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Air travelers face over 1,500 flight cancellations over Memorial Day weekend

Airline travelers are not only facing sticker shock this Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff to the summer travel season. They’re also dealing with a pileup of flight cancellations.

President Biden decries gun violence, saying ‘we must stand stronger’
Biden addressed the University of Delaware commencement ceremony a day before he’s due to visit Uvalde, Texas, where a shooter who legally bought two assault rifles killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school on Tuesday.

Macy’s contract negotiations continue as contract expires
For the past month, Macy’s has been locked in negotiations with the union representing 900 area workers. On Friday, as the contract expired, a federal mediator stepped in, and talks went down to the wire as they tried to hammer out a deal.

NRA speakers unshaken on gun rights after school shooting, protest roils
The NRA had said that convention attendees would “reflect on” the shooting at the event and “pray for the victims, recognize our patriotic members and pledge to redouble our commitment to making our schools secure.”

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A Texas State flag and the US flag are seen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on May 27, 2022.

Major stock indexes rose for the week for the first time in months

The S&P 500 rose and notched the biggest weekly gain for the benchmark index since November 2020.

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Key inflation gauge slowed to still-high 6.3 percent over past year

The report also showed that consumer spending rose by a healthy 0.9 percent from March to April, outpacing the month-to-month inflation rate for a fourth straight time.

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Rhode Island’s ‘Conjuring’ house sold, with one stipulation: No one can live there year-round

The new owners paid $1.525 million for the Burrillville home — well above the $1.2 million asking price. "I came to visit and thought, ‘I have to have this house,'" Jacqueline Nuñez said.

Massachusetts General Hospital this week began vaccinating a small group of workers against monkeypox who were in close contact with a man diagnosed with the virus and hospitalized at MGH.

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Delta Air Lines said it will trim about 100 flights a day in the United States and Latin America from July 1 through Aug. 7 to help bolster reliability for remaining flights.

Delta is cutting flights to ‘relieve pressure’ on operations

Delta Air Lines Inc. is cutting flights just ahead of the busy Memorial Day weekend and through the summer to help it recover faster from bad weather, higher-than-expected worker absences and other issues that have rattled recent operations.