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6 weeks, 3 missed paychecks and hourslong lines: Here’s what the shutdown has looked like for agents and passengers

By Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — A partial government shutdown restricting funding to the Department of Homeland Security has caused a ripple effect for airports across the country, worsening airport lines amid an incredibly busy spring break travel season. The shutdown began February 14 and fueled chaos at airports. Transportation Security Administration employees, including airport

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A fire blazes after an industrial building and a fuel tanker at Israel's Oil Refineries were hit by debris from an intercepted Iranian missile

Airports, plants and ports: The civilian targets increasingly under threat in the Middle East

By Tim Lister, Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — One month into an expanding conflict in the Middle East, an increasing amount of civilian infrastructure is being struck – frequently by design. Factories producing steel, aluminum and chemicals; refineries; reservoirs; desalination plants; civilian airports and universities have all been hit. A few such targets might be

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