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AIR TRAFFIC IS DOWN, GUN SEIZURES UP AT US AIRPORTS
DALLAS (AP) - Air travel is down sharply during the pandemic, but airport screeners are finding guns at a much higher rate. And about 80% of those guns are loaded. The Transportation Security Administration appealed Monday for travelers to pay attention the restrictions on traveling with guns. They are allowed in checked bags if unloaded and in a locked case, but they’re prohibited in carry-on bags. There are federal civil penalties, but criminal charges are usually left to local authorities. The TSA voiced concern about guns in bags just as U.S. air travel topped 800,000 on Sunday, the highest number of people going through airport checkpoints since March 17. That’s still down 69% from a year ago.
ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS NO PAJAMAS FOR ONLINE CLASSES
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The school district in Illinois’ capital city has updated its dress code policy for remote learning, saying students can’t wear pajama pants or slippers while on camera when classes start later this month. Springfield Public Schools says in its school manual that students should also be sitting up and out of bed, preferably while at a desk or table. District officials say students should approach online classes at home the same as they would going to school in person. However, some parents say the district doesn’t have the right to say how children should dress at home. About 14,000 students attend Springfield schools.
SCHOOLS MULL OUTDOOR CLASSES AMID VIRUS, VENTILATION WORRIES
UNDATED (AP) — Many U.S. schools have poor air circulation, which will exacerbate the coronavirus threat when some of them reopen this month. Aging air conditioning and heating systems allow classroom air to become stagnant, meaning the virus will linger in the air around the students and teachers instead of being blown into air ducts and out of the school. At one New York City school, teachers are threatening not to return until their central air conditioning system is fixed. It last worked in 2013. Some schools will be teaching classes outdoors, even in colder climates. They are buying large tents and heaters to protect students from the weather.
MAN CHARGED AFTER LARGE PARTY HELD AT NEW JERSEY MANSION
ALPINE, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man faces charges after he allegedly threw a large house party in one of the state’s ritziest towns. Police in Alpine say they responded to a noise complaint on Aug. 1 in the well-heeled suburb across the Hudson River from New York City and allegedly found 300 to 400 people, most not wearing face coverings. Police say the property had been the site of another large party on July 5. Tashay Knight of Newark, the alleged host of the Aug. 1 party, was charged with recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury. He also was charged in several summonses with serving alcohol without a license and violating a state executive order on face coverings.
PRO WRESTLING STAR JAMES ‘KAMALA’ HARRIS DIES AT 70
Former professional wrestler James Harris has died at the age of 70. The Mississippi-born sharecropper gained international fame as “Kamala the Ugandan Giant.” World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed his death in a statement Sunday. The man who co-wrote Harris’ autobiography says Harris died from COVID-19. Harris’ wrestling career took off under the gimmick of Kamala after other characters failed. He’d come to the ring in body paint and a spear before taking on the likes of babyface wrestlers the Junkyard Dog, Hacksaw Butch Reed, and later Hulk Hogan and the Undertaker. He recently had his legs amputated because of diabetes.
BOY, 9, FOUND ON I-80 IN WYOMING REUNITED WITH PARENTS
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy found walking alone alongside Interstate 80 in southwestern Wyoming is reunited with his parents. The Wyoming Highway Patrol got word about the boy Saturday afternoon. Troopers were headed to find the boy when a driver picked him up and took him to the Green River Police Department. Patrol officials say troopers worked with police to find the boy’s family in Rock Springs. The parents said they were driving two separate vehicles when one had a flat tire. They repaired the tire and drove off without realizing the boy wasn’t in either vehicle. Troopers concluded that the incident wasn’t suspicious.
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