Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals have yet to cast their first of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
Two murder suspects and a third man escaped from a in a southeast Missouri county jail, according to the Associated Press. The escape occurred Monday around 11:30 p.m. at the Butler County Jail in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
5 teenagers were killed in a fiery car crash involving their vehicle colliding with a tanker loaded with fuel. Authorities say the teens died at the scene. The truck driver Ezequiel Garcia was in critical condition Tuesday with burns over 655 of his body.
The 6-month-old Chicago girl, Jonylah Watkins, who was shot five times while her father was changing her diaper, died of her wounds on Tuesday, authorities said. Watkins died at Comer Children's Hospital, where she underwent surgery following Monday afternoon's attack, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.
