A hot air balloon has crashed with at least 16 people on board in Texas, and officials say there appears to be no survivors.
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Investigators say the hot air balloon had caught fire before coming down into a pasture near the city of Lockhart.
Marcus Officer, a reporter for FOX 7, is at the scene and said: "There are massive power lines that are above where police tape is marked off.
"We have not confirmed anything as to whether the power lines caused the fire and the crash. But there's police tape just underneath it."
Former Fianna Fáil TD, Minister and MEP Paddy Lalor has passed away at the age of 90.
Mr. Lalor was an elected representative for the Laois Offaly constituency 33 years.
During that period, he served as Minister for Post and Telegraphs and Minister for Industry.
He was also chief whip in the 1977-79 government under the late Taoiseach Jack Lynch, and was later elected as MEP for Leinster and served until 1994.
A massive heatwave across Russia this summer has resulted in the permafrost in Siberia to begin to melt.
With temperatures in the region raising ten degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal ranges for this time of year, bacteria that had been frozen there has begun to be released.
Anthrax, which is believed to have been in the Siberian permafrost since 1941, has been released, with reports of up to 40 people being hospitalized due to the outbreak.
Community leaders in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray said they did not want to "taint" Islam by having any association with Adel Kermiche, the 19-year-old jihadist who killed Fr Jacques Hamel in his hometown in northern France.
Mohammed Karabila, president of the local Muslim cultural association and imam of one of the town's mosques, told Le Parisien: "We're not going to taint Islam with this person.
"We won't participate in preparing the body or the burial."
Jay Beatty is one of Celtic's biggest supporters, so there was little doubt that he would be attending the big game at the Aviva Stadium to see his heroes take on Barcelona this weekend.
Beatty has appeared in Celtic's official team photo and won the SPL Goal of the Month award for his effort against Hamilton Academical before, but on Saturday he was given a very special chance to meet and greet some of the biggest names in world football as the ambassador of the Celtic FC Foundation.
