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Harsh winter weather was being blamed for a 100-car pileup near Grand Rapids, Michigan that forced police to shut down Interstate 196 in both directions for hours, the local NBC affiliate WOOD reported. In addition to lake effect snow, the next clipper system will dive out of Canada on Tuesday …

Nearly 90 people aboard a Holland America cruise liner based in Florida suffered “symptoms of gastrointestinal illness” from a norovirus outbreak, forcing a “comprehensive sanitization of the ship,” officials said Sunday. The Rotterdam had pushed out of Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 28 before returning on Friday, ending a journey that …

A shark ripped the arm off a Minnesota woman in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday before she died a short time later from those horrific wounds, officials said. St. Croix first responders were called at about 4:28 p.m. AST with reports of “a female who was suspected to be …

Millions of Americans will be closing out 2025 will brutal winter weather. An estimated 67 million people remain under wind alerts across the Northeast and New England, including metropolitan areas stretching from Washington, D.C., to Boston, according to an NBC News analysis. Wind gusts will get as strong as 50 …

A powerful storm system continues to disrupt travel, placing 64 million people under winter weather alerts that span the eastern two-thirds of the country. A string of tornadoes erupted in central Illinois on Sunday, with preliminary National Weather Service reports saying eight homes and a garage were destroyed and two …

Messy winter weather — including snow, ice and strong winds — is putting more stress on already busy post-holiday travel plans. A bomb-cyclone dumped snow on the midwest through the northeast over the weekend, and as of Monday, 32 million are under winter weather alerts across the upper midwest, northeast and New …

HONG KONG — Police in Hong Kong arrested a passenger on Thursday for allegedly attempting to open the door of a plane during a flight from Boston to the Chinese territory. The 20-year-old male suspect, a Chinese passport holder with the last name Zhang, attempted the act on a Cathay …

The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country, according to a notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register. The data would be “mandatory” for new entrants to the U.S., regardless of whether they are …

Some 46 million people from the northern Rockies to the Northeast remain under winter weather alerts into the weekend, as two weather systems threaten to disrupt post-Thanksgiving travel with chilly temperatures, heavy snow and dangerous driving conditions. Heavy lake-effect snow will continue across the Great Lakes region from Friday through …

A record number of Americans will travel this weekend, packing up their bags and hitting the road to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family, friends and maybe some football. But travel this year will look different than it did 12 months ago, according to a bevy of early data, surveys …

Cold, wintry weather and strong winds are expected in large parts of the country Wednesday as millions hit the roads and take to the skies ahead of Thanksgiving. Up to 2 feet of snow is set to to hit the Upper Midwest and 52 million people are under wind alerts …

Severe weather throughout the country threatens widespread disruptions during what’s expected to be a record-high Thanksgiving travel week. At least 9 million people face the risk of severe storms on Monday throughout Texas, southern Arkansas, and the northern half of Louisiana. These storms could produce large hail, damaging winds , …

Travelers passing through John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 4 faced delays Sunday after operations went “down” around noon, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The agency did not immediately provide details about the outage but said its was resolved a few hours later. Passengers …

The Trump administration has officially withdrawn a proposal that would have compensated airline passengers for significant delays caused by issues within a carrier’s control. Though the move was announced in September, the Department of Transportation formalized it in the Federal Register on Monday. It stated that it was withdrawing the …

The Federal Aviation Administration will end its flight reduction emergency order on Monday, meaning flights will resume operations as normal, officials announced Sunday. The emergency order will officially lift Monday at 6 a.m. ET, bringing an end to the reductions that caused mass cancellations and delays at airports. The cuts, …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signed a bill that reopened the government after 43 days, paving the way for airlines to restore regular flight schedules and air traffic controllers, who have not been receiving pay as they worked through the shutdown, to return to work. But it remains unclear …

He said that the victims were identified by DNA, medical records and dental records, and that testing was completed less than 24 hours ago. He added that all of the family members had been notified. “I hope that with this certainty, their grieving can continue and turn to healing, and …

For the second day, the Federal Aviation Administration will continue to enforce its mandate to cancel 6% of flights at 40 high-traffic airports, as the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a Senate-passed bill to end the government shutdown. As of Wednesday morning, 890 flights within the …

Airlines are expected to cancel 6% of their flights at 40 high-traffic airports on Tuesday in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration mandate amid the government shutdown, despite the Senate passing a preliminary agreement to end the impasse. As of Tuesday morning, more than 1,100 flights within the U.S. had …

President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his criticism of air traffic controllers who have been absent during parts of the record-long government shutdown, when they’re required to work without pay. During a Fox News interview, Trump roundly dismissed the employees who in some cases have had to take …