In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

(CNN) Donald Trump's vice presidential search turned into a head-spinning melodrama Wednesday as candidates vying for the spot hopped on planes and phones to perform frenzied, last-minute try-outs. For much of the day, Indiana was the unlikely center of the political world -- all thanks to a flat tire. Trump's plane hit something when it landed Tuesday night, resulting in a popped tire, according to a source familiar with the process. That kept Trump in the state longer than he expected after campaigning with Gov. Mike Pence, setting off a last-minute scramble of high-profile travelers to the Hoosier State as the clock ticked down on his VP decision.Indianapolis is becoming a political hot spotTrump will make the announcement on Friday 
 Question:Earlier in the day, a _ spokesperson said the meetings were held in Indiana to allow Trump more time with Pence.
Donald Trump

Islamic militants have unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks on Egyptian army checkpoints in the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 38 soldiers. The attacks came just two days after a ISIS car bomb assassinated one of the country’s top prosecutors, Hisham Barakat. Speaking at Mr Barakat's funeral, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi vowed to step up a two-year crackdown on militants. The scope and intensity of today's attack underscored the resilience and advanced planning by the militants who have for years battled Egyptian security forces in northern Sinai. Except for the attack at the officers’ club, the majority of the attacks took place in the town of Sheikh Zuweid and targeted at least six military checkpoints, officials said.Militants targeted up to 15 Egyptian army and police positionsThe co-ordinated terror attacks come after the assassination of Egypt's top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat in a deadly car bomb attackPresident Sisi has vowed to launch a fresh crackdown on Islamists 
 Question:It was later announced that Mr Barakat has since died from his wounds, leading to questions over whether the prosecutor's death will lead to a decline in the number of people being put on trial for being alleged radical _.
Islamic

This is the touching moment a terminal breast cancer patient got a surprise visit from her favourite horse after the animal was brought to her hospice. Catriona Craig has been a keen rider since she was a little girl and once made a living schooling horses in America. The 62-year-old was pictured stroking her most-loved horse Ed after it was brought to St Richard's Hospice in Worcester by her husband David, 69. Hospice staff moved Mrs Craig's bed outside on to a patio overlooking the gardens for the heart-warming reunion with the 20-year-old former event horse. Her husband and daughter Louise Russell-Pavier, 30, looked on as Ed nuzzled the mother-of-two, who has ridden him frequently, and took mints from her hand.Catriona Craig, 62, is receiving care at St Richard's Hospice in WorcesterThe mother has been a keen rider all her life and once trained horses in USThis week, her husband organised a reunion with favourite horse, called EdCancer patient stroked the animal's nose as it nuzzled her affectionately 
 Question:She added: 'We were delighted to help make this visit happen for _ and the family.

Catriona Craig