A 77-year-old woman walking in a La Jolla neighborhood was injured Friday night when a suspected drunk driver hit her in a crosswalk and then fled the scene, police confirmed.

The San Diego Police Department said the woman was walking in a crosswalk in the 6400 block of La Jolla Boulevard around 11:45 p.m. when a 60-year-old man in a Ford Expedition struck her.

At first, he pulled over.

However, a short time later, the man – suspected of driving under the influence – fled the scene, leaving the injured woman lying in the street.

The victim suffered a broken pelvis and other non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital.

The police department said officers were able to find the hit-and-run suspect after the crash and he was positively identified as the man behind the wheel.

He was arrested for felony DUI and felony hit-and-run, police said. His name was not released. No one else was harmed.
 

Five residents were displaced Saturday morning after a fire broke out at a building in City Heights that houses several businesses and an apartment, fire officials said.

The blaze sparked around 5:50 a.m. at an L-shaped building in the 4200 block of El Cajon Boulevard near Copeland Avenue. The building contains several businesses and the rear unit on the Copeland Avenue side has been converted into an apartment, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) said.

When firefighters arrived, they could see flames shooting from the windows and roof of the apartment. With an aggressive attack, 30 fire personnel were able to knock out the fire within 20 minutes, officials said.

Lee Swanson of the SDFD said firefighters were able to confine the blaze to the apartment, which sustained heavy damage. Officials said the Red Cross is helping the five adults who live there find temporary housing.

No one was injured in the blaze.

Swanson said surrounding businesses suffered some smoke damage. For now, damage is estimated at $500,000 to the building and $100,000 to the contents.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined and the incident is under investigation.
 

A manhunt was underway for a suspect who fatally shot a Memphis police officer during a traffic stop on Saturday evening, according to officials.

Memphis Director of Police Services Toney Armstrong said police were notified at around 9:18 p.m. local time (10:18 p.m.) that an officer had been shot. The officer was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but later died from multiple gunshot wounds. 

The slain officer was identified by the police department as 33-year-old Sean Bolton, who had been with the force since October 2010.

"This is a very difficult time, not only for me as director, but also for all the officers standing behind me and the city as a whole," Memphis Director Police Toney Armstrong told reporters Saturday night.

A Special Olympics athlete from Albania was found hundreds of miles from where he was last seen near the University of Southern California campus.

Andi Gusmari, 44, was last seen Saturday night around 8:30 p.m. He was found at about 2 a.m. Monday when he walked into a Hayward police station.

The Alameda County community is about 350 miles north of Los Angeles. Details on how he traveled to Hayward as the 2015 World Games drew to a close were not immediately available.

"We don't know how he got there," said Jeff Carr, Chief Operating Officer of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games. "That'a a question that everyone has.

"Our understanding is he was in good health. He was not injured, he was hungry."

Los Angeles police are working to reunite him with a Special Olympics delegation. Gusmari will return to Los Angeles before a flight back to Albania.

The man's family was notified early Monday that he was located, Carr said.

Authorities had  asked for the public's help in locating the man. Gusmari does not speak English and has a speech impediment, but does respond to his name, LAPD Officer Jack Richter said.

Richter said Gusmari, who was in the bowling competition, was at a festival at USC with his delegation Saturday and got separated from his group when he went to the restroom. He wasn't identified as missing until coaches realized he was not back at bed check.

The Albanian team was scheduled to fly out of the U.S. at 4:15 p.m. Sunday.

NBC4's Kate Larsen contributed to this report.

Vice President Biden has not ruled out a presidential run, according to NBC News sources — but it is far from clear whether he will enter the 2016 campaign, with much of the Democratic Party already behind Hillary Clinton.

These sources confirmed a New York Times report published Saturday that suggested Biden could still enter the presidential race, and that Biden allies have talked to party activists about the viability of a campaign.

The Times account suggested Biden's late son, Beau, had pushed his father to wage a third campaign for the White House.

In a statement, Biden's press secretary Kendra Barkoff did not rule out a Biden campaign, instead sidestepping the issue.

"As the Biden family continues to go through this difficult time, the Vice President is focused on his family and immersed in his work," Barkoff said. "In recent weeks, the Vice President has worked on the nuclear deal with Iran, traveled across the country to highlight the administration's economic priorities and more."

