Summer travel peaks as airlines project Labor Day rush
Airlines for America expects 14.2 million passengers during the Labor Day week, a 3 percent rise from last year and potentially a record. About 2 million travelers per day from Sept 2 to Sept 8, with June-August total of 222 million. Profitability rose 8.7 billion in H1 helped by 34 percent lower fuel costs, while complaints rose 20 percent to 9,542 due to flight disruptions and baggage issues.
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Airlines For America
US Air Travel
John Heimlich
Transportation Department
Rob Carr
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Bomb blast in Bangkok kills and injures many at shrine
A deadly blast at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok during evening rush hour killed at least 18 people and injured 117, with police later deeming a suspicious object harmless. Authorities and global leaders condemned the attack while noting it targeted commerce and tourism in the heart of the city.
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Alexander Hotz
BBC
Erawan
National Police
Somyot Poompummuang
Associated Press
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Royal Thai Police
Post
Rajprasong
Prawit Wongsuwan
The
Prawit
White House
National Security Council
Ned Price
Central Criminal Court
Koh Samui
Chie B. Tongo
EPA
Erawan Shrine
Thailand
Flash drought scorches southern U S across many states
A rapid flash drought has developed from Texas to the Carolinas with heat, dry soils, and fires stressing vegetation. Climatologists note the unusual length and speed of this dry spell, following Texas floods in May and a very wet spring.
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South
Texas
Carolinas
Brian Fuchs
National
National Centers For Environmental Information
South Carolina
U.S. Drought Monitor
John Nielsen-Gammon
Texas Forestry Service
Fuchs
Privacy Emerges as Issue in 2016 Race
The 2016 presidential race centers on government surveillance, with Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders courting independent voters wary of NSA data collection revealed by Edward Snowden. The debate splits privacy rights advocates from security hawks and tests Congress's balance of civil liberties and homeland security.
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Rand Paul
Bernie Sanders
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Edward Snowden
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Kentucky
Texas
Ted Cruz
New Jersey
Chris Christie
Florida
Marco Rubio
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Hillary Clinton
Snowden
Gregory Nojeim
Center For Democracy and Technology
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Senate
Darrell West
Center For Technology Innovation
Brookings Institution
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