Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has begun his first term leading the nation’s third-largest city. He struck a positive tone in his inaugural address after being sworn in. (May 15)

Vice Media filed for bankruptcy on Monday, closing out a years-long decline for the edgy “punk rock” news giant once valued at an incredible $US5.7 billion ($8.5 billion).

Prince Harry’s unofficial biographer on Monday denied having a “vested interest” in helping him, as he gave evidence at a trial considering unlawful information-gathering claims against a British tabloid publisher.

No clear winner emerged from Sunday’s presidential election in Turkey. The race between the incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu will now be decided in a runoff in two weeks.

Off-year elections Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year’s races for the White House and Congress. (May 15)

Here’s the latest for Monday, May 15: Homeland security sees drop in people seeking to enter US from Mexico; Crews rescue people trapped by cyclone flood waters; Biden attends granddaughter’s college graduation; Pets get new homes to escape Ukraine war…

A fire at a four-storey hostel in New Zealand that also houses deportees from Australia has claimed the lives of at least six people.