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Southwest closing operations at four airports
Southwest is closing operations at four airports because of delivery delays for Boeing airliners. The cutback comes as the airline reported a first-quarter loss of $231 million, and said it will also limit hiring and offer voluntary leave to ...The Hill - Politics -
Deadly Dubai floods made worse by climate change
But it rains so rarely in the region that scientists do not have enough data to be fully sure.BBC News - Top stories - Climate -
Southwest Airlines to stop operations at 4 airports in cost-cutting measure
Southwest Airlines is stopping operations at four airports and slashing flights at others as part of cost-cutting measures that the company's CEO says could also include cabin reconfigurations and the end of single-class seating. Zach Wichter, a ...CBS News - Top stories - Travel -
Deadly storms, tornadoes and flash floods hammer Plains states and Texas
Extreme weather that battered parts of the Midwest and caused death and destruction over the weekend turned to Texas overnight and will move into the lower Mississippi Valley on Monday, bringing the risk of storms and flash flooding.NBC News - Top stories -
WWA Study Points to Role of Hot Oceans in Recent Dubai Floods
An international team of researchers found that heavy rains were intensifying in the region, though they couldn’t say for sure how much climate change was responsible.The New York Times - Science -
Old video of fish flopping in Georgia supermarket falsely linked to Dubai floods
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Dubai plans to move busy international airport to a $35B new facility within 10 years
Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, will move its operations to the city-state’s second, sprawling airfield in its southern desert reaches “within the next 10 years” in a project worth nearly $35 billionABC News - World -
Dubai property boss says floods were overexaggerated: 'Things like that happen in Miami regularly'
Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of Damac Properties, one of the United Arab Emirate's largest private real estate developers, sought to downplay the severity of flooding.CNBC - Business -
Fire still burning after freight train derailment
Authorities say a freight train derailment and fire have forced the closure of a key east-west interstate trucking route near the Arizona-New Mexico state line.CBS News - Top stories -
A historic 10 days for Joe Biden
This is the week it all came together, and President Biden showed why his experience and wisdom as a global leader keeps America strong.The Hill - Politics - Joe Biden
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Small Italian village keeps memories alive of U.S. soldiers killed in WWII
Every year, the Italian village of Montebuono gathers to remember eight U.S. soldiers killed in their town by the Nazis during World War II. An American family visited the small town to see how their loved one is being honored.CBS News - World -
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Over 130 hostages remain in Gaza as Biden pushes Israel to end war through diplomacy
President Biden is pushing Israel’s prime minister to end the war through diplomacy instead of a military assault. There are more than 130 hostages remaining, including five U.S. citizens. The U.S. publicly blames Hamas for recent failed ...CBS News - World - Joe Biden -
Israeli leader under public pressure for cease-fire deal amid ongoing threat to Rafah
There is mounting public pressure to make a cease-fire deal amid the release of another Hamas propaganda video that shows two hostages still alive. This comes as a full-scale invasion looms over Rafah and the more than 1.4 million Palestinians ...CBS News - World - Israel