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Southwest Airlines is hit with a $140 million fine for last year's meltdown

7:10pm December 18, 2023

by Joel Rose

The U.S. Transportation Department has levied a $140 million fine on Southwest. It comes after the airline's meltdown last year that led to thousands of canceled flights and many stranded passengers.

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The U.S. Census Bureau has proposed changes to how its annual American Community Survey produces estimates of how many people with disabilities are living in the country.

A controversial Census Bureau proposal could shrink the U.S. disability rate by 40%

6:59pm December 18, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Census Bureau has proposed changing how it produces data about people with disabilities. It could reduce the national rate of disability by about 40%. That's sparked controversy among advocates.

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Once valued at billions of dollars, more tech startups are failing

5:52pm December 18, 2023

The year of efficiency started with significant layoffs at some Silicon Valley giants. It's closing with many young tech startups — once appraised in the billions — selling for a few million.

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A Brown University student of Palestinian descent is left paraplegic after being shot

5:43pm December 18, 2023

by Mikaela Lefrak

Three college students of Palestinian descent were shot in Vermont last month. One is now paraplegic. His mother talks about his ongoing recovery and how the shooting has reshaped their lives.

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This Navajo woman is encouraging other Indigenous entrepreneurs

5:43pm December 18, 2023

by Melissa Sevigny

A Navajo woman who found success in Silicon Valley returned home to start a new business incubator on her reservation.

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Jonathan Majors enters a courtroom at the Manhattan criminal courts in New York on Dec. 18, 2023.

Jonathan Majors convicted in split verdict, dropped from Marvel

5:43pm December 18, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

In New York Monday afternoon, a jury found the fast-rising actor guilty of assaulting and harassing his former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. The jury found him not guilty of two other charges.

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Meet the snowboard instructor helping feed people in Aspen

5:12pm December 18, 2023

by Kaya Williams

Even in glitzy Aspen, Colo., there are people who have trouble affording food. A local snowboard instructor is hooking them up.

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This image from video shows Ruby Franke during a hearing on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, in St. George, Utah. Franke, a Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called "8 Passengers," pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse for abusing and starving two of her children.

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Ruby Franke, the YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, pleads guilty to child abuse

4:51pm December 18, 2023

by The Associated Press

The "8 Passengers" mother pleaded guilty to four felony counts for abusing and starving two of her children in a deal with prosecutors. She faces sentences of one to 15 years in prison for each count.

Sonar image presumed to be of the George L. Newman shipwreck

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A father and daughter went fishing. What they found was a 152-year-old shipwreck

3:28pm December 18, 2023

by Diba Mohtasham

Tim Wollak and his 5-year-old daughter Henley first thought they came across an octopus. But their discovery is presumed to be a shipwreck connected to the deadliest wildfire in American history.

Hrishikesh Hirway says the cause of his writer's block was a "whirlpool of self judgment."

He felt 'creatively dead.' Then he harnessed the power of boredom

10:48am December 18, 2023

by Rachel Martin

Hrishikesh Hirway says the cause of his writer's block was a "whirlpool of self judgment."

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