News of the day from across the nation, May 17

Wilmette police spokesman Eric Peterson said O’Connor was located, though he wouldn’t say where she was found or release details about her condition.

A spokesman for the parishioners’ group says they plan to start an independent Catholic church not affiliated with the archdiocese.

Sarah Iler and the baby’s father, Matt Rider, were headed Wednesday from Cape Girardeau, where they lived, to a hospital in Poplar Bluff, a city about 60 miles southwest where she grew up, when his SUV was struck by a tractor trailer.

Doctors don’t yet know if she suffered brain damage due to lack of oxygen after her mother’s death, relatives said.

Thunderstorms in southern Texas have dumped up to a foot of rain in the Corpus Christi region and caused raw sewage to spill into a creek.

No injuries were reported Monday in Corpus Christi, where emergency management officials reported high-water rescues from vehicles and low-lying areas.

A flash flood warning Monday covered parts of Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio and Refugio counties.