Millions fly ahead of Thanksgiving 2020 despite CDC plea not to travel
U.S. airports saw more travelers this weekend than has been reported since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as public health officials urge Americans to stay home for Thanksgiving.
Millions of Americans have plane tickets for Thanksgiving, and it's not clear how many will show up
Millions of Americans bought tickets to travel over Thanksgiving. The number of passengers at airports was already up on Friday and Saturday. Now people are wondering -- how many will actually fly?
O'Hare Airport fairly empty on weekend before Thanksgiving as CDC begs people to stay home
The CDC and local governments are begging people to stay home this Thanksgiving, and at O'Hare on Saturday, we found the baggage claim practically empty.
U.S.-Canadian border closure extended through Dec. 21
The U.S.-Canadian border will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month through Dec. 21 as Covid-19 cases surge across America.
CDC releases updated Thanksgiving guidelines focusing on small household gatherings
The updated Thanksgiving guidelines come as experts say small household gatherings have become an important contributor to the rise in COVID-19 cases.
FAA clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again after deadly 2018, 2019 crashes
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing’s 737 Max for flight after nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes.
Flying for Thanksgiving? TSA offers safety tips for travel during pandemic
If you’re planning on flying home for Thanksgiving the Transportation Security Administration has provided some tips.
Handwritten copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on display this week
WOW: A handwritten copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address will go on display in Springfield, Illinois this week. It's one of five surviving handwritten copies. The famous speech begins with the words "Four score and seven years ago..."
Rescued hiker dies in emergency room, is revived after heart stops for 45 minutes
INCREDIBLE: "He died while he was in the ER, which gave us the unique opportunity to try and save his life by basically bypassing his heart and lungs, which is the most advanced form of artificial life support that we have in the world," the doctor said.
Costco selling $17.5K private jet membership that lasts 1 year
Although the $17,499.99 membership is quite a hefty fee, it also comes with a $3,500 Costco Shop Card and $4,000 worth of flight credit.
Harvard study: Flying poses lower COVID-19 risk than grocery shopping with proper safety measures
Harvard researchers found that proper safety precautions taken collectively can reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission on a plane to below that of other routine activities during the pandemic.
About 60,000 travelers arrive in Hawaii in first week of program requiring tests before flights
Hawaii has a new program requiring visitors to get tested before they arrive. If you do and you test negative, you get to skip quarantine. If you don't, you have to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival.
New coronavirus restrictions imposed on 4 suburban counties
Rising numbers prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker to impose tighter restrictions on social interaction to parts of the state for the second time in as many days, including on Tuesday to four densely populated counties in suburban Chicago.
Winter weather brings 'multiple' rounds of snow to Upper Midwest, Iowa hit with snow squalls
Several weather systems will spread snow from the Northern Rockies through the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest this week.
TSA screens over 1 million passengers in single day for first time since March
TSA said it screened 1,031,505 people at security checkpoints nationwide on Oct. 18, 2020. The agency hasn’t seen that volume since March 17.
Hiker who was missing for 2 weeks found alive in Zion National Park
A woman who went missing while hiking in Zion National Park in Utah has been found alive nearly two weeks later.
United Airlines-DOD study: Face masks make COVID-19 risk on flights ‘almost non-existent’
United Airlines partnered with the U.S. Department of Defense on a study that suggests that when passengers wear face masks, the risk of exposure to COVID-19 on airplanes becomes negligible — but some experts say that the claim could be misleading.
Detroit woman says she woke up to pastor peeing on her on plane
A Detroit woman says she was sleeping on a flight home from Las Vegas when a man, identified as a North Carolina pastor, urinated on her.
United flight lands safely at O'Hare after hailstorm cracks windshield
There were some intense moments aboard a United flight on Monday.
Southwest Airlines to expand service to O'Hare in 2021
Southwest Airlines said Monday it will expand in Houston and Chicago by starting flights to those cities’ largest airports, stepping up its head-to-head competition against bigger airlines.