Dave Mattingly

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Airlines will be canceling more of their flights today at 40 major airports across the U.S.

because of safety concerns tied to the government shutdown.

The FAA order for airlines to reduce domestic flight capacity at those select airports rises to 6 percent this morning.

It jumps to 10 percent on Friday if the shutdown hasn't ended by then.

The airports affected include ones in Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.

The shutdown has resulted in staffing shortages of air traffic controllers.

Thousands of airline flights nationwide have been canceled since the end of last week.

Doctors say Canada has lost its status as a country that's eliminated measles.

NPR's Gabriela Emanuel reports.

Wall Street is coming off a day of sharp gains.

The Dow added 381 points.

The S&P gained more than 1.5%.

The Nasdaq added more than 2.25%.

I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

This is day 41 of the government shutdown, but for the first time since it began, Congress is a step closer to ending it.

Eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted with Republicans yesterday to advance an agreement to reopen the government.

They did so without a guaranteed extension of federal health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

That's been the key demand of Democratic lawmakers since the shutdown began.