FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop, but U.S. Flight Cancellations Mount
U.S. flight cancellations continued Saturday after the FAA lifted its ground stop. Duffy says the outage followed updates to an older L3Harris-managed system.
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Centara Sets Loy Krathong Celebrations From Thailand to Japan and the Maldives
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Thompson Seville Opens in La Gavidia With a Rooftop Pool
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