3 People Survive After Minnesota Hot Air Balloon Hits Power Line, Basket Disconnects and Falls '20-30 Feet'

Three people miraculously survived after the hot air balloon they were riding crashed into a power line in Minnesota on Wednesday. “Preliminary information indicates the balloon was trying to land in a field when a gust of wind pushed it into a power line,” the Rochester Police Departmentsaid in a news release on Facebook. “The basket became disconnected from the balloon and fell approximately 20-30 feet to the ground.” Police responded to the crash around 6:50 p.

3 Suspects Accused of Torturing Man They Allegedly Kept for 'Slavery': Police

Venkatesh R. Sattaru, Sravan Varma Penumetcha, and Nikhil V. Penmatsa.Photo:St. Charles County Dept. of Corrections (3) St. Charles County Dept. of Corrections (3) Police are investigating three men in Ohio in connection with accusations they kept a 20-year-old in deplorable conditions and repeatedly beat him. Sattaru, 35, Sravan Penumetcha and Nikhil Penmatsa have been charged in connection with the case. Charges against the men include trafficking for purposes of slavery or forced labor, contributing to human trafficking, accessory domestic assault in the first degree and kidnapping, per police.

3-Year-Old Boy Dies in Hot Car Outside Fla. Preschool Where Both His Parents Worked

A toddler has died in Florida after he was left in his parents' hot car outside the preschool where they both worked, per multiple reports. Police said a 3-year-old boy was found unresponsive inside a car outside the Lubavitch Education Center in Miami Gardens on Monday afternoon, according to theMiami Herald, ABC affiliateWPLGandNBC Miami. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner has identified the victim as Sholom Tauber, NBC Miami reported. Tauber died of hyperthermia, and his death has been ruled an accident, per the outlet.

3-Year-Old Boy Is Killed in Front of Mom, 3 Siblings in Road Rage Shooting, Suspect at Large

Mateo Zastro.Photo: Facebook A 3-year-old boy was shot dead Friday night in Chicago when an unidentified gunman fired into a car carrying four children during a road rage incident. According to Chicago Police, the fatal shooting took place at around 8:30 p.m. in the city’s West Lawn neighborhood. One of the bullets fired into the vehicle struck little Mateo Zastro in the head, police said. Investigators say Mateo’s mother was behind the wheel when she became involved in a dispute with an unidentified male driver.

3-Year-Old Conjoined Twins with Fused Brains Separated in Historic Virtual Reality Surgery

A neurosurgeon from England has successfully separated two Brazilian twins who were conjoined at the head. On Monday, the charityGemini Untwinedannounced that Bernardo and Arthur Lima, 3, who were born with “fused brains,” had made it through seven procedures at the Instituto Estadual do Cerebro Paulo Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro under the direction of pediatric surgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani from London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, reportedThe Independent. The procedures, which Jeelani called a “remarkable achievement,” required medical professionals to master virtual reality training programs for months before they actually attempted the surgeries in real life.