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It's your last chance to shop Blinds.com's Memorial Day mega deals. Save up to 50% with minimum purchase, plus a free measure. Blinds.com. Rules and restrictions may apply. From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News. Good evening. I'm Maurice Dubois. I'm John Dickerson. Terror attacks in this country have fortunately been rare. Even more rare, a terror attack in which the weapon is a car bomb.

But that is what the FBI is investigating right now. The late Saturday morning car bombing outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California. - The only person killed was a suspected bomber. At least four other people were injured, but judging by the size of the explosion, it could have been much worse. - As for the motive, investigators say the suspect appeared to be against procreation. They say his target was a clinic that helped people achieve their dreams.

of having children. - A source tells CBS News that in an angry set of writings believed to be that of the suspects, he talked about wanting to live stream his suicide and the bombing. Jonathan Vigliotti is in Palm Springs tonight. Jonathan.

Maria, it's a good evening to you. It's been two days since this attack and still many questions remain, including what kind of device was used, where did the materials come from, and how was it constructed? We've learned it was a chemical mixture and the blast was so powerful it caused damage for several blocks.

In the aftermath of the explosion outside of Palm Springs Fertility Clinic, what continues to stun investigators is the sheer size of the blast. Akil Davis is with the FBI. This is probably the largest bombing scene that we've had in Southern California. The impact of the car bomb could be felt miles away. Destruction was visible for over 100 yards in all directions.

The suspect, 25-year-old Guy Edward Barkas, was killed in the explosion. A law enforcement official tells CBS News that investigators have found bomb-making materials inside the suspect's home in the community of 29 Palms. That's an hour's drive from the Palm Springs Clinic. They're also digging through his computers.

phones and online records. We are treating this as an intentional act of terrorism. We are tracking a possible manifesto out there. The subject had nihilistic ideations and this was a targeted attack against the IDF facility. Given the size of the explosion, investigators say this could have been catastrophic. On Saturday, the clinic was closed.

but all the embryos were saved. We were like, okay, well, if we don't do anything, the bad guy wins. Palm Springs Deputy Fire Chief Greg Lyle and an FBI agent ran into the clinic, helped restore the power, then salvaged thousands of medical records. You had no idea who you were helping. You were just triggered to act. Right, right, right. I got a text from one of our fire personnel, and he said,

said thank you. You know, it was his family, his wife that was supposed to go in for an appointment this week and his embryos were in the office. Jonathan, this attack happened on Saturday when the clinic was closed. What do we know about the timing and why on this particular day?

Yeah, John, it's a good question. The FBI, we have learned, is investigating several theories. The main theory that this was a suicide bombing meant to be live streamed. The second theory here is that the suspect intended on planting this bomb only for it to be detonated days later at another time. Regardless, the scenario, it speaks to a level of radicalization that is very rare and uncommon here in the U.S., John. And Jonathan, do we have any idea why the attacker chose this particular location? And might there have been other plans for other attacks here?

Yeah, that is still a critical question. Why the attacker chose this location and if the bomb materials that were found at his home were intended for another target, officials tell us as the investigation continues, the threat here has been contained. Okay, Jonathan Vigliotti in Palm Springs tonight. Thank you.

The Supreme Court today allowed the Trump administration to revoke legal protections the Biden administration gave to roughly 350,000 Venezuelan migrants. This could clear the way for their deportation. Manuel Borges reports how this decision affects protected migrants who live and work in Miami and other parts of South Florida.

On a recent visit to Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, we found conversation about temporary protected status heating up. You think it's bad for them to remove the status, but you still approve President Trump? So you continue to support the president?

This is iconic Domino Park, where many Cuban Americans come to enjoy their favorite pastime, playing dominoes. And in between games, some have told us that they agree with President Trump on most things except this. Cubans, Venezuelans should have a right to be protected. Clearly, yes, she said.

Temporary protected status, or TPS, allows immigrants from countries in turmoil to legally stay and work in the U.S. for 18 months or more. A Biden-era policy known as humanitarian parole does the same. Trump vows to end both, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in limbo and facing deportation.

In South Florida, that includes Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans. It was President Biden in 2021 who made Venezuelans who fled the economic and political crisis in their homeland eligible for TPS. The Trump administration says TPS and humanitarian parole have become back channels for immigrants to stay longer than necessary and questioned the Biden administration's vetting of recipients.

In Doral, Florida, 40% of the population is estimated to have ties to Venezuela. What happens if they have to go? The city's not going to be the same. Maureen Porras is Doral's vice mayor. We need to have some real common sense, permanent solutions to these immigrants that have been coming in, that have been contributing, that are law-abiding, that are part of our communities and have been adding value to our city and our communities.

While the Supreme Court decision potentially allows the administration to move forward with deportations, the justices also appear to signal that Venezuelans who had received their legal documentation before President Trump ended the program could sue to fight their removal.

