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• WATCH: Passenger exhibits rage on flight from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas
  Valerie Gonzalez, 32, allegedly spit on another passenger and hit an airline employee after she refused to sit next to a 3-year-old; she is now facing battery charges.
• WATCH: New allegation surfaces that Jussie Smollett staged his own attack: Source
  The two brothers who were questioned about allegedly attacking Jussie Smollett claim the actor paid them to stage the incident, a source told ABC News; the actor vehemently denies the allegations.
• WATCH: New storm sweeps across the country from North Dakota to New England
  The storm caused a 49-car pileup in Denver on an icy highway and another 30-car pileup on a busy road near Denver International Airport after a sudden burst of snow hit.
• WATCH: New details about the factory massacre in Aurora, Illinois
  Background checks missed his prior felony conviction which should have precluded him from being able to purchase a gun, according to the employer's parent company.
• WATCH: Nurse allegedly poisons husband so she could marry an inmate
  Amy Murray is accused of killing her husband with antifreeze and then setting their house on fire so she could be with an inmate at the correctional facility where she worked, police said.
• WATCH: 9,000 gallon gas tanker bursts into flames on highway
  Authorities are investigating what may have caused the accident just south of Hartford, Connecticut.
• WATCH: Parents accidentally lock their 1-year-old in their family SUV
  Deputies enlisted the help of five inmates who were working nearby to break into the car and rescue the young child.
• WATCH: Two Clydesdales fall through ice on a frozen lake
  Firefighters rescued the draft horses and got them back onto land.
• Timeline of the alleged Jussie Smollett attack investigation
  The case has been rife with one twist and turn after another.
• WATCH: Brothers tell police 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett paid them to stage attack
  No one has been charged in connection with the case.
• WATCH: Brothers tell police 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett paid them to stage attack
  No one has been charged in connection with the case.
• Brothers tell police 'Empire' actor paid them to orchestrate and stage attack: Source
  Detectives are trying to corroborate and confirm the account of brothers.
• WATCH: Tiger found caged in abandoned home gets second chance at wildlife sanctuary
  He now spends his days rolling around on the grass.
• WATCH: Tiger found caged in abandoned home gets second chance at wildlife sanctuary
  He now spends his days rolling around on the grass.
• WATCH: Fire spews from New York City manhole
  Flames spew from a manhole in New York City after people in the area reported several explosions.