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Shane Perry, a passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit to Atlanta, thought the pilot was joking when he promised to turn the plane around if he heard chirping, after a search of the cockpit before takeoff didn't find a bird that had flown in, but the pilot followed through and the bird was removed after a second search.

Vance Hill, the sheriff of Brown County, Texas, said the lack of ventilation for propane heaters used in a hunting cabin left three relatives on a hunting trip dead from carbon monoxide.

Delvonn Heckard, whose sexual abuse claims effectively ended the political career of former Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, will get $150,000 in a settlement with the city over claims that Murray slandered Heckard and other accusers.

Lucas Glover, 6, a Taekwondo student in Fordland, Mo., is supporting a teammate he's never met -- 16-year-old Julia Shipp of Kentucky, who suffered multiple injuries when she was hit by a drunken driver -- as he prepares for his black belt evaluation.

Atif Hussain of Vero Beach, Fla., faces theft charges, authorities say, after he bought a ticket to see Pitch Perfect 3 on his 21st birthday and stopped by the concession stand, paying for items with a debit card stolen from a co-worker.

Tracey Maher and David Maher and their three sons, ages 8, 6, and 4, had a late Christmas delivered by Cheshire, Conn., emergency vehicles after the police benevolent association replaced presents lost when the family's car was stolen.

Jack Ruhl reached an agreement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Ill., over the epitaph on his mother's gravestone, installing one that says she "supported priest sexual abuse victims" rather than victims of "rapist" priests.

John Donovan Sr., a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was convicted of falsely claiming one of his sons had arranged to have him shot, was indicted on allegations that he forged documents to swindle the family of another son who is deceased.

Stephen Burns, whose 1971 absentee ballot was tossed and led to the previous tie-breaking drawing for a Virginia House of Delegates seat, said he thought a ballot that was counted last year and resulted in a tie between Shelly Simonds and David Yancey was even less clear than his own uncounted vote.

A Section on 01/01/2018

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