News of the day from across the nation, June 21

Chicago recorded its 300th homicide over the weekend and tallied six others over a 60-hour period that saw 55 people shot, 13 fatally, from Friday afternoon through early Monday.

An FBI veteran was named Monday to head the U.S. Border Patrol, a departure from the historical practice of picking someone from within the ranks.

Mark Morgan will oversee an agency in the crosshairs of the national debate about border security and immigration.

Authorities say polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs has fled Salt Lake City, where he was supposed to be on home confinement pending trial on charges in a multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud scheme.

5 Solar plane: A solar-powered airplane has begun its trans-Atlantic flight on the latest leg of its globe-circling voyage.

The Solar Impulse 2’s wings are equipped with 17,000 solar cells that power propellers and charge batteries.

6 Officer killed: A Houston-area officer and a boy died after an SUV carrying the child struck a police car pursuing a suspected drunken driver.

The Department of Public Safety identified the victims of Sunday night’s accident as Patton Village police Sgt. Stacey Baumgartner and 11-year-old Adan Hilario Jr.