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Flight cuts will stay at 6% because more air traffic controllers are coming to work, FAA says

By Rio Yamat, Associated Press

The 6% limit will stay in place while officials assess whether the air traffic system can safely return to normal operations, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

It's one of Starbucks' busiest days of the year, and workers just kicked off a 65-store U.S. strike

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

The strike was intended to disrupt Starbucks' Red Cup Day.

Oklahoma governor spares the life of death row inmate just before scheduled lethal injection

By Sean Murphy, Associated Press

Stitt granted clemency on Thursday to 46-year-old Tremane Wood, who was sentenced to die for the stabbing death of a man during a botched robbery on New Year's Day 2002.

Dozens hospitalized, hundreds evacuated after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma

By Cliff Brunt, Kathy McCormack, Sarah Brumfield, Associated Press

A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday.

California revokes 17,000 commercial driver's licenses for immigrants

By Josh Funk, Associated Press

The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump administration about California and other states granting licenses to people in the country illegally.

Indictment of MLB pitchers raises questions about impact of legal sports betting

By Stephanie Sy, Jackson Hudgins

Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers were charged with sharing inside information about their play with sports bettors. That information that enabled them and others to profit off the pitches they threw. It’s the latest in a series of gambling scandals surrounding…

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Atlanta Fed president Bostic to retire, opening seat on interest-rate setting committee

By Chris Rugaber, Associated Press

It comes as President Trump is seeking to exert more control over the central bank.

U.S. Mint in Philadelphia presses final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled

By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press

The last pennies were struck at the mint in Philadelphia, where the country’s smallest denomination coins have been produced since 1793, a year after Congress passed the Coinage Act. Officials said the final few pennies would be auctioned off.

What to know about the status of SNAP food aid as a vote nears to end the shutdown

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

How fast SNAP payments reach beneficiaries could vary by state. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to keep on hold lower-court rulings that the government should immediately fully fund the program.

Appeals court to hear arguments on law cutting Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood

By Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press

The law, passed in July, targets organizations that provide abortions and receive over $800,000 annually in Medicaid reimbursements. Planned Parenthood argues the law is unconstitutional, while anti-abortion activists support it.