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Jury paves the way for 2 Live Crew to retake control of records that changed hip-hop
Read full article: Jury paves the way for 2 Live Crew to retake control of records that changed hip-hopA decision by a Florida jury is paving the way for the surviving members of 2 Live Crew to retake control of much of their iconic discography, following a yearslong copyright dispute.
More than 3 million pass through US airport security in a day for the first time as travel surges
Read full article: More than 3 million pass through US airport security in a day for the first time as travel surgesAgents for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Sunday screened 3 million airline passengers in a single day for the first time ever.
Bag of snakes found inside passenger’s pants at Florida airport
Read full article: Bag of snakes found inside passenger’s pants at Florida airportTSA officials said that officers at the Miami International Airport detected the bag hidden inside the passenger’s pants, prompting a call to Customs and Border Patrol.
Federal officials say they're investigating a tire problem on an American Airlines flight to LA
Read full article: Federal officials say they're investigating a tire problem on an American Airlines flight to LAThe Federal Aviation Administration says it's investigating an incident in which an American Airlines plane flying from Dallas to Los Angeles suffered a tire problem.
Biden will go to Michigan to meet with United Auto Workers members
Read full article: Biden will go to Michigan to meet with United Auto Workers membersPresident Joe Biden will visit Michigan to meet with members of the United Auto Workers, according to a campaign official speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Biden calls Trump a 'loser' as he raises money on ex-president's home turf in Florida
Read full article: Biden calls Trump a 'loser' as he raises money on ex-president's home turf in FloridaPresident Joe Biden called Donald Trump a “loser" as he raised money for his reelection campaign on his predecessor's home turf in Florida.
Boeing 747 cargo plane makes emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Miami airport
Read full article: Boeing 747 cargo plane makes emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Miami airportA witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff.
US airports saw record passenger volumes, but fewer headaches, over Thanksgiving weekend
Read full article: US airports saw record passenger volumes, but fewer headaches, over Thanksgiving weekendA record number of passengers traveled through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday.
Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggs
Read full article: Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggsThe 24 bright green baby parrots chirp and bob their heads the second anyone nears the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March.
AP source: Vice President Kamala Harris postpones MTV event due to Hollywood writers' strike
Read full article: AP source: Vice President Kamala Harris postpones MTV event due to Hollywood writers' strikeAn MTV special on mental health that was expected to feature Vice President Kamala Harris next week has been postponed.
Birthday trip ends with 2 arrests at Florida airport after altercation with Frontier staff
Read full article: Birthday trip ends with 2 arrests at Florida airport after altercation with Frontier staffTwo women were arrested at Miami International Airport after they got into an altercation with an employee from Frontier Airlines, authorities say.
Flight cancellations ease slightly as July 4 weekend ends
Read full article: Flight cancellations ease slightly as July 4 weekend endsThe number of U.S. flights being canceled is slowing down, but plenty of travelers are facing long delays as they try to get home from trips over the July Fourth holiday weekend.
Video shows plane carrying 126 people catching fire upon landing at Miami airport
Read full article: Video shows plane carrying 126 people catching fire upon landing at Miami airportOfficials say a commercial jetliner carrying 126 people caught fire after landing at Miami International Airport, though no serious injuries were reported.
Administration opposes airlines in lawsuit over crew breaks
Read full article: Administration opposes airlines in lawsuit over crew breaksThe Biden administration is siding against the airline industry in a case that involves whether California-based flight crews should get the rest breaks that are required under state law.
Feds apprehend stowaway on flight from Guatemala to Miami
Read full article: Feds apprehend stowaway on flight from Guatemala to MiamiAuthorities have taken into custody a 26-year-old man who apparently stowed away in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines fight that arrived at Miami International Airport.
Wingman: Passenger jumps onto wing of airplane at Florida airport
Read full article: Wingman: Passenger jumps onto wing of airplane at Florida airportPolice say a passenger on an American Airlines flight that landed at Miami International Airport opened an emergency door and walked on the wing as the plane reached the terminal.
Experts worried by Florida’s falling COVID-19 vaccination, testing rates
Read full article: Experts worried by Florida’s falling COVID-19 vaccination, testing ratesThroughout Florida in June, COVID-19 case counts held steady, vaccination and testing rates dropped and the more contagious delta strain of the virus spread in the Sunshine State and elsewhere.
Florida won’t release COVID-19 data during Memorial Day weekend
Read full article: Florida won’t release COVID-19 data during Memorial Day weekendThe data scientists at the Florida Department of Health plan to take a few days off from providing new COVID-19 case numbers and other figures during the Memorial Day weekend.
US airlines adding jobs, extending rebound from October low
Read full article: US airlines adding jobs, extending rebound from October lowThe Transportation Department said Tuesday, March 9, 2021, that the airline industry employed 713,949 people full-time or part-time in January. Cargo airlines have added jobs while passenger airlines have shed workers, mostly through incentives for workers to quit or take early retirement. The Transportation Department said Tuesday that 713,949 people held full-time or part-time jobs at airlines in mid-January, up from 694,638 in December and the low of 673,278 in October. American Airlines eliminated 8,700 jobs, or 8% of its workers, and Southwest shed more than 4,600 jobs, or 7.5%. FedEx's express-delivery division grew by about 24,000 jobs, or 9.8%, United Parcel Service added 183 jobs, or 2.9%, in its air-shipment business, and smaller cargo carriers such as Atlas Air also added jobs, according to the Transportation Department.