One pilot is dead and another injured after a fiery helicopter crash at a Russian air show on Sunday.

An Mil MI-28 helicopter went into a flat spin during aerobatics at the event before crashed and burst into flames. Reuters footage showed a figure emerging from the fiery wreckage. 

"The crashed helicopter belongs to Berkut aerobatic team. The MI-28 attack helicopter's control system failed during training," the head of the Russian Air Forces, Colonel General Viktor Bondarev said. "It's alarm system immediately sounded a warning. The pilots did their best to guarantee a safe flight."

One person died and several others were injured after a tent collapsed at a suburban Chicago festival during Sunday's severe weather.

The incident happened at about 2:40 p.m. at Wood Dale Prairie Fest, which took place near Wood Dale Junior High, as 60 mph winds and large hail pounded the area.

"We were trying to squeeze in (the tent) so we didn't get hit by hail," an 11-year-old witness told NBC Chicago. "There was the tent, and it just flew and it crashed over."

The victim who died was identified by the DuPage County coroner as Steven Nincic, 35, of Wood Dale. 

In addition to the fatality, more than a dozen others were taken to area hospitals and several were treated and released on the scene, according to the Wood Dale Police Department. All of the victims were between the ages of 20 and 60.

A Wood Dale Police officer and a city official were among the nearly 20 injured, according to authorities. Most of the injuries were said to be minor, but three people suffered critical wounds, police said. 

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased, and we are also praying for all those who were injured or affected by this tragedy," Wood Dale Mayor Nunzio Pulice said in a statement.

Wood Dale Prairie Fest is a four-day festival organized "to encourage community involvement and togetherness." The festival was held July 30 to Aug. 2.

The remainder of the festival was cancelled following the incident along with the town's National Night Out scheduled for Tuesday. 

During the first strategic dialogue between the United States and Egypt since 2009, Secretary of State John Kerry said the relationship between the two countries is returning to a "stronger base," despite concerns over human rights and democratic reform. 

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said that he and Kerry had no major disagreements with the United States but that there were "differences in points of views over some issues, which is natural."

After Egypt's fifth president, Mohamed Morsi of the Freedom and Justice Party, was removed from power in 2013 during protests, tensions between the United States and the country have risen. 

Egypt remains one of the United States' closet security allies in the Middle East, an area increasingly affected by turmoil in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya. 

A Phoenix man who is suspected of decapitating his wife and mutilating himself last week has been charged with first-degree murder, police said. 

Authorities called the scene of the murder "absolutely horrific." Kenneth Wakefield, 43, is suspected of killing his wife, Trina Heisch, 49, and leaving her body with two dead dogs inside the bedroom closet of their apartment. 

Officers found the couple's room covered in blood Saturday morning. Wakefield appeared to have stabbed himself multiple times in the chest and was missing part of his left arm along with one of his eyes. 

Police arrested a man in Bonsall for assault with a deadly weapon and making terrorist threats after he tried to stab his roommate Sunday morning.

Joseph Russell Colihan, 55, attacked his roommate with a knife at 10:18 am on the 29000 block of Margale Lane, north of San Diego.

Colihan briefly fled after his roommate disarmed him, only to return minutes later, breaking a window to try to get back inside.

Sheriff’s Deputies from the Bonsall Substation arrested Colihan on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of terrorist threats.

Colihan’s roommate suffered a shallow cut on his neck and refused medical treatment.

After being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, deputies booked him into the Vista Detention facility.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Sheriff's Department non-emergency line at (858) 565-5200. 

Cecil wasn't the first lion illegally hunted by an American doctor this year, authorities in Zimbabwe said on Sunday. 

A Pennsylvania cancer doctor and bow hunter Jan Seski is accused of killing another lion in April, wildlife officials allege. 

Officials say Seski's local-based guide "hunted without a quota and a permit."

The guide was arrested and officials say he's cooperating. Seski did not answer calls from NBC News.

Seski has not been accused of committing a crime and it is unclear whether Zimbabwe authorities will seek to extradite him.

An Oklahoma widow and her daughter released balloons and a written message on Father's Day this year—the first without dad— and may have gotten a "message" back.