Manuel Baharquez, thank you. Now, more of the top stories from around the world in the evening news roundup. President Trump spoke separately by phone with the leaders of Ukraine and Russia and said both have agreed to immediately begin ceasefire negotiations. But no date or place has been announced. The diplomatic push came shortly after Russia hit Ukraine with one of its largest drone attacks of the war.

Federal investigators say the Brooklyn Bridge was not significantly damaged when it was struck by a Mexican Navy ship in the East River on Saturday. Here's senior transportation correspondent Chris Van Cleave.

The NTSB says it is still waiting for permission from the Mexican government to get on board this ship. It's a bit of an unusual process for the NTSB, but it's because it's a foreign naval vessel. Now, investigators are just getting started, but say whatever went wrong happened within about five minutes between when the ship essentially backed out of its parking spot

and when it hit the Brooklyn Bridge, killing two Mexican sailors and injuring at least 19. We're hearing for the first time a tugboat assisting the ship radioed for help less than a minute before impact. Now, so far, no word on cause, and because the NTSB hasn't been able to get on board, they are yet to confirm any of the initial reports about mechanical or engine failure.

President Trump today signed a revenge pornography law backed by First Lady Melania Trump. It bans posting explicit images online without consent, including so-called deep fake nudes made by artificial intelligence. You may recall our Jim Axelrod spoke with a teenage victim who had urged lawmakers to take this action after her fake nude photos circulated for nine months on Snapchat.

The news that former President Joe Biden has stage four prostate cancer that has spread to his bones has some asking whether it could have been diagnosed sooner. I talked today with Dr. Dana Rathkoff, a medical oncologist at New York Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She specializes in prostate cancer.

I see prostate cancer almost exclusively. It doesn't follow any one pattern. Does it surprise you that it is so advanced and moving so quickly, given that he has seen the best doctors possible?

Cancer cells are chaotic and they don't read the guideline rule books. And so our screening guidelines don't necessarily apply to a cancer cell that's going to decide to grow or evade a particular screening technique. And so, you know, there are many people that have the access to highest levels of care and undergo regular screening and still get diagnosed with advanced disease. Given what he has been diagnosed as having cancer,

How long would he have had cancer, do you think, before this diagnosis? Well, I can't really speak to the specifics of President Biden, but I would say that in general, advanced prostate cancer presents in many different ways. You know, it's not really one size fits all. It's stage four and in the bones. That didn't start just yesterday. Typically, a more aggressive prostate cancer pretends a worse prognosis, meaning that patients are at higher risk of having cancer grow quickly.

and/or having cancer spread outside of the prostate. And when cancer spreads outside of the prostate to other parts of the body, we consider that metastatic. And so the most common place for prostate cancer to metastasize to is in fact the bone. So if you were presented with a person with this case, you wouldn't say, oh, they missed it? No, I would not say that.

And so, John, for men over 70 watching this wondering how does this apply to them? What's the doctor have to say about that? The doctor said she's been getting calls the men in the news broke. First, her point is don't generalize from a single case. If you are concerned about this, talk to your doctor. She talked about shared decision making. And she said it's not necessarily the case if you're over 70 that you get a PSA test or a prostate test, because in some cases there can be false positives or the treatment can be worse.

than living a life with a cancer that's going to be very slow going and it may outlive you. So basically, she said, talk to your doctor. Solid advice. All right. Thanks, John. Still ahead here on the CBS Evening News, Lonnie Quinn on the latest tornado threat in the south central United States. And we will have these stories.

I'm Ian Lee in Middleton, Wisconsin. This used to just be called shop class. Now it's a pipeline for a potential six-figure career, students trading keyboards for tool belt without the college debt. That's tonight's Eye on America. I'm Janet Shamlian in Trinity, Texas. World hospitals are a small town's beating heart, and when they close, it's like pulling life support on the entire community. That's next on the CBS Evening News.

Having health insurance is no guarantee that you will get health care, not if you live in rural America. New report says hundreds of rural hospitals are in danger of closing because they can no longer afford to stay open. The main reason insurance pays rural hospitals less than their big city counterparts for the same services. Here's Janet Chamleon.

We were there as workers covered the emergency room signs at Midcoast Medical Center in Trinity, Texas. The sight of medical workers leaving for the last time, signaling this is one of the latest rural hospitals to shut its doors. I think how sad it is. Marjorie Polvino runs the hospital board. It has a huge impact on the committee. We will lose lives.

400 people a month come here. In the East Texas Piney Woods, Midcoast was more than a building. It was a lifeline where babies were born and where the heart of Kathy Courtney's 90-year-old husband was restarted, saving his life. How many times have you used this facility recently?

I'd say about six times in the last 14 months. The closure, hospital officials tell us, was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals. Low reimbursement rates from elderly patients' Medicare and Medicaid coverage, which made up most of the hospital's budget.

Hospitals in urban areas get significantly more reimbursement from their patients who have private insurance, which tends to pay more. Republican proposed cuts to Medicaid could leave more than 8.5 million people uninsured and force even more rural hospitals to close. A new report finds almost 750 rural hospitals are at risk of closing.

