Midday Roundup: EgyptAir black boxes detected under the sea

Breakthrough find. A French ship has picked up signals from one of the black boxes in the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month. The signals, coming from deep under the Mediterranean Sea, raise hopes the plane’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders could be recovered. EgyptAir Flight 804, an Airbus A320, was carrying 66 people from Paris to Cairo on May 19 when it suddenly lost altitude and crashed into the sea near the Greek island of Crete. Investigators are looking into all possible causes of the disaster, including terrorism.

Growing epidemic. Health officials confirmed 11 cases of measles at a federal detention center for immigrants in central Arizona. The disease has spread to six other inmates and four workers at the facility. “If you are unimmunized or under-immunized and you walk into a room two hours after somebody who has had measles has left, you have a 90 percent chance of coming down with measles,” said Cara Christ, a doctor with the Arizona Department of Health Services. Doctors are warning people to be aware of measles’ early flu-like symptoms, which often occur several days before the rash associated with the disease appears.

Going ballistic. North Korea has flubbed another missile test, according to Pentagon officials. The midrange ballistic missile reportedly had a range of nearly 3,000 miles, but it blew up shortly after takeoff. The failed launch comes amid growing concern about North Korea’s nuclear capabilities after a nuclear test in January and a successful rocket launch in February. South Korea’s foreign ministry is warning North Korea that stricter trade sanctions will follow if the North continues missile testing. Meanwhile, an editorial today in a North Korean state newspaper praised Donald Trump for his proposed policies toward the peninsula. Trump has said he would require South Korea to pay more for the U.S. military presence there and that he would negotiate directly with dictator Kim Jong-un.

Prescription problems. A Senate panel is blasting the Veterans Affairs (VA) inspector general’s office for failing to protect veterans. At least two patients at a VA hospital in Tomah, Wis., died of prescription drug overdoses, according to a yearlong Senate probe. The facility got the nickname “Candyland” because doctors there were rumored to overprescribe opiates to veterans in lieu of other treatment. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, has issued a report saying the VA inspector general’s office knew about the abuses occurring between 2007 and 2015 but didn’t report them.

WORLD Radio’s Paul Butler and Kristen Eicher contributed to this report.