The Brazilian Army rescued a baby from a rooftop in the flood-hit state of Rio Grande do Sul amid catastrophic flooding.Video released on May 4 shows the helicopter rescue.By May 6, the death toll from the flooding had risen to 78, with 108 people still missing, according to local news reports.According to government officials, 983 people have been rescued so far. Credit: Exercito Brasileiro via Storyful
New York State lawmakers return from a two-week break on Monday with a month left to decide the fate of a controversial bill that aims to streamline sovereign debt restructurings, with hundreds of billions of dollars in bond contracts on the line. Unlike corporations or individuals, countries cannot declare bankruptcy and the current process of a debt restructuring can be costly both in time and money. The proposed bill looks to "provide effective mechanisms for restructuring sovereign and subnational debt" and the rewrite of this state law would retroactively affect sovereign debt contracts and its holders across the world.
While some voters' allegiances are set in stone, the new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll provides a road map of the persuadables.