Passengers are evacuated from a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Plane on the airport in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. A hijacked aircraft traveling from Addis Abeda, Ethiopia, to Rome, Italy, landed at Geneva’s international airport early Monday morning. Swiss authorities have arrested the hijacker.Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
- ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CO-PILOT HIJACKS PLANE BOUND FOR ROME
Boeing 767 with 202 passengers and crew is diverted to Geneva by a man seeking asylum in Switzerland.
- PENN STATE EXPECTED TO NAME NEW PRESIDENT
Board of trustees hasn’t identified candidate who would end 15-month search for next head of Pennsylvania’s largest university.
- KERRY ACCUSES ASSAD OF STONEWALLING ON PEACE TALKS
Another round ended last week without progress. Secretary of State wants Russia to push Syria to negotiate with opposition leaders.
- WHAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EPIDEMIC OF HEROIN DEATHS THIS YEAR
Authorities say more than 80 people have overdosed on a drug spiked with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opiate typically given to people in chronic pain.