Officials suspect that migratory birds likely spread the virus there. Source

Jose Ibarra, 26, is charged with murder and other crimes in Laken Riley’s death in February. Source

Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian researchers say, and they fear the rest of it has suffered a similar fate. Source

A man pleaded guilty in the 2015 killings of a Georgia couple after a magnet fisher pulled in a rifle and other evidence linked to the case. Source

Chinese authorities haven’t said how many children and adults were injured in the latest incident at a school, nor if it was an accident, or the latest in a series of attacks targeting kids. Source

Texas public elementary schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons under a proposal drawing intense opposition and praise. Source

Arthur Frommer, whose “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by persuading average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Source

California Gov. Gavin Newsom decided to defer the Menendez brothers’ clemency decision to incoming District Attorney Nathan Hochman. Source

A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Source

President-elect Donald Trump says former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy is his choice for transportation secretary as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet. Source