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Bills to pay FAA and TSA workers during shutdowns get introduced but keep stalling in Congress

The Aviation Funding Solvency Act. The Keep America Flying Act. The Keep Air Travel Safe Act. The Aviation Funding Stability Act.

Again and again, members of Congress have dusted off the same idea: ensuring the federal employees who control air traffic and screen passengers and bags at U.S. airports get paid during government shutdowns.

Bills to make it happen keep getting introduced in one form or another, sometimes with Democrats and Republicans as co-sponsors. Yet session after session, the result has been the same — agencies receive their annual appropriations,... Read More

Aryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff in the Miami Open final to complete the 'Sunshine Double'

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka beat Coco Gauff in the Miami Open women’s singles final 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 on Saturday.

The world No. 1 overpowered fourth-ranked Gauff in the first and third sets with sizzling groundstroke winners and became the first player to accomplish the “Sunshine Double” — winning Indian Wells followed by Miami in the same season — since Iga Swiatek in 2022.

It was Sabalenka's second straight title at the Miami Open, Gauff's hometown tournament, and put her ahead of Gauff in their head-to-head record, 7-6.

“You’ve... Read More

Belgium blows out United States 5-2 in World Cup warmup that exposes American defenders

ATLANTA (AP) — Belgium blew out the United States 5-2 on Saturday in a World Cup warmup that exposed the Americans’ defensive difficulties, rallying from a late first-half deficit on two goals by Dodi Lukébakio and one each from Zeno Debast, Amadou Onana and Charles De Ketelaere.

Weston McKennie put the U.S. ahead in the 39th minute with his 12th international goal, his first in three years, but Debast and Onana began Belgium's rally with their first international goals on a frustrating afternoon for Matt Turner, the former No. 1 American goalkeeper who made his first... Read More

The Latest: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claim responsibility for missile attacks on Israel

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for two missile attacks on Israel as the war in the Middle East marks its one-month anniversary.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Houthis, issued statements on Saturday on the rebel group’s Al-Masirah satellite television network. He said the Houthis launched two missile attacks within hours of each other.

Israel said it intercepted the first missile. It did not immediately comment on whether it intercepted any projectiles from Yemen in the second attack.

The attacks came after... Read More

Actor James Tolkan of 'Top Gun' and 'Back to the Future' fame dies at 94

James Tolkan, known for his roles as authoritarian figures in the “Back to the Future” and “Top Gun” films, has died. He was 94.

Tolkan died Thursday in Lake Placid, New York, where he lived, his booking agent, John Alcantar, said Saturday. A brief obituary published on the “Back to the Future” website said Tolkan died “peacefully,” but no cause of death was given.

In “Back to the Future,” Tolkan portrayed the bow tie-wearing vice principal Gerald Strickland, who eyeballed students for trouble in the halls of the fictitious Hill Valley High School... Read More

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Bills to pay FAA and TSA workers during shutdowns get introduced but keep stalling in Congress

Aryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff in the Miami Open final to complete the 'Sunshine Double'

Belgium blows out United States 5-2 in World Cup warmup that exposes American defenders

The Latest: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claim responsibility for missile attacks on Israel

Actor James Tolkan of 'Top Gun' and 'Back to the Future' fame dies at 94

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