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If you fly coach, you know the carry-on madness can turn civilized travelers into crazed overhead bin squatters in the quest to avoid checked bag fees, so one carrier is trying a different approach.American Airlines is testing a new boarding procedure that awards passengers who don’t bring any carry-ons by allowing them to board right after its most elite fliers and ahead of others in economy clas...
Investigators are looking into whether a paroled white supremacist may have killed a pizza delivery man and gunned down the top prisons official in Colorado before he led Texas authorities on a wild chase and shootout.One theory in the case is that the parolee killed the delivery man for his uniform, and used the disguise to get the prisons official to open the door.Investigators also believe the ...
Rose Ann Rhodes, a steelworker, Marine Corps veteran and mother of five, talks about her career at Elliott Group in Jeannette, Pa., and what it means to be a woman of steel.
Investigators are looking into whether a paroled white supremacist may have killed a pizza delivery man and gunned down the top prisons official in Colorado before he led Texas authorities on a wild chase and shootout.One theory in the case is that the parolee killed the delivery man for his uniform, and used the disguise to get the prisons official to open the door.Investigators also believe the ...
Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, whose 1958 novel “Things Fall Apart” addressed colonialism on African society, has died.His publisher, Penguin, confirmed his death, at age 82, according to Reuters, on Friday.Achebe’s breakthrough novel focused on the clash between Western and traditional values. It told the story of colonialism for the first time from an African perspective, and has sold...
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If you fly coach, you know the carry-on madness can turn civilized travelers into crazed overhead bin squatters in the quest to avoid checked bag fees, so one carrier is trying a different approach.American Airlines is testing a new boarding procedure that awards passengers who don’t bring any carry-ons by allowing them to board right after its most elite fliers and ahead of others in economy clas...
Dramatic video of a gunman firing repeatedly into a Philadelphia shop and the ensuing struggle that left three people injured was released by police on Thursday as they stepped up the hunt for the attacker.Footage posted on YouTube by the Philadelphia Police Department shows one victim trying to keep the culprit out by holding the door closed while others fall to the floor and try to shield themse...
A man caught impersonating a pilot was arrested after he boarded a plane scheduled to fly from Philadelphia International Airport to West Palm Beach, Fla, authorities said.Philippe Jernnard, 61, of France, boarded the U.S. Airways flight Wednesday night, according to the FBI.NBC10's Rosemary Connors talked with airport police Capt. Michael Murphy who says that Jernnard was wearing an Air France sh...
A Marine opened fire on two of his comrades late Thursday at a base in Quantico, Va., before turning the gun on himself, a military spokesman said.The shooting occurred in the barracks area of the Officer Candidates School at Marine Corps Base Quantico in suburban Washington, D.C., Sgt. Christopher Zahn said early Friday. The assailant was believed to be a staff member at the school, he added.The ...
