No weapons allowed A customer looks over a Glock 17 9mm hand gun at the Guns-R-Us gun shop in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 20, 2012. Reuters/Ralph Freso
All major US airlines that fly to Washington s two area airports will prohibit passengers from transporting firearms in their checked luggage in the days surrounding the inauguration on flights to and from the region. That list includes American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and Southwest Airlines.
Each airline is different in its restrictions but some include other area airports as far away as Baltimore/Washington International in Maryland and Richmond International in Virginia. Unloaded legal firearms are typically allowed to be transported in checked baggage as long as they are in a locked case.
Winds around Wichita expected to increase throughout the day. Here s what to expect Michael Stavola, The Wichita Eagle
Jan. 14 Winds in the Wichita area are expected to increase throughout the day Thursday with possible afternoon gusts in the 50-60 mph range, according to National Weather Service Meteorologist Vanessa Pearce.
The weather system, which is moving east, reached Kansas overnight. A 58 mph gust at 4:03 a.m. at the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport was the highest measured as of 11 a.m., she said. The strongest gust measured in the weather system which covers a swath of land from Texas to North Dakota was 99 mph in Glen Haven, Colorado, on Wednesday night, she said.
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The National Landing Business Improvement District in Northern Virginia has outlined plans for creating what it says will be the most “well-connected downtown in the country,” following its selection as home to Amazon HQ2.
In a recent report, BID showcased several public-private partnership projects, with costs totaling $4 billion, that will improve transit in National Landing, outside of Washington, D.C., which encompasses parts of Virginia’s Crystal City, Pentagon City, Arlington County neighborhoods and the Potomac Yard neighborhood of Alexandria. The moniker “National Landing” was chosen when Amazon selected the area for its project.
Construction on Amazon HQ2 began in January 2020 with the demolition of the previous structures. The project team including development partner JBG Smith, general contractor Clark Construction and ZGF Architects is building two, 22-story office towers in the Metropolitan Park site in Pentagon City. The current phase is s
Here s how weather impacted the Air Florida Flight 90 crash 39 years ago
Over 70 lives were lost that day as the plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and slammed into the frozen Potomac River. Author: topper shutt Updated: 9:51 PM EST January 13, 2021
WASHINGTON On Jan. 13, 1982 arctic air gripped most of the country east of the Rockies. Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama set record lows as the temperature plunged below zero just two days earlier. An area of low pressure swung through the Deep South leaving four inches of snow in Birmingham and Atlanta.
The low then turned and moved up the coast in true Nor’easter fashion. This was not a huge storm, but big enough with plenty of cold air in place to cause major problems. National Airport was closed but reopened at noon.
The DOT agreed to terminate its review of the alliance in exchange for a series of commitments to ensure the alliance delivers consumers benefits without harming competition.