Yasuo Yamamoto, 40, who admitted to landing a drone with a vial of radioactive sand on the roof of the Japanese prime minster’s office in protest of the country’s nuclear energy policy, turned himself in to authorities in Fukui, Japan, and faces charges of obstructing governmental duties.
Sen. Ted Cruz, the Republican presidential candidate from Texas who spoke at a Las Vegas gathering for the Republican Jewish Coalition, expressed support for Israel and vowed to do “everything humanly possible” to block a proposed I nuclear deal with Iran.
Peter Jan Graaff of the Netherlands, the United Nations’ Ebola crisis manager in Liberia, was appointed leader of the U.N. Mission for Ebola Emergency Response, which focuses on ending the epidemic in West Africa.
Ferdinand Piech, 78, resigned as chairman of the board for Volkswagen AG, the German company said in a statement that cited a lack of “mutual trust” after Piech criticized Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn.
President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, through a constitutional interpretation that skirts a two-term limit, was nominated by his ruling party to run for a third term in this summer’s elections.
Ernest Abbott, an inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration, faces unlawful entry and firearms charges after he used an employee access card to illegally bypass airport security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in January before a flight to New York, where a gun was found in his backpack, prosecutors said.
Josh Jespersen, a former Navy SEAL from Boulder, Colo., is leading a Memorial Day expedition with three other combat-wounded veterans to the summit of Alaska’s Mount McKinley while carrying the names of hundreds of Americans who died in military service.
Sigismond Segbefia, 28, of Silver Spring, Md., faces multiple fraud charges after he was accused of scamminga South Korean steel company out of $375,000, according to the FBI, by claiming he worked with a talent agency that could help the company book a concert by musician Pharrell Williams.
Leslie Roy, 52, and Lee Marie Wright, 56, sisters who were trapped in their snowbound vehicle in a remote part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, living for two weeks off melted snow and Girl Scout cookies, said they survived thanks to their love for God and family.