Fox News reports that the Transportation Security Administration announced that it screened 1,984,658 people at airport checkpoints Sunday, the highest total since the start of the pandemic. The figure is a 350% increase from the 441,255 passengers screened the same day last year.
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NASA Releases Image of Milky Way’s Center
The AP reported that NASA “has released a stunning new picture of our galaxy’s violent, super-energized ‘downtown.’” The image is a “composite of 370 observations over the past two decades by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, depicting billions of stars and countless black holes in the center, or heart, of the Milky Way. A radio telescope in South Africa also contributed to the image, for contrast.”
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TSA Reports Busiest Day Since Start of Pandemic
The Daily Mail (UK) reports that the Transportation Security Administration said more than 1.65 million people were screened at US airports Sunday, a 386% increase from last year. Friday “saw a 499 percent increase in travelers at U.S. airports over the same time last year, TSA figures show, and Saturday saw a 497 percent increase.” Friday “was the busiest travel day at airports since the start of the pandemic last year, records show.”
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