A
state of emergency is declared in
Montreal,
Canada as 1,200
Canadian Forces personnel are deployed in the province of
Quebec to help with rising floodwaters. 146 communities are affected and more than 1,500 residents have been evacuated from their homes.
(CBC)
In Chicago, 4 are killed and 5 injured when a speeding car accidentally hit a parked car and then crashed head-on into a CTA transit bus.
(NBC Chicago)
Law and crime
France bans the breeding of
killer whales and
dolphins in captivity and orders aquariums and water parks to expand their pools within three years following a campaign by animal rights groups.
(The Independent)
In China city of Weihai, authorities eventually concluded that what appeared to be an accident was a school bus driver driving students from China and South Korea to an international school set fire to the bus in a tunnel, killing two adults and 11 children. The bus driver who died was angry that his overtime allowance had been suspended.
(CTGN)(New York Post)
Macron wins the election, earning 66.1% of the vote to Le Pen's 33.9%, becoming the youngest French head of state since
Napoleon.
(The New York Times)(Reuters)