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FILE - Travelers queue up at the south security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport, Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Denver. The unofficial start of summer over the Memorial Day weekend offers a troubling glimpse of what lies ahead for travelers during the peak vacation season. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights from Thursday through Monday, or about 2% of their schedules, according to tracking service FlightAware.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Canceled flights over Memorial Day weekend offer travelers a peek of the summer

U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights from Thursday through Monday, or about 2% of their schedules, according to tracking service FlightAware.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 19: A sign stating that masks are required at San Francisco International Airport stands in a terminal after the federal mask mandate for airports and pubic transportation was lifted on April 19, 2022 in San Francisco, California. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will not enforce a federal Covid-19 mask mandate on airplanes or public transportation after a federal judge in Florida struck down the mandate that applied to airports, airplanes and public transportation, ruling that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had overstepped its authority. The CDC still recommends wearing masks on public transit. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

DOJ asks federal appeals court to reverse order lifting travel mask mandate

The Justice Department argues that the order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early 2021 "falls easily within the CDC's statutory authority."

A Spotify publisher was down Monday night. The culprit? A lapsed security certificate

Megaphone, the podcast advertising and publishing platform, experienced an expired security certificate Monday, a Spotify spokesperson said.

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 27: Amerie Jo Garza's name is displayed before the game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on May 27, 2022 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The names of the victims of the May 24th shooting in Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas were displayed during a moment of silence before the game. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Girl Scouts posthumously honor a 10-year-old Uvalde victim for heroism

The honor was presented to Amerie Jo Garza's family. The organization additionally gave a presentation of colors at Amerie's funeral Tuesday, it said.

This aerial view, shows Robb Elementary School and the makeshift memorial (C, Bottom) for the shooting victims in Uvalde, Texas, on May 28, 2022. - Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety Steven C. McCraw said May 27 that in "hindsight" it was the wrong decision for police not to immediately breach the Uvalde classroom where a gunman ultimately shot dead 19 children and two teachers. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Should Robb Elementary be rebuilt? Here's what other school shooting sites did

In Newtown, Conn., a new Sandy Hook Elementary opened in 2016, four years after the shooting there. In other places, some have said that leaving buildings in place can offer survivors a way to heal.

Fentanyl has taken root in Montana and in communities across the Mountain West during the pandemic, and overall drug overdose deaths are disproportionately affecting Native Americans. The overdose death rate among Indigenous people was about 30% higher than the rate among white people during the pandemic’s first year, according to a recent study. (Tony Bynum for KHN)

Tribal leaders sound the alarm after fentanyl overdoses spike at Blackfeet Nation

After 17 overdoses — including four deaths — this spring, Indigenous leaders in Montana and surrounding states look for ways to stop the fentanyl crisis and provide more treatment and care.

FILE - A police officer arranges bouquets of flowers in rows at a side entrance to Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, Scotland Friday, March 15, 1996. A 1996 school shooting that killed 16 children in Dunblane was Britain's deadliest school shooting — and also the only one. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

In Britain, it took just one school shooting to pass major gun control

After the Dunblane massacre in Scotland left 16 students dead, parents organized to make sure it could never happen again. What can the U.S learn from them as we struggle to combat gun violence?

Philly's Pride March returns this week with new organizers and focus

A new group of mostly Black and brown LGBTQ organizers are throwing the Pride March in Philadelphia on June 5, trying to rebuild the event into something more welcoming — and more revolutionary.

Ukrainian soldiers patrol on a road in Sydorove, eastern Ukraine, on May 17, 2022, on the 83rd day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. is sending advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, but not to be shot into Russia

President Biden said in a guest essay in The New York Times that he's decided to provide Ukraine with more advanced rockets that will enable it to more precisely strike targets on the battlefield.

UVALDE, TEXAS - MAY 31: Balloons and caution tape is displayed at the entrance to Robb Elementary School on May 31, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. Opening wakes and funerals for the 21 victims will be scheduled throughout the week. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The story about how the Uvalde gunman entered the school is shifting

Texas officials had said a teacher propped door open at Robb Elementary just before a gunman entered and carried out a mass shooting — but they now acknowledge that the woman closed the door.

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