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Chevron and two other oil companies announce that they have successfully tested a new oil well deep in the Gulf of Mexico. An exploratory oil rig, drilling to a record-setting depth and pressure, flowed at a rate of 6,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and the find has the potential to be a significant new energy source.

Paul Tibbets, who piloted the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb, has died at age 92. On Aug. 6, 1945, Tibbets' B-29 dropped the nearly five-ton bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tibbets always insisted that he did not have regrets.

The company announced earlier this year that it's planning to pour $6 billion into original programming in 2016.

The Canadian mint stops distributing pennies on Monday. Canada stopped making one-cent coins last year to cut costs, since each penny cost 1.6 cents to make. Most stores will round out change to the nearest five cents.

Already this year, more than 6,000 people have illegally walked across the U.S. border into Quebec.

A fast-moving fire in San Bernardino, California has now engulfed more than 6,000 acres, as two fires in Northern California continue to burn.

A Colorado woman gave her daughter, 6, an old phone to play with. KDVR reports a 911 dispatcher heard a child's voice on the line. Officers arrived to find a stuffed bunny needing medical attention.

It’s estimated the leak in Los Angeles has pumped 4.6 billion cubic feet of potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

An estimated 503,000 people qualified as unemployed in May, up from 488,000 a month earlier.

Tropical Storm Frances makes its second landfall in Florida, churning into the state's panhandle with an expected 10 inches of rain and 65 miles-an-hour wind. Over the weekend, the storm plowed into Florida's Atlantic coast as a category two hurricane. More than 6 million people lost electricity as powerful winds and rain knocked down trees and damaged homes and boats. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.