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  • Airplanes at airportPolitics

    Trump demands $10,000 bonuses for air traffic controllers who worked during shutdown and pay cuts for those who didn’t amid flight chaos

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others
  • Travelers wait and check for their flights at San Francisco International Airport on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (Gabrielle Lurie /San Francisco Chronicle via AP)Travel & Leisure

    Worried your flight will be canceled? Here’s what to know about refunds and how to deal with airlines

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • mapLaw

    1,000 canceled Friday flights just a fraction of travel total as America keeps moving—for now

    By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat, and others
  • arirlinesNorth America

    ‘You can’t expect people to go in to work when they’re not getting a paycheck’: Travelers sympathize despite 800 downed Friday flights

    By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat, and others
  • shutdownNorth America

    Hundreds of flights are getting canceled every day. Here’s what to know about the 10% reduction caused by the government shutdown

    By Josh Funk, Rio Yamat, and others
  • BoeingLaw

    Boeing won’t face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people

    By Rio Yamat, Jamie Stengle, and others
  • flightsNorth America

    FAA official says he’s never seen so many flight cancelations in 35 years working in aviation

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • An FAA Air Traffic Control Tower stands above Terminal 5 as the airport terminal building sits closed awaiting demolition to be rebuilt ahead of the 2028 Olympics as seen across the tarmac during the 10th annual Aviation Career Day at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    FAA says nearly half of major air traffic control facilities are now experiencing staffing shortages as shutdown drags on

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walk through Statuary Hall at the Capitol to a news conference on day 23 of the government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    More flight disruptions are hitting airports across the country due to a shortage of air traffic controllers, who aren’t getting paid

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump watch a US Navy FA-18 take off during a visit to the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier which is out at sea near Norfolk, Virginia, October 5, 2025, as they travel to see a Naval demonstration as part of the US Navy’s 250th anniversary celebration, “America’s Navy 250: Titans of the Sea – A Salute to the Fleet”. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)North America

    Boeing workers who make military aircraft and weapons reject latest offer, extending months-long strike

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Traffic drives in view of a Boeing Co. production plant, where images of jets decorate the hangar doors on April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)North America

    FAA allows Boeing to increase 737 Max production nearly two years after door plug flew off plane

    By Rio Yamat, Josh Funk, and others
  • Nadia Milleron, parent of Samya Rose Stumo, one of the victims of the Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia, holds her photograph and is surrounded by posters that say 'Profits over passanger' and other signs as she speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2024, in Washington.Law

    Families of 737 Max crash victims push to appoint a special prosecutor, saying Boeing is ‘trying to buy everyone off’

    By Rio Yamat, Lisa Leff, and others
  • FILE – A Spirit Airlines 319 Airbus taxis at Manchester Boston Regional Airport, Friday, June 2, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)Finance

    Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy again, and flight attendants union warns to ‘prepare for all possible scenarios’

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Southwest AirlinesFinance

    Southwest Airlines is going to start charging heavy flyers for an extra seat if they can’t fit within armrests

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Las Vegas stripSuccess

    For the first time ever, all major casinos on the Las Vegas strip are unionized

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press