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Airlines prepping for busiest Memorial Day weekend since before pandemic

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Some U.S. carriers expect to carry over 2 million passengers over the holiday. U.S. air lines are gearing up for the busiest Memorial Day holiday since before the pandemic . United Airlines said it's preparing for its busiest Memorial Day in over a decade, expecting to carry nearly 2.9 million passengers from Thursday May 25 to Tuesday May 30. The airline said it will see the most passengers Friday, May 26, when it expects to transport 500,000 customers. MORE: Will summer travel be more expensive this year? It depends on where you go and how you get there Delta Air Lines said it's expecting to fly 2.8 million customers over the holiday – a 17% increase from the number of passengers it flew during last year's Memorial Day weekend. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images MORE: 42 million Americans expected to travel over Memorial Day weekend: AAA American Airlines said it will carry more than 2.9 million customers, operating over 26,000 flights this upcoming holiday. "The busiest ...

Before Hamas attack, US attitudes on Israel and Palestinians had shifted along party lines: Polling

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Americans' opinions were shifting on Israel and the Palestinians prior to the latest war in the Gaza Strip, with thoughts on the two largely divided along party lines. Hamas' militants launched a brutal, expansive terror attack on Israel over the weekend, killing at least 1,200 people, and Israel went to war in response, with President Joe Biden and other top administration officials pledging aid to the Israelis. That underlines the U.S.'s continued support for Israel. Gallup polling in recent decades shows that adults broadly remain very or mostly favorable to Israel compared with the Palestinian Authority, one of the Palestinians' major governing bodies. Still, according to Gallup surveys as recently as February -- months before the Hamas attack -- Americans' opinions had been shifting on Israel and the Palestinians, with thoughts on the two largely divided along party lines. Americans overall also remain supportive of Israel, with 54% in the February Gallup s...