The pair released the balloons at the father's grave and were shocked to find the balloon's note had showed up at their house—25 miles from the cemetery, NBC News reported.

Sandy Seibold and her daughter Saige Seibold are still mourning the loss of Johnny Seibold after he died from pancreatic cancer earlier this year. 

Saige was upset when the balloons were caught in a power line but eventually they were taken by a gust of wind. Upon returning home, Saige went downhill from their house to the pasture where she and her father worked together and spotted her message with the balloons.

San Diego Police are having a summer block party.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is hosting Night Out Against Crime at several locations across the county Tuesday, August 4.

The block parties will include free food and drinks, giveaways, and activities for kids.

Night Out Against Crime is a free community event designed to help people meet the deputies who patrol their neighborhood.

Sheriff’s Crime Prevention Specialists will be at each party giving safety tips. Each party starts between 2 and 5 pm and goes until around 7 pm.

More information and locations of block parties are on the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department website.

Multiple people were injured, including a police officer, after a speeding car driven by an alleged drunk driver crashed into at least one other car in Jersey City, setting off a chain reaction, police said.

The first car hit the second shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday at Ocean and Myrtle avenues, according to police. The impact of the crash sent the second car flying onto a sidewalk, where it hit a Jersey City police officer.

"I saw all these cars crashing," Heidi Morales, who witnessed the crash, said. "There was a lot of people screaming, crying." 

In a video obtained exclusively by NBC 4 New York, neighbors can be seen rushing to the officer's side. Other people in cars nearby were also injured, according to witnesses.

Several people were taken to area hospitals for treatment, including the officer, who police said is expected to be OK. She was listed in stable condition Monday. 

The driver of the first car, 30-year-old Keith Jeffers, of Wegman Parkway, was arrested at the scene and taken to an ambulance in handcuffs. He was charged with four counts of assault by auto, knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident with serious bodily injury and driving while intoxicated.

After a temporary evacuation earlier in the day, Lollapalooza announced that their remaining performances Sunday night would be moved to earlier start times as severe weather threatened Chicago again.

The festival ended early without a second evacuation, and all festival-goers made it out of Grant Park safely.

Earlier in the day, Lollapalooza announced an evacuation due to severe weather in the Chicago. Gates reopened at 3:30 p.m. after the storm passed through, and music resumed at 4 p.m.

Despite the brief evacuation period, none of the performances were cancelled, according to Lollapalooza organizers, who said all sets would be rescheduled.

Lollapalooza organizers urged festival-goers to head to the nearest exit for a "brief" evacuation. They were directed by festival staff and the Chicago Police Department to "pre-established underground evacuation and shelter sites along Michigan Avenue," according to a statement from concert promoter C3.

There are three emergency evacuation shelters: Grant Park North, Grant Park South and Millennium Lakeside Garages. All shelters can be accessed through vehicle entrances on Michigan Avenue.

The concert promoter reported that all festival-goers, staff and artists "calmly and safely exited from Grant Park."

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Cook and DuPage counties until 3 p.m., threatening 60-mph wind gusts and hail the size of golf balls.

When David Wiesley created T.O.S.S. three years ago he was just 13 years old.

Now three years later the program provides school supplies for around 3,000 San Diego students.

T.O.S.S. stands for Tools Organize Successful Students, and David, now 15, might just be the poster child for that success.

“I walked into my brother’s elementary school classroom and I remember seeing that the trash bin was full of school supplies and they all seemed to be in really good condition,” David said of his inspiration for T.O.S.S.

David’s parents were immediately on board.

“Something sparked and he got very excited by the opportunity and it started rolling,” David Wiesley Sr., David’s father told NBC7.

T.O.S.S. is now in six schools in San Diego County, and David is running out of room to store supplies.

“Every time we have been going back and forth to Home Depot to pick up more and more. And now he has like 15 or 20 bins,” said Millie Wiesley, David’s mother.

“I would never dream that I would get this many supplies. But all it takes is you,” David said.

David Wiesley is a true testament to that.
 

Israel's security cabinet approved a new measure Sunday that will allow law enforcement officials to detain citizens suspected of carrying out violence against Palestinians, without a trial. 

These types of detentions are already commonly applied to Palestinian militant suspects and heavily condemned internationally.

The Athens stock exchange plunged nearly 23 percent after it reopened Monday for the first time in five weeks.

