A woman on an American Airlines plane about to take off from Miami threw a laptop at her husband, hitting a flight attendant and a passenger.
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A Massachusetts police department asked would-be criminals to ‘hold off’ during heat wave. They listened
The Braintree Police Department in Massachusetts asked criminals to “hold off” for the weekend and, on Monday, the department reported zero arrests.
‘Storm our shelter’: Oklahoma animal shelter uses Area 51 craze to its advantage
The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter is encouraging people who are planning to storm Area 51 to adopt a pet first.
‘Freak accident’ at the beach kills North Carolina husband, father
Lee Dingle died after he was struck by a wave while playing with his children at the beach.
Racism. Xenophobia. Bigot. Those were just a few of Merriam-Webster’s top searches on Wednesday night
Racism, socialism, fascism, concentration camp, xenophobia andbigot were the top searches on Merriam-Webster.com on Wednesday night.
At least 1 dead, 15 injured — including 3 firefighters — in California house explosion
A California gas company reports one of its employees died in an explosion Monday afternoon in Murietta, California.
Power is restored in New York City after massive blackout, but many questions remain
Power in New York City has been restored following an outage that left a large portion of Manhattan without electricity.
Barry’s slow march through Louisiana and into Arkansas leads to fears of flooding, tornadoes
Now a tropical depression, Barry movedagonizingly slowly across Louisianaand into Arkansas.
‘It’s not funny to me’: Georgia woman says she was fired by Dairy Queen after viral marijuana cake mix-up
A Georgia woman claims Dairy Queen fired her after she made a marijuana-themed cake after a manager misheard a mother who requested a ‘Moana’ cake.
A Missouri suspect was hiding from police. A loud fart gave him away
Law enforcement officers in Missouri managed to find a suspect they were looking for after he farted and gave away his position.