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Suburban St. Louis police shoot and kill man a_er standoff Police shot and killed a man after a standoff at a suburban St.

The Thanksgiving travel rush was back on this year, as people caught planes in numbers not seen in years, setting aside inflation concerns to reunite with loved ones and enjoy some normalcy after two holiday seasons marked by COVID-19 restrictions.

Lansing City Administrator Tim Vandall is already bracing for all the questions he’ll get about when the city’s new aquatic center will open. Voters on Nov.

NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts. It’s the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago, and represents a huge milestone in the $4.1 billion test flight that began last Wednesday.

Big rail unions split on contract with engineers ratifying Railroad engineers accepted their deal with the railroads that will deliver 24% raises but conductors rejected theirs, threatening the health of the economy just before the holidays and casting more doubt on whether the industry will be able to resolve the labor dispute before next month’s deadline without the help of Congress. Even the threat of a work stoppage could tangle the nation’s supply chain as railroads freeze shipments of chemicals and other goods that could create hazards if disrupted midway to their destination.