A helicopter crashed into a pond while trying to scoop water to battle wildfires in France. The pilot, the officer aboard the helicopter, and a witness were taken to a local hospital, with no fatalities reported, according to a statement by the local municipality. (Source: Reuters) | AOL

The mayor of Minneapolis, where a gunman opened fire at a Catholic church on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring 17 other people during morning Mass, said "thoughts and prayers" were not a sufficient response to the mass shooting. "These were American families, and the amount of pain that they are suffering right now is extraordinary," Jacob Frey said at a news conference near Annunciation Catholic Church in South Minneapolis, where the shooting occurred. "Don't just say this is about t