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The Federal Aviation Administration reported staffing-related delays on Monday afternoon averaging about 20 minutes at the airport in Dallas and about 40 minutes at both Newark Liberty International Airport and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The delays in Austin followed a brief ground stop at the airport, meaning flights were held at their originating airports until the FAA lifted the stop around 4:15 p.m. local time.

For years, she said, there was no safety net in sight until now. The historic deals finalized late last year mark a major turning point: For the first time in the Culinary Union's 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

"Unionized Safeway workers could go on strike as soon as 12:01 am Saturday morning (July 26), if they don't get a new wage and benefit deal."

"It's great," Daniel Macias said. "I don't drive because of my knee situation, medical. But, if I didn't have the transit, I wouldn't be able to get around as much."

The hospital interviewed 11 staff members working on the fifth-floor maternity unit; five were diagnosed with non-cancerous brain tumors, while the others had different health issues.