[ad_1] Airlines are expected to cancel 6% of their flights at 40 high-traffic airports on Tuesday in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration mandate, despite the Senate passing a preliminary agreement to end the government shutdown. As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 1,200 flights within the U.S. had been canceled, …

[ad_1] President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his criticism of air traffic controllers who have been absent during parts of the record-long government shutdown, when they’re required to work without pay. During a Fox News interview, Trump roundly dismissed the employees who in some cases have had to …

[ad_1] Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe in the hit TV adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s books (Image: ITV) Since Sharpe’s Eagle introduced the “tall, black-haired lieutenant with the slung rifle and the scar” in 1981, Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Napoleonic Wars-era novels have invariably ended with the promise of further adventures. The …