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Month: October 2021

Dems see progress in adding drug cost curbs to budget bill

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two congressional aides say Democrats have made significant progress on adding compromise provisions curbing prescription drug prices to their massive social and environment package. Talks are continuing and no final agreement has been reached. But the movement toward lowering pharmaceutical costs raises hopes that

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Tracking a wet start to a cool week

Halloween Night: It’s shaping up to be a great night for trick-or-treating! By 8 pm temperatures will cool to the mid-’40s with mostly clear skies. Later into the night, temperatures will continue to fall to 39 degrees with cloud covering moving in from the northeast. Tomorrow: Scattered showers move into the area early Monday morning.

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Sec. Buttigieg: A federal no-fly list ‘should be on the table’ for violent passengers

By Sonnet Swire Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that a federal no-fly list for violent airplane passengers “should be on the table” after an American Airlines flight attendant was hospitalized with several broken bones in her face following an attack from a passenger last week. The Federal Aviation Administration reported more than 4,600 incidents

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that a federal no-fly list for violent airplane passengers "should be on the table."

Sec. Buttigieg: A federal no-fly list ‘should be on the table’ for violent passengers

By Sonnet Swire Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that a federal no-fly list for violent airplane passengers “should be on the table” after an American Airlines flight attendant was hospitalized with several broken bones in her face following an attack from a passenger last week. The Federal Aviation Administration reported more than 4,600 incidents

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A Southwest Airlines airplane taxies from a gate at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on October 11

Southwest launches investigation into pilot reportedly using anti-Biden phrase on flight

By Pete Muntean, CNN Southwest Airlines says it is launching an internal investigation after a report that one of its pilots used anti-Biden slang over a plane’s public address system during a flight. “Southwest does not condone Employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job,” the airline said in a Sunday statement. “Southwest

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