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United Airlines plane diverted and ‘unruly passenger’ detained after in-flight incident
A United flight bound for Minneapolis diverted to Dane County Regional Airport Friday night after reports of an unruly passenger, officials said
Hawaii community feared triple-murder suspect would ‘show up at their house with a machete’
The video shows a shirtless, shoeless man meandering down a dirt driveway with a dog at his side.
Drag queen Pattie Gonia asks apparel company Patagonia to drop trademark infringement lawsuit
Drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia asked the outdoor apparel company Patagonia to drop its trademark infringement lawsuit, saying it could lead to the erasure of the activist’s name and advocacy.
Texas roller coaster malfunction leaves 8 riders stranded 100 feet in the air for hours
Eight riders were stranded nearly 100 feet in the air on Thursday evening after a roller coaster in Texas stopped during its vertical climb.
Nightmare at Penn Station as train fire halts NJ Transit and Amtrak service for hours
New Jersey and New York City commuters are facing extensive delays in and out of New York Penn Station Friday, with intensifying ripple effects, after an Amtrak work train car on one of the hub’s tracks caught fire
Teen ‘takeovers’ push cities to take action as experts see echoes of the Covid pandemic
Teenagers behaving badly in groups is hardly a new thing, experts said. But social media has made it easier to rapidly mobilize this generation of teenagers, who may be craving social interaction and looking for an outlet after having spent their formative years isolated during the Covid pandemic.
San Diego mosque gunman dressed as serial killer and idolized mass shooters, police say
Court records show police were so alarmed by the behavior of one of the gunmen who killed three people at the Islamic Center of San Diego that more than a year before the shooting, they obtained a gun violence restraining order against the teen, as his classmates and school administrators raised concerns he was idolizing mass shooters and threatening violence
Baby gorilla delivered via rare C-section at Seattle zoo
A baby gorilla born over the weekend at the Seattle zoo was delivered via a rare cesarean section, officials said
Coast Guard plans new search in Bahamas for missing Michigan woman
The U.S. Coast Guard will reopen the search for Lynette Hooker, the Michigan woman who has been missing since April after she fell overboard in the Bahamas, according to a U.S. official familiar with the investigation
Man charged in murder of Arizona dancer is found guilty of robbing her 3 years before she was killed
A jury convicted an Arizona man Wednesday in the gunpoint robbery of an exotic dancer who was killed three years later in a murder plot that officials say he carried out with two other people.