| Donald Trump, historic floods and more of the weekend's top news. |  | | | | | | | | | | | Lost in a Hawaiian forest for 17 days | | A physical therapist survived for more than two weeks in a Hawaiian forest on wild fruit, water, grit and determination. Amanda Eller walked into Maui's Makawao Forest Reserve on May 8 and wasn't seen again for 17 days. On Friday, searchers in a helicopter spotted her near a creek bed, and she was airlifted to safety. Eller suffered a leg fracture and abrasions, was sunburned and hungry but was otherwise in good shape. Eller, from her hospital bed, thanked the hundreds of volunteers who conducted exhaustive searches. "It did come down to life and death and I had to choose. I chose life," she said. | The Army asked how military service shaped lives. The answers were heartbreaking. | | Just before Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Army asked Twitter how serving in the military impacted their lives. The question prompted nearly 10,000 replies , many highlighting veterans issues including post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide and life-long health problems. "I am a Navy vet, I was a happy person before I served, now I am broke apart, cant even work a full 30 days due to anxiety and depression," one tweet read. "Depression, anxiety, still can't deal well with loud noises," another said. The Army responded on Saturday, listing the Veteran Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255. "Your stories are real, they matter," the Army's tweet said. | Oklahoma, Arkansas cities brace for 'the worst flood in our history' | | Oklahoma and Arkansas braced Monday for their worst-ever flooding as a new wave of storms forecast for the region threatened to bloat an Arkansas River that had already reached record crests in areas. Tornadoes, high winds, hail and heavy rain were possible across the region, forecasters said. In Tulsa, the Oklahoma National Guard was patrolling Tulsa's stressed levee system. Mayor G.T. Bynum urged residents to "proactively relocate" away from levees Monday as the city opened multiple shelters. The storms are the latest to hit the Midwest in the last two weeks, leaving at least nine dead. A powerful EF3 tornado killed at least two and injured 29 in the Oklahoma City suburb of El Reno over the weekend. | Trump agrees with Kim Jong Un's 'low IQ' insult of Joe Biden | | President Donald Trump agreed with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un that former Vice President Joe Biden was "low IQ," but Trump "doesn't need somebody else to give him an assessment of Joe Biden." That's what Sarah Huckabee Sanders told NBC News' Chuck Todd on Sunday. On Wednesday, North Korea's state news service blasted Biden as a "fool of low IQ." Biden had accused Trump of getting too close to "dictators and tyrants" like Kim during his campaign launch the previous week. Trump said that he smiled at North Korea's insult of Biden, misspelling the Democratic presidential candidate's name in a Saturday tweet from Japan. There, Trump downplayed North Korea's launch of short-range missiles to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. |  | | US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump join Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe for dinner in Tokyo on May 26, 2019. | | Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty Images | | Jayme Closs on her kidnapper: 'He can't take my freedom' | | The man who kidnapped 13-year-old Jayme Closs and murdered her parents was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. The most powerful personal statement in the hearing for the man, Jake Patterson, came from Jayme Closs herself. "He can't take my freedom," Closs said in a statement read by family attorney Chris Gramstrup. "He thought that he could own me but he was wrong. I was smarter. I watched his routine and I took back my freedom. I will always have my freedom and he will not." |  | | Jayme Closs | | Barron County Sheriff's Department | | Another climber dies on Everest as world's tallest peak overcrowds | | A British climber who collapsed on the descent from Mount Everest's summit became the latest in a string of fatalities on the world's tallest peak. Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, died Saturday when he fainted in Everest's "death-zone," a section at the top of the mountain known for its low levels of oxygen that can be fatal if climbers linger for too long. Fisher's death is at least the eighth this climbing season on Everest, according to Reuters, and the mountain has been mired with dangerous overcrowding and delays that some have blamed for the deaths. Deaths occur every year on Mount Everest, but some say a recent string of fatalities in 2019 is particularly concerning. |  | | In this file handout photo taken on May 22, 2019 and released by climber Nirmal Purja's Project Possible expedition shows heavy traffic of mountain climbers lining up to stand at the summit of Mount Everest. | | AFP/Getty Images | | 'Virgin birth': A captive anaconda became pregnant by herself and gave birth to two babies | | A female anaconda in an all-female exhibit birthed two snakes without sexually reproducing with a male, a Massachusetts aquarium recently announced. The 10-foot-long, 30 pound mother — named Anna — gave birth to two babies that appear to be genetically identical to their mother, the New England Aquarium said, citing DNA testing. Anna has never been exposed to an adult male snake, the aquarium said. "The extremely rare reproductive strategy is called parthenogenesis, which translated from its Greek word origins means virgin birth," a release from the Boston aquarium said. | 'Jeopardy!' phenom James Holzhauer hits the $2 million mark | | "Jeopardy!" winner James Holzhauer hit another major milestone Friday with his latest victory, crossing the $2 million mark with his 27th win. Holzhauer ended the week with $2,065,535 after earning $74,400 in Friday's matchup. The professional sports gambler from Las Vegas is the second "Jeopardy!" contestant to cross that threshold in regular-season play. Ken Jennings, the show's top money winner, took home $2,520,700 during his 74-win run. Holzhauer is No. 2 to Jennings in show victories, too. | Bart Starr, Hall of Fame quarterback and Packers legend, dies at 85 | | Hall of Fame quarterback and Green Bay Packers legend Bart Starr has died, his family announced Sunday. He was 85. Starr served as the extension of coach Vince Lombardi on the field during the Packers' glory days of the 1960s. He had been in declining health since suffering a serious stroke in 2014. Starr guided the Packers to five NFL championships, but he is most famous for the legendary drive and score during the Ice Bowl in 1967. Starr's No. 15 is one of only six numbers retired in Packers history. |  | | In this Dec. 31, 1967, file photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr calls signals in bitter cold as he led the Packers to a win over the Dallas Cowboys in Green Bay, Wisc. Fifty years later, players from the Packers and Cowboys still shiver from memories of the bitter cold of a game that would become known as the Ice Bowl. | | AP | | Bikers contradict Trump on Memorial Day ride | | Thousands of motorcyclists gathered amid confusion in Washington, D.C., for possibly the last annual Memorial Day ride known as Rolling Thunder. Citing a growing size, permit problems and a price estimated at $200,000, Rolling Thunder officials had announced the D.C. rally would be replaced in 2020. President Trump, however, had other plans: Trump promised on Saturday in a tweet to help the ride he could. "The Great Patriots of Rolling Thunder WILL be coming back to Washington, D.C. next year, & hopefully for many years to come," Trump tweeted the following day. But Rolling Thunder spokeswoman said Monday the group has no plans to return to Washington. "As of right now this was our final ride, we are done in D.C." Nancy Regg said. | Bill Buckner, infamous for World Series gaffe, dies at 69 | | Veteran first baseman Bill Buckner, whose career spanned four decades and included 2,700 hits in the major leagues, died at the age of 69 after battling Lewy Body Dementia. Buckner played for five different MLB teams, including eight seasons each with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, in a career from 1969 through 1990. However, he will be remembered most as a member of the Boston Red Sox after ground ball went between his legs in the 10th inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The error allowed the winning run to score in a devastating 6-5 loss to the New York Mets. |  | | Bill Buckner, center, is greeted by Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis, right, and Red Sox Chairman and co-owner Tom Werner, left, at Fenway Park during the 2008 home-opener. | | Steven Senne, ASSOCIATED PRESS | | | | | | | MORE ARTICLES | | | | | | | |
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