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NPR's Joel Rose reports the airlines are hoping to avoid a repeat of IT meltdowns that have disrupted the aviation industry.

The Justice Department says it is finishing the release of all of the files concerning Jeffrey Epstein, but it could take a few more weeks further delaying the compliance with a December 19th deadline that was set by Congress.

The department did say Wednesday that the U.S.

Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, as well as the FBI, found additional documents, one million documents, they say, that could be relevant to the Epstein case.

DOD should not say when it was informed, but when it got those documents.

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Families are getting ready to sit down at Christmas and the holiday meals.

Many tables, especially those of Latino families, will be filled with tamales.

Texas Public Radio's Joey Palacios has more on the story from San Antonio.

The longtime chief and director of the National Hurricane Center, Dr. Neil Frank, has died in Houston, Texas at the age of 94.

Frank is credited with reshaping the way modern hurricane forecasting is done, significantly expanding the use of weather satellites, and in the 1970s and 80s becoming a regular fixture on television, warning people when and where a storm could hit.

In 1987, after 25 years with the Hurricane Center, he left and began a 20-year career in television as a meteorologist at a CBS station and later helping the network on hurricane coverage.

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As Southern California continues to get hammered by heavy rains, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has declared a state of emergency.

Steve Futterman reports.

ICE agents on Wednesday shot a man in suburban Baltimore and another person was injured after a traffic stop turned violent.

ICE says as they approached the man, the driver of the vehicle attempted to run over that person.

Then officers fired their weapons.

According to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, police spokesman Justin Mulcahy, the driver was struck by gunfire.