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CHICAGO (AP) — The nation's air travel system is beginning a slow recovery after an alleged act of employee sabotage at a control center brought Chicago's two international airports to a halt. More than 600 flights have been canceled today at O'Hare and Midway airports. That's down from more than 2,000 flights at the height of the travel misery yesterday. Lines are still long at O'Hare, where many stranded travelers spent the night on cots.
DAVIS, Okla. (AP) — Four members of a college women's softball team have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in a traffic accident on an Oklahoma highway. Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a bus carrying the team from North Central Texas College was hit by a truck that crossed the median last night on Interstate 35 about 70 miles south of Oklahoma City. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team of investigators to the site.
BEIRUT (AP) — Warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition have struck militants attacking a Syrian town near the Turkish border for the first time, according to a Kurdish official and activists. A spokesman for Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party says the strikes targeted Islamic State positions near a northern town that's been under attack by Islamic State extremists for days. Activists say other airstrikes today hit positions in eastern Syria, including wheat silos.
TOKYO (AP) — A volcano in central Japan has erupted in spectacular fashion, catching mountain climbers by surprise and stranding at least 40 injured people in areas that rescue workers have been unable to reach. Another seven people are missing. Police, fire and military rescue workers plan to try to reach the area on foot after daybreak tomorrow. They day the ash in the air is making it too dangerous to use helicopters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Today is the Drug Enforcement Administration's final "National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day." The DEA has conducted eight of these events for people to dispose of old or unneeded prescription medications, collecting more than 2,000 tons of drugs. The agency says it's ending the program because revised rules for enforcing the Controlled Substances Act will allow for more convenient disposal options every day, at drug stores, clinics, hospitals and other facilities.
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