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obituario/u.s. news Diasabra 2 Juli 2022
Pre-pandemic sized crowds descend on US
airports for holiday
(AP) – The July Fourth holi-
day weekend is off to a boom-
ing start with airport crowds
crushing the numbers seen in
Laga tur loke ta spera mi ta bunita
Laga tur locual cu mi encontra na caminda ta 2019, before the pandemic.
bunita
Laga tur locual mi laga atras ta bunita y Travelers seemed to be experi-
encing fewer delays and canceled
Laga esakinan termina den buniteza
flights Friday than they did ear-
lier this week.
Cu inmenso tristeza den nos curason
nos ta anuncia fayecimento di:
The Transportation Security Ad-
ministration screened more than
2.4 million travelers at airport
checkpoints on Thursday, 17%
more than on the same Friday
before July Fourth in 2019.
"We expect that (Friday) is going
to be busy, of course, and then
Sunday will be very busy," TSA If you're already at the airport business travel and international
Administrator David Pekoske when your flight is canceled, "it's flying remain depressed, and the
said on NBC's "Today" show. time to flex your multitasking total number of people flying has
skills," said Sebastian Modak, ed- not fully recovered to pre-pan-
AAA predicts that nearly 48 mil- itor-at-large of travel guide pub- demic levels. TSA screened 11%
lion people will travel at least 50 lisher Lonely Planet. He advises fewer people in June than it did
miles or more from home over heading straight to the airline's in the same month of 2019.
the weekend, slightly fewer than help desk, checking its app on Thursday marked the 11th time
in 2019. AAA says car travel will your phone, and calling the air- since the pandemic started that
set a record even with the na- line's customer-service line — an TSA checked more people than
tional average price for gasoline international number might be it did on the same day in 2019,
Marcolina Werleman-Kelly hovering near $5. answered sooner than a U.S. one and just the second time since
*27-07-1938 - † 30-06-2022 for airlines that have both. February.
Leisure travel has bounced back Modak said driving or taking the
this year, and that means particu- bus or train will often be a better Airlines could almost surely be
acto di despedida lo wordo anuncia despues
larly big crowds over holidays. option in the U.S. this summer. carrying more passengers if they
With many flights sold out over "There's no getting around the had enough staffing. Many U.S.
the July Fourth weekend, air- fact that this is going to be a airlines have trimmed their sum-
lines will struggle to find seats summer of travel delays, cancel- mer schedules after bad weather,
for passengers whose flights are ations, and frustrations," he said. air-traffic delays and a lack of
canceled. Airlines advise cus- enough employees caused wide-
tomers to check their flight's sta- While vacationers are crowing spread cancellations over the
tus before going to the airport. airports and roadside restaurants, Memorial Day weekend.
2 police officers killed in
“Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada Kentucky by suspect with rifle
Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega.
E ta hibami na awa trankil, Hunt said four deputies initially Frasure worked for 39 years
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”. responded, and then called for in law enforcement in Floyd
Salmo: 23 backup when shots were fired at County. Another Prestonsburg
them. The officers at the scene officer, Jacob Chaffins, is cur-
Nos ta anuncia fayecimento di: (AP) — Two law enforce- were under fire for hours, Hunt rently hospitalized, Prestonsburg
ment officers were killed said. He said Storz surrendered Mayor Les Stapleton said in a so-
and five were injured when after negotiations that included cial media post.
a man opened fire on police Storz's family members.
attempting to serve a war- Few details from police were
rant at a home in eastern Storz was arraigned Friday available Friday morning from
Kentucky Thursday night, morning by a judge in Pike the rural area in a mountainous
authorities said. County. He pleaded not guilty part of eastern Kentucky. State
to two counts of murder of a police said in a brief statement
Police took 49-year-old Lance police officer and was jailed on that they are investigating an
Storz into custody late Thursday a $10 million bond. One of the "officer-involved shooting," and
night. charges was originally attempted gave few other details.
An emergency management offi- murder of a police officer, but a
cial was also injured and a police judge said at the hearing that was Attorney General Daniel Cam-
K9 dog was killed, according to upgraded to murder. He is also eron said in a social media post
the arrest citation. facing another attempted mur- Friday that he is "heartbroken
der charge and assault on a ser- to learn of the deaths of two law
Veneranda Angela The responding officers encoun- vice animal. enforcement officers" during the
shooting in Floyd County.
tered "pure hell" when they ar-
*01-09-1922 - †25-06-2022 rived on the scene, Floyd County Hunt said one of his deputies, "Our law enforcement exhibited
Sheriff John Hunt told reporters William Petry, and Prestonsburg unimaginable heroism and sacri-
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues. Friday afternoon. Police Capt. Ralph Frasure were fice last night in the face of evil,"
"They had no chance," he said. killed in the shooting incident. Cameron said.