President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.
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A minivan driver fled from police across four counties, speeding across freeways and evading the California Highway Patrol until the suspect made it across the border into Mexico, officials said, where they seemingly escaped.
Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration rolls out deeper cuts, officials said.
The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with Republicans.
John Emanuel Banuelos, 40, was arrested in Illinois last month on a warrant from Salt Lake County, Utah.
The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday.
U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,700 flights on Sunday as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic would “slow to a trickle” if the government shutdown lingered.
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million.
Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto also voted in support of the deal on the table.
Paul Tagliabue, who helped bring labor peace to the NFL during his 17 years as commissioner but was criticized for not taking stronger action on concussions, died Sunday from heart failure.
Air traffic in the could “slow to a trickle” if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday.
A 65-year-old man slipped and fell to his death in the Guano Point area of the Hualapai Reservation near Grand Canyon West in Arizona on Thursday, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