Traders were expecting volatility on the first day back since June, when capital controls on Greek banks forced the market to close amid questions about the country's financial fate. Greek banks opened on July 20 after Greece and its lenders came to an 11th hour bailout agreement that prevented it from leaving the euro zone.

Though some bailout details are still being worked out, the country is deemed stable enough for the stock market to reopen with some restrictions. 

After a dramatic weekend of gun violence in New York City that left three people dead and 16 others wounded, community leaders are calling on Mayor de Blasio to step up and crack down on shootings plaguing the city's streets. The mayor responded Sunday night, saying the NYPD would beef up patrols in high crime neighborhoods.

Nearly 20 people were shot in seven shootings since Friday. Two people were killed and 11 wounded on Sunday. On Saturday, one person was killed and five others were wounded in gun violence.

A 24-year-old man was killed in a shooting in Canarsie late Friday. Early Sunday, a 20-year-old man was shot to death in a playground in the Soundview section of the Bronx. A short time later on Sunday, a 46-year-old man was killed in Fort Greene. And then in East New York, nine people were shot at a family house party.

Late Sunday afternoon, community leaders demanded de Blasio do more to end the violence. At a Brooklyn Borough Hall rally, Tony Herbert, a community advocate, said that de Blasio has ignored his coalition of parents and clergy, who want to put thousands of volunteers in neighborhoods where violence is prevalent to mentor at-risk young people.

"Where's our mayor?" Herbert, a community advocate, said at Brooklyn Borough Hall. "Why are you not out here denouncing what's going on in our community. We've been fighting for an opportunity to sit down with you to give you a plan, so that you can actually act with us on this."

Community leaders say they would specifically like the city to use emergency funds to finance the many organizations out in the neighborhoods trying to end the violence.

"NYC is in crisis due to gun violence," Herbert said.

Tommy Holliday, who says he works with Herbert, said Sunday that the NYPD shouldn't have gotten rid of the stop-and-frisk police tactic.

"Police should have kept stop-and-frisk, because it's crazy out here," Holliday said. "They should bring it back because it's getting worse and worse." 

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said Sunday evening that he's launching a week-long gun violence awareness campaign. An open casket and provocative imagery will be placed outside Borough Hall as part of the campaign, a press release said.

Councilman Jumaane D. Williams, a Democrat represents the 45th Council District in Brooklyn, was with anti-gun violence advocates at a vigil in Canarsie Sunday evening for Donnell Smith, who was killed in a shooting there Friday. Smith's family was expected to be at the vigil.

In a statement Sunday, de Blasio's press secretary, Karen Hinton, said that the mayor and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton are adding officers to high crime areas as part of the summer's "All Out" effort, including the precincts where this weekend's shootings occurred.

"The mayor takes very seriously each incident and has directed NYPD to beef up its presence in these areas," Hinton said. "Overall crime is going down, but Mayor de Blasio will continue to be diligent about preventing crime and locking up criminals."

On a radio show Sunday, Bratton said that overall crime is down in the city.

"The state of the city is actually very good," Bratton said. "Crime numbers are looking good overall. We've had an overall decrease of five to six percent in crime." 

But according to NYPD crime statistics, before Sunday's party shooting there was a 120 percent increase in shooting victims in the 75th precinct, which covers East New York, compared to last year.

The nine people who were shot in East New York are expected to survive their injuries.

Gunfire erupted just after 2 a.m. Sunday in East New York at an all-day party at a house near the intersection of Stanley Avenue and Crescent Street.

At least 13 people were taken to area hospitals, according to a spokesperson at the Fired Department of New York. Those who weren't shot were being treated for cuts and bruises.

"They like to throw parties, there's nothing wrong with that," one neighbor said. "Except sometimes they allow other people off the street to come in, and the problem with that is you don't know what they're bringing with them."

There was no information about a motive for the shootings and the shooter or shooters were still on the loose. Police found a BMW sedan with the rear door open and what appeared to be bloody hand prints on the car's grill.

Around the same time, police responded to a report of a shooting in Fort Greene and found the body of a 46-year-old man in a courtyard across from the Walt Whitman Houses on North Oxford Walk.

The victim, whose identity wasn't disclosed by police, had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.