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An inmate who went missing from a jail barge in the Bronx early Saturday has been captured, police said. David Mordukhaev, 30, was reported missing from his assigned housing area when officers checked, Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Peter Thorne told CNN in a statement. Police say that Mordukhaev escaped from the Vernon C. Bain Center, nicknamed "The Boat," at 4:15 a.m. "UPDATE: David has been apprehended," the New York Police Department tweeted Saturday evening, without giving any details. It was not immediately clear why Mordukhaev was being held at the facility. Success! An emai...

Boxer Chris Eubank's son Sebastian has died in Dubai days before his 30th birthday, and a month after he became a father, UK's PA Media reported Saturday, citing a statement from the family. Sebastian Eubank, the third oldest of five children, leaves behind his wife Salma and newborn son Raheem, according to the family's statement. The 29-year-old's death is understood to be due to drowning, according to PA. "Never did I ever imagine I would write these words or experience the feeling I now have at the loss of my son," Former British middleweight champion Chris Eubank, 54, said in the stateme...

Zaila Avant-garde, the teenager who this week became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, has earned yet another honor: an offer of a full scholarship to Louisiana State University. "Your academic performance reflected scholarship first! You modeled intellectual excellence," LSU President William F. Tate IV tweeted Saturday. "@LSU_Honors awaits. I write to offer you a full scholarship to attend LSU. Here for you!," Tate wrote. The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, told CNN earlier this week, though, that she hopes to play basketball at Harvard University. Tha...

The US has surpassed 20,000 new Covid-19 cases for the fourth day in a row as the highly contagious Delta variant persists in its track in being the most common form of the coronavirus in the country. The last time the country had back-to-back days of cases topping 20,000 was in May, according to the data. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who heads the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Thursday that more than 9 million people live in counties where cases are rising and where the vaccination rates are lower than 40%. "Many of these counties are also the same locations where the Delta v...

A portion of a crane collapsed Saturday on top of a building in downtown Toronto, Canada, causing damage to its rooftop. The counterweight, part of the crane meant to prevent it from tipping, was located on top of the 8 The Esplanade residential building after it fell approximately 20 feet, Toronto Fire District Chief Stephan Powell told CNN. Authorities were alerted to the incident at the intersection of The Esplanade and Yonge Street just after 2 p.m., he added. The top six floors of the condominium are mechanical rooms used for building maintenance, so no residential units were damaged, ac...