generational divide could determine the impeached president's successor.