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No Des Moines record set for Thanksgiving holiday travel

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Despite high expectations, Thanksgiving travel at Des Moines International Airport for the third year in a row fell short of the prepandemic level, the airport confirmed Monday.

Airport figures show that during the six-day holiday travel period, 23,511 travelers passed through the airport, about 4% short of the 24,478 during the same period in 2019, the last Thanksgiving before the COVID-19 pandemic reached Iowa in 2019.

That was despite October being the first month in which the number of people using the airport exceeded the figure for the same month in 2019.

Before the pandemic, the airport had been setting

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Taylor Swift public ticket sale canceled over extreme demand, Ticketmaster says

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Taylor Swift poses with her awards during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 held at PSD Bank Dome on November 13, 2022 in Duesseldorf, Germany.

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Tickets for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour will no longer be put on sale to the general public Friday, after Live Nation’s Ticketmaster said there weren’t enough tickets to meet meet demand.

“Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow’s public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled,” Ticketmaster said in a tweet.

The company

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Coastal to Travel to Troy for 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Championship Game

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Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 3




TROY, Ala. – The 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship Game will be held in Troy, Ala., on Saturday, Dec. 3, as the East Division Champions in Coastal Carolina (9-2, 6-2 Sun Belt) will take on the West Division Champions in Troy (10-2, 7-1

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Virginia football team to attend 3rd funeral in 5 days

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Virginia football team to attend 3rd funeral in 5 days

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s football team will travel to its third funeral in five days Wednesday to honor the life of Lavel Davis Jr., who was fatally shot on a bus along with two teammates after they returned to campus from a field trip.

Davis, 20, and teammates D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler were killed Nov. 13 after returning from the trip to see a play in Washington, D.C.

Teammate Mike Hollins and a fifth student, Marlee Morgan, were also shot, but survived.

Authorities have said Christopher Darnell Jones

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U.S. Mission China Statement to American Citizens

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The United States has no higher priority than the safety, health, and well-being of American citizens overseas.  We are actively working with and assisting our citizens experiencing challenges related to the recent rise of COVID-19 infections in China.  The People’s Republic of China (PRC) authorities have expanded COVID-19 prevention restrictions and control measures as outbreaks occur.  These measures may include residential quarantines, mass testing, closures, transportation disruptions, lockdowns, and possible family separation.  Ambassador Burns and other Mission officials have regularly raised our concerns on many of these issues directly with senior PRC officials and will continue to do so.

We

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Travel warnings: What other nations tell their citizens about US violence

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(CNN) — American travelers — at least those of the cautious variety — might be familiar with the US State Department’s travel advisories.

The agency monitors the world for potential trouble and issues warnings from “Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions” to “Level 4: Do Not Travel,” alerting would-be visitors to terrorism threats, war, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, high crime rates and other personal security issues.

But have you ever wondered how other countries’ governments caution their citizens about coming to the United States? What kind of reputation does America have?

CNN Travel checked out what the governments of the

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AG’s Office did not keep Schmitt’s travel records after 2020

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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt greets a crowd of supporters in St. Louis after winning the GOP primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt greets a crowd of supporters in St. Louis after winning the GOP primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022


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In April, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt walked from inside the U.S. Supreme Court to a circle of cameras and reporters stationed on the sidewalk. Tourists listened in as Schmitt took questions about his and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s challenge to a Biden administration immigration policy.

“I view Missouri as a proxy for all the other states that are impacted by the crisis we have at the border,” Schmitt

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