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Flight cancellations accelerate at US airports

Flight cancellations accelerate at US airports

U.S. airlines began canceling hundreds of flights Thursday due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce traffic at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday because of the government shutdown. More than 500 flights scheduled for Friday were already cut…

Loyola Chicago chaplain Sister Jean retires at 106

Loyola Chicago chaplain Sister Jean retires at 106

Longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago’s men’s basketball team, Sister Jean, has retired at 106 because of health concerns. The school’s student newspaper, The Loyola Phoenix, announced her retirement earlier this month. Sister Jean rose to the spotlight during Loyola Chicago’s…

‘Cheers’ star George Wendt dies

‘Cheers’ star George Wendt dies

NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray”…