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Editorial: O'Hare's invisible man. How does someone live at the airport undetected for nearly 3 months?
Questions abound in the bizarre tale surrounding Aditya Singh, the man found living at O’Hare International Airport for nearly three months. The biggest is the most obvious: How could security personnel at O’Hare, one of the world’s busiest airports, fail to notice someone living in a secured area, turning it into his own Airbnb? The Jan. 16 arrest of Singh, 36, evokes comparisons to “The Terminal,” the 2004 movie in which Tom Hanks plays an international traveler with an invalid passport who lives at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport for nine months. Singh’s case is quite diffe...
Chicago Tribune
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‘Trumplicans’ greet Donald Trump in South Florida after snub of Joe Biden inauguration
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump spent his final moments as America’s 45th president in South Florida waving to his new neighbors from inside an armored Escalade and settling into post-presidential life in Palm Beach, rather than attending President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Trump, in the company of his family, touched down at Palm Beach International Airport at 10:54 a.m. Wednesday in Air Force One, becoming only the fourth president in the history of the United States to skip the swearing-in of his successor. Without taking questions from reporters at the airport, the Trumps entered their mot...
Miami Herald
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Trump will find ‘both love and hate’ in Florida as he begins post-presidential life
MIAMI — When President Donald Trump leaves the White House for the final time Wednesday, he will board Air Force One and head for Palm Beach International Airport, where he’ll be greeted by the warm embrace of his South Florida loyalists as he heads into his post-presidential life. Trump’s strongest supporters are organizing crowds to greet his motorcade on its route to Mar-a-Lago, the private Palm Beach club he calls home. And when Joe Biden is sworn in at noon as the nation’s 46th president, Trump should be firmly situated in a state where his allies occupy some of the most powerful position...
Miami Herald
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Man lived inside Chicago's O’Hare airport for 3 months before detection, prosecutors say
CHICAGO — A California man who police said claimed to be too afraid to fly due to COVID-19 hid out for three months in a secured area of O’Hare International Airport until his weekend arrest, prosecutors said Sunday. Aditya Singh, 36, is charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of an airport and misdemeanor theft. In bond court Sunday, prosecutors said Singh arrived at O’Hare on a flight from Los Angeles on Oct. 19 and allegedly has lived in the airport’s security zone ever since, without detection. Cook County Judge Susana Ortiz reacted incredulously Sunday after a prosecuto...
Chicago Tribune
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Disney ending Magical Express bus service and Extra Magic Hours for hotel guests
ORLANDO, Fla. — Walt Disney World will discontinue Disney’s Magical Express bus service and end its Extra Magic Hours benefit for hotel guests in 2021, the company has announced. Later this year, resort guests will begin getting 30-minute head starts in all four theme parks every day, Disney says. Disney Magical Express, a free service that carries visitors from Orlando International Airport to Disney resort hotels, will not be available starting with arrivals on Jan. 1, 2022. It will operate for existing and newly made reservations for 2021 stays. Meanwhile, Extra Magic Hours, which granted D...
Orlando Sentinel
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14 passengers might be banned after no-mask, rowdy flight from DC to Seattle, Alaska Airlines says
SEATTLE — At least 14 people could be placed on Alaska Airlines' banned passengers list after they were rowdy, argumentative and refused to wear masks on a flight from Dulles International Airport to Seattle, the airline said. Airline spokesperson Ray Lane said those facing the possible ban were on Flight 1085 from the D.C.-area airport to Sea-Tac International Airport on Thursday night. "Last night, a number of passengers onboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1085 from Washington Dulles to Seattle were non-mask compliant, rowdy, argumentative and harassed our crew members," Lane wrote in an email Fr...
The Seattle Times
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Troubling measurement of pandemic economy: Food pantry lines
ATLANTA — Henry Mitchell, a single dad with a teenage son, got in a long line recently to do something he said he had never done in his 59 years of living: seek a handout of food. He had a heartbreaking amount of company. His hours as a customer service agent at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have been cut 25% as the pandemic deflated travel demand. When you make $11.60 an hour after years on the job, every paid hour is precious. His $900 in savings dwindled to $25. A friend lent him $30 to help pay his phone bill. So Mitchell, who shares a one-bedroom apartment in suburban East Poin...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Editorial: Boeing’s task: Restoring trust in the 737 Max
Building an airliner is a long, complex and expensive undertaking with a simple purpose: safely transporting people from one place to another. When the Boeing 737 Max made its maiden flight in 2016, it was billed as a modern, fuel-efficient version of a familiar workhorse. But any virtues became trivial when two of the planes crashed overseas, killing a total 346 people. After the second accident, in March 2019, governments around the world, including the United States, grounded the aircraft. It was not just the future of the 737 Max that was questioned, it was the fortunes of Chicago-based Bo...
Chicago Tribune
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United Airlines will require negative COVID-19 test for passengers flying from UK to O’Hare, other airports
United Airlines on Monday will begin asking passengers traveling from London to Chicago and other cities for proof of a negative COVID-19 test before departure in an effort to stop the spread of a new mutant coronavirus strain. The Chicago-based airline said the new policy, which requires a test to be taken within 72 hours of a flight, applies to passengers who are older than 5 years old and whose travel originates in the U.K. The policy affects people departing London Heathrow Airport to O’Hare International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airpor...
Chicago Tribune
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Study: Airline passenger satisfaction hits record high during pandemic
Half-empty flights, a less-crowded airport terminal and shorter lines for security are signs of the impact of the pandemic — but in normal times they would be markers of a pleasant travel experience. That may be why airline passenger satisfaction is up this year, when COVID-19 has caused historic cuts in the airline industry and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising Americans to avoid travel for the holidays. In fact, passenger satisfaction is at an all-time high for the airline industry, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index study for April to September. S...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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