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The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen more than 18 million passengers and crew in the week around Memorial Day.
TSA is also bracing for a busy summer travel season, including the FIFA World Cup and the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
Gas prices this Memorial Day weekend are the highest they've been in four years, according to AAA, with the national average for a gallon of regular at more than $4.50.
Still, AAA projects that more than 45 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home this weekend.
up slightly from last year's record total.
And the majority, more than 39 million, are expected to drive.
Airports could be crowded, too.
The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen more than 18 million passengers and crew in the week around Memorial Day.
TSA is also bracing for a busy summer travel season, including the FIFA World Cup and the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
A federal jury awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samia Rose Stumo.
She was 24 years old when she died in the second of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes within months of each other that killed a total of 346 people.
Boeing had already admitted responsibility for the crash, so the trial was only about how much the company should pay in compensatory damages.
Boeing reached an agreement with the Justice Department to avoid criminal prosecution.
The company also agreed to confidential settlements in dozens of lawsuits brought by family members of the crash victims.
A federal jury awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samia Rose Stumo.
She was 24 years old when she died in the second of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes within months of each other that killed a total of 346 people.
Boeing had already admitted responsibility for the crash, so the trial was only about how much the company should pay in compensatory damages.