Courtney's husband is now home and doing well, but the 87-year-old isn't sure she could drive that far if she or her husband of 65 years had another emergency. When your husband had a heart attack recently, how long did it take you all to get here? Probably 10 minutes, 15. And if you had to go to the next closest hospital, how long would that have taken? Over a half an hour. Is that the difference between perhaps life and death? I would say it is.

So Janet, when these rural hospitals close and folks end up having to drive a long way, what's the overall impact on their health as a result? They often give up on preventative care, things like regular checkups, and that can lead to the delayed diagnosis of something like a serious illness like cancer. What about the effect of these hospitals closing on the community, Janet?

It is beyond the hospital. These hospital workers shopped in the stores. They ate in the restaurants. If they move to a new area for a new job, that affects the real estate market, the school district, property taxes. These rural hospitals are more than health care. They really are the heartbeat of the community. Okay. Janet Shamlin reporting tonight. Thank you.

Tornado watches are up tonight for the center of the country from Texas north to Nebraska. Lonnie Quinn once again tracking the severe storm threat tonight. Lonnie. You betcha it's out there currently. We have tornado warnings as a matter of fact. Certainly watches will continue for a bit longer, but warnings out there and they can do damage like you see right here. Plevna, Kansas earlier today and that in fact this was last night, the middle of the night. Tornado touchdown destroyed some homes, didn't touch other homes. That's the signature oftentimes of a tornado. If you look

where the line is as of right now. It stretches from the Texas-Oklahoma border, stretches all the way up into Iowa. I want to zoom in on one particular area, McAllister, Oklahoma. Getting nice and tight on that because that cell that you see right there, there is a tornado warning. That is on the ground right now. If you can hear my words and you are in McAllister, you need to get to a safe place as of right now. It has been a tough day. It will be a tough night, at least another hour

or so of this. And tomorrow, it's back into the Tennessee Valley and Kentucky could be under the gun again tomorrow. They went through a horrible weekend. Gentlemen, it's all yours. We are in warning season. Thank you, Lonnie. All right. Eye on America is next. Tonight, the growing popularity of trade schools.

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- The high cost of a college education and the prospect of decades of debt has younger Americans looking for an alternative. Many are turning to the trades. The cost of learning a trade can be much lower, and skilled labor is in demand, so there are plenty of good-paying jobs. Ian Lee has tonight's Eye on America.

At Middleton High School in Wisconsin, shop class is back and booming. This is the way we're going to assemble. For three decades, Justin Zander has shaped wood and mines. My goal is to teach them comfort and skills so they become comfortable with a few skills and those skills will be transferable from many different trades.

The revival is fueled by the demand for tradespeople and with some paying six-figure salaries, what were once blue-collar jobs are now gold-collar. It used to be kids were interested in it as a sideline. Now the kids are interested in it because it could lead to a good-paying job for the future.

Middleton High built a $90 million campus in 2022, putting trades in the spotlight, part of a larger trend embraced by 27 states that increased spending on tech ed by an average of $182 million. I think it's a pretty easy option to go into a trade job, especially if you have some experience in these classes. Aiden Dowd is like more than 75% of students here who take tech ed classes. And I'm choosing to go into the trades. You're pursuing what you love. Yes.

Interest in trade schools has nearly doubled since 2017, while university enrollment has declined slightly since the pandemic. Thalia Madden is a senior taking building construction. I think that's really important is, you know, showing kids even just from the get-go that college isn't the only option. Here at Middleton High, students can take woodworking, welding, and robotics.

This robotic arm isn't just a cool classroom gadget, it's the real deal. Students here at Middleton High are learning to program the same kind of industrial robots used in factories across the country. Shop classes helped a lot.

Carlos Welter once got his hands dirty in the same classrooms. There's a lot of freedom around here. He got a job right away at Zurn Building Products, putting that experience to use. Has there been any discussion about like, you know, they're going and getting college debt and you're straight into the workforce? Oh yeah, we always give each other a bunch of crap about that, so...

For Justin, his return on investment is introducing kids to a profitable way of life he loves. I'm not opposed to having kids smiling when they leave the room. I'm seeing you're smiling a lot by talking about it. You really enjoy what you do. I absolutely love teaching. I can't imagine... There's no alternative. Nothing else.

Making it in America starts with more people than ever seeing trades as a ticket to a promising future. For Eye on America, I'm Ian Lee in Middleton, Wisconsin. In tomorrow's Eye on America, her two sisters were killed by a tornado. Now she's dedicating her life to saving others. Maurice and I will be back in a moment with a new location for one of the most famous brownstones in America.

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Well, that reminds me of being a little one. Takes us back. Yeah, that's right. Goodness, it's still here. And something to watch later. But that's it for the evening news for now. I'm John Dickerson. See you on Evening News Plus. I'm Maurice Dubois. Have a great night. We'll see you back here tomorrow.

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