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Five men have now been freed after spending more than a week trapped in a flooded cave in Laos, according to rescuers, with two others still missing. The first of the five men was rescued on Friday, and four others were able to climb out by themselves early Saturday. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports. The head of the World Health Organization Saturday arrived in eastern DR Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is still spreading faster than the response. NBC News' Molly Hunter reports. Tensions rose at a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention center on Saturday as a group of pro-ICE protesters faced off with demonstrators who have maintained a presence outside the facility for more than a week in support of detainees who they say are enduring inhumane conditions inside. NBC News' Valerie Castro reports. President Trump announced he will be headlining the opening ceremony for the Great American State Fair in June as part of the United States' 250th-birthday celebrations in Washington. It comes after multiple recording artists pulled out of a series of concerts meant to take place during the fair, scheduled for June 24 to July 10 on Washington's National Mall. People across New England reported hearing a mysterious extremely loud boom on Saturday afternoon, which NASA now says was caused by a "fireball" breaking up over Massachusetts. It comes less than 48 hours after a similar sound stumped residents across South Carolina. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports. As big tech companies call for safety rules and legislation on A.I., lobbying records show power players continue to fight against legal guardrails in statehouses across the country. One of the biggest A.I. lobbyists is an industry group called TechNet. It bills itself as having "engaged on 808 bills across 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, with our policy position prevailing 87% of the time." NBC New York's Chris Glorioso reports. With graduation season in full swing, first generation college graduates across the country decided to share their big achievement by thanking their parents and family members in a special way. NBC News' José Díaz-Balart has that story and more in this week's Good News Wrap-Up.