Dale Willman

The period between Christmas and New Year's is one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

But a winter storm has complicated travel in the Northeast, with more than 1,300 flights canceled and more than 2,400 more delayed so far.

That's according to the web tracking site FlightAware.

Bruce Convisor has our report from New York City.

Abortion and abortion counseling is now banned for veterans in the Veterans Affairs Health System.

As NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin reports, the VA changed its policy after a Justice Department opinion that was issued on Friday.

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Ground controllers are continuing their efforts to reestablish contact with the MAVEN spacecraft, which is now orbiting Mars.

As Joe Palka reports, NASA says it last heard from its probe on December 6th.

Thailand and Cambodia have signed a new ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fighting over a border dispute.

The deal took hold at noon on Saturday and stops military movement and airspace violations between the two countries.

Thailand had undertaken airstrikes in Cambodia as recently as Saturday morning.

Both countries have suffered military and civilian casualties in the fighting.

The man next in line to lead the Mormon church has died.

Jeffrey Holland was 85 years old.

The church announced his death on Saturday, saying he died from complications from kidney disease.

Holland had been hospitalized during the Christmas holiday.

He had previously served as the president of Brigham Young University.

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