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Airlines step up to support federal workers as nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers go unpaid
Major airlines are providing meals and support to unpaid air traffic controllers and TSA officers during the federal government shutdown.
A surge in callouts among air traffic controllers "is straining staffing levels" at multiple airports across the U.S. -- including in the New York City area where 80% of controllers are absent, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday evening.
Insufficient numbers of air traffic controllers, a byproduct of the government shutdown, were affecting travel hubs across the country.
The U.S. Air Forces Northern conducted a dynamic operational exercise with Denmark from October 7 to 11 at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, which aimed to demonstrate what it called U.S. rapid deployment capabilities and a commitment to Arctic security.
While early reviews showed positive results, a weeklong CNET iPhone Air battery test has reviewed the phone more thoroughly and suggests it can last a full day.
Apple CEO Tim Cook was only asked about iPhone Air's early performance once, and he didn't say a single meaningful word about it. We're not surprised.
The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, which killed 241 people on board, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive, but is also suffering physically and mentally. Viswashkumar Ramesh walked away from the wreckage of the London-bound flight in Ahmedabad in extraordinary scenes that amazed the world.
One part of President Trump's 60 Minutes interview on Sunday that did not air live: the president gloating that CBS paid him millions of dollars to settle