Winter storm grounds hundreds of flights at start of holiday weekend
A strong winter storm is grounding hundreds of winter flights from the Midwest to New England. The bad weather is ramping up pressure on airports, where absentee rates of TSA officers, unpaid in the shutdown, are rising. Airlines canceled hundreds of flights on Friday, as a rapidly-moving winter storm is forecast to bring snow, ice, sleet and heavy winds from the Midwest to New England, snarling travel during the busy three-day weekend.