Online shopping surge delivers record revenue for UPS
Read full article: Online shopping surge delivers record revenue for UPS(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)A surge in online shopping helped UPS post record revenue during the last three months of 2020, the company said Tuesday. Its biggest customer — online shopping giant Amazon — helped fuel growth. She expects pandemic-fueled online shopping habits to stick, even as more stores reopen. “Even my relatives, who are older, are shopping online. UPS said revenue rose 21% to $24.9 billion in the three months ending Dec. 31, a record for the company.
Airlines close books on rotten 2020 and so far, 2021 is grim
Read full article: Airlines close books on rotten 2020 and so far, 2021 is grimAn American Airlines Boeing 777 is framed by utility wires as it prepares to land at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Miami. And now a halting rollout of vaccines threatens to further delay a recovery in travel and the travel industry. On Thursday as airlines reported results, a new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa was found in the United States for the first time, with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina. “Travel restrictions on international have resulted in a reduction in demand,” American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said. AdJETBLUE AIRWAYSJetBlue reported a loss of $381 million, after reporting a profit in the fourth quarter of 2019.
American Airlines lost $8.9 billion in a year of pandemic
Read full article: American Airlines lost $8.9 billion in a year of pandemicThe airline said Thursday that it lost $2.2 billion in the fourth quarter, with revenue plunging by nearly two-thirds from a year earlier. And the airline lost $8.9 billion for the full year after earning nearly $1.7 billion in 2019. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)FORT WORTH, Texas – American Airlines lost $2.2 billion in the fourth quarter as people stayed put in the pandemic, sending the carrier's revenue plunging by nearly two-thirds from the same period a year ago. The results ended a dismal year in which American Airlines Group Inc. lost $8.9 billion after earning nearly $1.7 billion the year before. Quarterly revenue dropped more than 64%, to $4.03 billion in the fourth quarter, not quite as bad as Wall Street had expected.
FedEx to cut up to 6,300 jobs in Europe over next 18 months
Read full article: FedEx to cut up to 6,300 jobs in Europe over next 18 monthsFedEx plans to cut up to 6,300 jobs in Europe after its acquisition of TNT Express. FedEx said Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, that the cuts will take place over 18 months and include express-delivery operations and back-office employees of TNT across the continent. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)MEMPHIS, Tenn. – FedEx plans to cut up to 6,300 jobs in Europe as it completes the process of combining its own operation with that of a Dutch delivery company it bought in 2016. FedEx plans to downgrade an air-service hub in Liege, Belgium, to make Paris its sole primary hub. FedEx said Tuesday that it has successfully integrated FedEx and TNT information-technology systems and key parts of the air and ground networks.
Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight from Florida
Read full article: Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight from FloridaMIAMI – American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. Brazil's Gol airlines operated the first passenger flight with a revamped Max on Dec. 9. United Airlines plans to resume Max flights in February, and Southwest Airlines expects to follow in March. Reports by House and Senate committees faulted Boeing and the FAA for failures in the process of certifying the plane. Some relatives of people who died in the second crash, a Max operated by Ethiopian Airlines, contend that the plane is still unsafe.
Florida men charged with stealing ventilators headed to El Salvador
Read full article: Florida men charged with stealing ventilators headed to El SalvadorMIAMI – Two Florida men are facing federal charges that allege they stole nearly 200 ventilators the United States was shipping to El Salvador to help the Central American country treat coronavirus patients. | Pilot killed in Fla. gyroscope crash]Court records do not indicate if the men have attorneys. Ventilators are used to treat coronavirus patients when they cannot breathe on their own. According to the U.S. government, El Salvador has been hard hit by the disease. The United States has done worse, however, with one coronavirus death per every 1,130 residents.
Demand for delivery boosts UPS revenue, but costs rise too
Read full article: Demand for delivery boosts UPS revenue, but costs rise tooUPS, whose brown delivery trucks have become omnipresent on neighborhood streets during the pandemic, is reporting strong profits and revenue in its most recent quarter. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)ATLANTA – Profit and revenue are rising at UPS, whose brown delivery trucks have become omnipresent on neighborhood streets during the pandemic, but so are costs. UPS shares fell 8.8%, their biggest one-day percentage drop in nearly six years. Unlike the domestic package business, profit rose in the company's international package and freight units. UPS shares have nearly doubled since May, reflecting the pickup in the delivery business.
$491,280 hidden in furniture seized at Miami airport
Read full article: $491,280 hidden in furniture seized at Miami airportMIAMI Customs officers at a Florida airport found nearly a half-million dollars being smuggled out of the United States hidden inside furniture, officials said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Miami International Airport seized $491,280 in unreported U.S. currency last Thursday, the agency said in a news release. Officials didn't say who the money belonged to or whether criminal charges would be filed. Travelers bringing more than $10,000 out of the U.S. must report it to customs officials. Failing to do so can lead to the moneys seizure and forfeiture, as well as potential criminal charges, officials said.
Man who was on the run 5 years surrenders to FBI in Florida
Read full article: Man who was on the run 5 years surrenders to FBI in FloridaMIAMI A fugitive who had been on the run for five years surrendered to the FBI when he arrived at Miami International Airport last week. The surrender was arranged by Cifuentes through Miami attorney Antonio Valiente, the Miami Herald reported. The FBI then took Cifuentes, 29, to jail, where he's being held on two counts of attempted premeditated murder and one count of discharging a firearm in public. When the police went looking for him four days later, he wasn't at his mother's house, his girlfriend's house or anywhere else he normally went. The FBI believed Cifuentes might have gone to New York, so federal charges were filed in June 2015, and an award of $10,000 was offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction, the agency said.