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Flight attendant dies aboard Hawaiian Airlines flight

A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu to New York City was diverted to San Francisco after a male flight attendant died of an apparent heart attack, officials said Friday.

Deep freeze sending temperatures plunging to 45-below

An arctic wave has wrapped parts of the Midwest in numbing cold, sending temperatures plunging and prompting officials to close dozens of schools on Friday, but forecasters say the worst may be yet to come.

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FAA says increase in ‘sick leave’ causing flight delays

The Federal Aviation Administration reported delays in air travel Friday because of a “slight increase in sick leave” at two East Coast air traffic control facilities.

 
US diplomats begin to flee Venezuela amid political crisis

Some U.S. diplomats in Venezuela headed for the Caracas airport early Friday amid a political power struggle between President Nicolas Maduro and an opposition leader who has declared himself interim president

 
Missing 3-year-old boy found alive in woods after 2 days

ERNUL, N.C. — The mother of a 3-year-old boy who was missing for two days before he was found alive in North Carolina says he’s doing well and “already asked to watch Netflix.”

Inmates handcuffed to table, attacked by other inmate in video

A newly released video shows the brutality of an Ohio inmate’s knife attack on four other prisoners who were handcuffed to a table and unable to defend themselves.