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By Pete Muntean, CNN Spirit Airlines — which has been beset by flight disruptions all week — canceled almost 300 flights as midday Friday ET, according to data from FlightAware. The number of cancellations has been rising during the morning hours and comprise more than one-third of its Friday schedule. So far, the data shows

By Luke McGee, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continued a tour of Scotland after a member of his team tested positive for Covid-19, deciding not to self-isolate even as others on the trip did. Downing Street sources confirmed that a member of staff received a positive test result and is following the “appropriate guidance”,

By Reuters Construction on an Indonesian tourism project dubbed “Jurassic Park” on social media will continue, the southeast Asian country’s Environment Ministry said on August 5, despite UNESCO warnings the plans could have a negative environmental impact. Work on a series of tourism projects in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, began

By Juliana Koch, Philip Wang and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ruled that President Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for his unproven claims that the country’s electronic voting system is vulnerable to fraud. Wednesday’s ruling resulted from Bolsonaro missing a deadline on Monday to present any proof of his claims. The

By Karol Suarez Mexico filed a lawsuit Wednesday against eleven gun manufacturers over fire arms that flow from the United States across the border and into criminal hands in Mexico, according to court documents obtained by CNN. “This flood is not a natural phenomenon or an inevitable consequence of the gun business or of U.S.

By Gregory Wallace, CNN Frontier Airlines now says it “supports” and will pay the crew of flight attendants it had earlier said were suspended after restraining a passenger charged with groping and punching them. The airline initially told CNN the crew members “will be, as required in such circumstances, relieved of flying pending completion of

By Stefano Pozzebon They travelled by the thousands to arrive here from Haiti, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, and even further, from Ghana, Mali and Togo. Now they’re stuck. Migrants start lining up on the beach of Necoclí, on the Caribbean coast of northern Colombia, in the early morning. Before them is the Gulf of Urabá, a

By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN Spirit Airlines is entering a third consecutive day with more than half of its schedule upended. The low-cost carrier had canceled more than 40% of its schedule, or nearly 300 flights, as of midday Tuesday, according to the aviation tracking website FlightAware. Another 12% of its schedule was

By Caitlin Hu, Matt Rivers and Natalie Gallón, CNN South Florida (CNN) — When Haiti’s president was brutally assassinated in his bedroom last month, just one witness was there to see it. She happened to know him better than anyone else. Martine Moise, the first lady of Haiti, was found bleeding on the floor next

Megan C. Hills, CNN Flowers have been a tattoo staple for centuries, from traditional scarlet roses to delicate watercolor bouquets. But tattooist Carrie Metz-Caporusso’s new designs are a groundbreaking take on the motif, and they are challenging society’s prejudices about who’s worthy of being tattooed. Lavender sprigs, crocuses and roses spill out from the body

By Deanna Hackney and Alaa Elassar, CNN Jay Pickett, a veteran soap opera actor best known for his roles on “General Hospital,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Port Charles,” has died. He was 60. His wife, Elena Pickett, confirmed his death. Pickett was on location in Idaho, filming a scene for his upcoming movie “Treasure

By Duarte Mendonca and Sebastian Shukla, CNN There’s dangling a carrot at the end of a stick. And then there’s dangling a pizza. The United Kingdom is using take-out food discounts and free taxi rides as incentives for young people to get their Covid-19 vaccines, the country’s Department of Health said in a statement Sunday.