1 Winter Storms Leading To More Flight Cancellations
Bad weather caused hundreds of flights to be canceled yesterday, and once again Southwest Airlines called off more flights than any other airline. Roughly half of the flights canceled were Southwest flights, but still far less than the over 16,700 flights the airline canceled between December 21st and 29th. There were multiple types of weather that led to problems at airports, including the winter storm moving from the Midwest toward the Northeast, and tornadoes in Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday. Southwest will report its fourth-quarter financial results today but has already announced that the scheduling catastrophe last month cost the airline between $725 million and $825 million and will lead to the company posting a loss for 2022.
2 Donald Trump Allowed Back On Facebook And Instagram
Former President Trump's Facebook and Instagram are being reinstated. Meta, the owner of both social media sites, announced yesterday that Trump's account's will be made active again "in the coming weeks." The company promised to put safeguards in place to prevent "repeat offenses." Along with his reinstatement, Meta posted to its website, “The public should be able to hear what politicians are saying so they can make informed choices.” Trump was suspended from both accounts in 2021 after calling January 6th rioters "great patriots." If Trump were to post further content that violates protocols, he will be suspended between one month and two years, depending on the violation. While no one can say for sure whether the former president will begin posting again on the either platform, some working on his campaign say he sent a letter to Meta stating his desire to come back.
3 Teacher Shot By Six-Year-Old Suing School
A Virginia teacher who was shot by a six-year-old student is suing the school where the event took place. Abby Zwerner was seriously hurt after the child opened fire with a handgun in what police called a targeted attack at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News. NBC News reports Zwerner texted a loved one before the January 6th attack, complaining the child had her fearing for her life and school officials were failing to act. Zwerner’s attorney, Diane Toscano, said that “Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher”, but Toscano says the administration “was paralyzed by apathy” and didn't call police. Why didn’t the school do anything when if they were warned by staff? Toscano is making the case that they simply “couldn’t be bothered.”