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CNN By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — While the government shutdown may soon be in the rearview mirror, it could leave air travel in a chokehold for months, and possibly years, to come. Until a deal is officially inked, airlines must continue to follow the Federal Aviation Administration’s emergency order to incrementally reduce flight

By Pamela Brown, Shoshana Dubnow, Holly Yan, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The families of 13 girls and two counselors who died in the catastrophic flooding that swept through Camp Mystic this summer are suing the Texas camp and its owners, accusing them of gross negligence, according to four lawsuits filed this week. The flurry

By Zoe Sottile, Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Department of Homeland Security agents were shot at during an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago Saturday, the agency said — as federal agents were also accused of using pepper spray and flash-bang grenades against protesters across the Chicago area. The incidents come as Chicago has emerged as

By Danya Gainor, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Tens of millions of Americans who rely on the nation’s largest federal food assistance program have been caught in a weekslong swirl of Trump administration pronouncements, court orders and anxiety since the US government shutdown has called their ability to buy groceries into question. Some recipients of

CNN, KCAL, KCBS, KCAL/KCBS By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Xavier Vega and his partner, Soluna Vega, cheered in relief as the “Welcome to Connecticut” sign came into view. It marked the end of an unplanned 17-hour highway odyssey home after their flight became one of more than 1,000 cancellations on Saturday alone tied to

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Xavier Vega and his partner, Soluna Vega, cheered in relief as the “Welcome to Connecticut” sign came into view. It marked the end of an unplanned 17-hour highway odyssey home after their flight became one of more than 1,000 cancellations on Saturday alone tied to the ongoing government shutdown.

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo plane crash. A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft plummeted from the sky in Kentucky into a community on the edge

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a month since Ashlee Buzzard packed her 9-year-old daughter Melodee into a rental car and left their home state of California — only to return three days later with no child and plenty of unanswered questions in tow, authorities say. As investigators search for Melodee, they say

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The happy hour regulars were already gathering at Stooges Bar & Grill less than two hours before tip-off at Tuesday night’s University of Kentucky men’s basketball season opener. About 30 or so customers occupied the wooden stools of the old-school, salty hangout in an industrial strip a few miles

By Emma Tucker, Pete Muntean, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Disgruntled travelers across the US will face more disruptions to their plans this weekend, as airlines cancel hundreds of additional flights and delays continue to mount due to air traffic controller staffing shortages amid a government shutdown with no end in sight. More than 1,700

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The mother of a 9-year-old California girl who vanished during their road trip last month was arrested Friday on a felony charge of false imprisonment –—but it’s not directly related to the search for her daughter, officials said. Investigators were looking into the disappearance of Ashlee Buzzard’s

By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died Thursday after a brief illness, according to a statement from his former employer. He was 97. His death was confirmed by a spokesperson with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A civil jury’s decision this week to award $10 million to a former teacher shot and wounded by a 6-year-old student could weigh against the ex-assistant principal who now faces a criminal trial over the 2023 incident, legal experts said. Teacher Abby Zwerner sued then-administrator Ebony Parker for