Some of America’s legacy airlines are hiring aggressively and adjusting flight schedules to accommodate staffing shortages as they prepare to to fly around 2.8 million passengers a day during the end-of-year holiday rush.
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- Tesla recall
- Storms
- Vaccines
Tesla recall
Tesla is recalling nearly all 2 million of its vehicles on US roads for an important Autopilot update. After a two-year probe of roughly 1,000 crashes in which the feature was engaged, US safety regulators determined the company's Autopilot system can give drivers a false sense of security and be easily misused. Tesla has agreed to a software update that will limit the use of the system's Autosteer feature if a driver repeatedly fails to demonstrate they are ready to resume control of the car while the feature is on. The recall comes two days after an investigation published by the Washington Post found at least eight serious accidents, including some fatalities, in which the feature should not have been engaged in the first place.
Storms
A potent storm is expected to unload heavy rain and flooding on the East Coast this weekend. The storm's exact track and strength will become clearer today as it moves through Florida and into the Southeast on Saturday. By early next week, plenty of rain will continue to drench the mid-Atlantic all the way through New England, forecasts show. Strong wind gusts may also push water ashore and produce coastal flooding, especially along Florida's Gulf Coast. Dangerous surf and rip currents are likely through the weekend across the eastern Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys and areas along the southeast Atlantic coast.
Vaccines
The CDC says there is an "urgent need" to boost vaccination coverage across the US due to increasing levels of respiratory disease. About 7 million fewer adults have gotten their flu shot so far this season compared with the last virus season. Overall, uptake is about 36% for both adults and children, according to CDC data. Vaccination coverage for Covid-19 is also low, with just 17% of adults and about 8% of children getting the latest shot. Only about 16% of adults ages 60 and up have gotten the new vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Respiratory disease activity in the US is highest in the South, but quickly rising elsewhere.
Vaccines
Apple is rolling out an iPhone security update that will better safeguard your device from potential thieves.
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