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Travelers wait in long lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday.

TSA workers face reality of working without pay as passengers unaware of the shutdown see long lines

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — More than a third of the security screeners at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport didn’t show up to work Tuesday, the airport’s general manager said, causing passengers to have to wait in line for up to two hours. Long lines have stretched through different airports this week as

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Cesar Chavez

Iconic labor leader Cesar Chavez accused of decades of sexual abuse as annual celebrations are canceled nationwide

By Andy Rose, Emma Tucker, Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — Latino leaders and elected officials say they are shocked by “deeply troubling” sexual misconduct allegations against Cesar Chavez, one of the Latino community’s most prominent civil rights icons, as planned annual celebrations of the late labor leader are canceled and his legacy as a labor

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5 things to know for March 17: Travel disruptions in Middle East, Iran war, Gas prices, Cuba blackouts, Meatpacking workers

By Alexandra Banner, CNN ☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day, readers. Many parts of the world will look a bit greener today as people don the color to celebrate the holiday — including the Chicago River, famously dyed a vivid emerald each year. Beyond its religious roots, the holiday has evolved into a global celebration of

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Maya Angelou Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Grammy-winning author and poet Maya Angelou. Personal Birth date: April 4, 1928 Death date: May 28, 2014 Birth place: St. Louis, Missouri Birth name: Marguerite Annie Johnson Father: Bailey Johnson, doorman Mother: Vivian (Baxter) Johnson, nurse Marriages: Paul du Feu (1973-1980, divorced);

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Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland is shown.

Retired Air Force major general missing for weeks once led Wright-Patterson, an Ohio base steeped in decades of UFO theories

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Streetlights shaped like alien heads line the roads of Roswell, New Mexico, where murals of flying saucers streak across storefronts and tourists pose beside statues of little green men. Nearly eight decades after a mysterious crash in the desert sparked global fascination with extraterrestrials, the small city remains synonymous

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