In Other News: Twins want same mate; e-cigarette starts fire on airplane

Published 4:48 pm Sunday, January 6, 2019

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Woman denied Outback Steakhouse attacks parents, threatens to ‘kill’ them

ne Florida woman apparently really wanted a Bloomin’ Onion. Deanne Seltzer was arrested last week after she allegedly attacked her parents and chased her father with a 12-inch knife for refusing to take her to Outback Steakhouse. According to reports, the 28-year-old Palm Beach resident asked her parents to take her to dinner at the popular restaurant chain on Wednesday. When they refused, Seltzer flew into a rage and flipped over the glass dining room table before punching her mother with closed fists on her chest and arms, CBS12 reported. Seltzer’s father intervened and sustained scratches to his face and upper body, Yahoo Lifestyle reported. Seltzer then allegedly picked up a foot-long decorative knife and began to chase her father around the house, threatening, “I’m going to kill you,” the outlet reported. Her father was eventually able to wrestle the knife away without sustaining further injury. — Fox News

Twin sisters claim they both intend to get pregnant by same ‘very happy’ boyfriend

Two sisters self-described as “the world’s most identical twins” aim to get pregnant by their shared boyfriend and, if the law would allow it, marry him. Anna and Lucy DeCinque, who made their announcement on an Australian morning show last month, confirmed to Fox News this week that their communal boyfriend is “very happy” with the plan. The DeCinque twins, 33, appeared on the show Dec. 3 to discuss their decision to eschew plastic surgery despite embracing such procedures in the past, but they soon doubled down on claims that they were planning to marry — and get pregnant by — boyfriend Ben Byrne. — Fox News

E-cigarette ignites fire on flight from Las Vegas to Chicago

An electronic-cigarette caused a small fire on an American Airlines flight from Las Vegas after the plane landed in Chicago on Friday night, the airline said. Flight 168 left McCarran International Airport for Chicago on Friday afternoon and shortly after it landed a passenger’s electronic cigarette overheated and caused a small fire, American Airlines spokeswoman Leslie Scott said in an emailed statement. The electronic cigarette was in the passenger’s bag when it overheated, Scott said. Flight attendants quickly extinguished the fire before the plane taxied to the gate. — Law Vegas Review-Journal

CDC: Pediatric flu deaths now at 13, flu widespread in 24 states

Two more influenza-associated pediatric deaths have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bringing to 13 the number of such deaths for the current flu season. New York City and 19 states, including Massachusetts, are experiencing high influenza-like illness activity in terms of visits to outpatient providers for symptoms such as a fever of 100 degrees, cough and sore throat, and the flu is considered widespread geographically in the commonwealth as well as in 23 other states. — Massachusetts Live