12am ET, November 14 | The latest headlines from NPR
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12am ET, November 14 | The latest headlines from NPR

B1IntermediateNovember 14, 20264 min
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This is NPR News Now. The latest headlines every hour. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Rongan. Flights at U.S. airlines are resuming after a nationwide ground stop Friday that Trump

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administration officials say was caused by an overload of older technology used in air traffic control facilities across the country. Tens of thousands of passengers are being impacted at hundreds of airports in what was the first nationwide ground stop since January 20 of 2023, and only the second since all

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flights were grounded on September 11, 2001. NPR's Joe Rose reports that getting all of the people impacted by the ground stop to their destination could take several days as the airlines will have to reschedule flights. This is a mess, and it's going to be a mess for days. I mean, airlines have canceled thousands of flights, thousands more delayed planes are out

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