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Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg Monday announced that the department is assessing fines totaling $7.5 million against six airlines ordering them to pay refunds to hundreds of thousands of customers.

U.S. fines airlines $7.5 million and they must refund customers for canceled flights

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced action against six airlines, but only one is a U.S. carrier; the others are foreign. "It's too little and too late," one consumer advocate says.

American Caeleb Dressel is the Olympic record holder in the men's 50-meter freestyle race. In Friday's finals in Paris, Dressel failed to reach the podium. He's shown here in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final on day one of the Paris Summer Games where he won a gold medal.

U.S. swimmers falter again on Day 7 of Olympics, winning a single silver medal

The U.S. swim team entered Paris confident after a strong showing in national trials. But the American team's stars struggled again on Friday night as swimmers from Australia and France dominated.

Health workers prepare COVID-19 vaccines at a coliseum in suburban Manila on November 29 — part of a massive 3-day vaccination drive launched by the government. It was one of 8,000 vaccination centers set up during the drive.

The Philippines vaccinated 7.6 million people in 3 days. Duterte demands even more

Hit hard by the pandemic, the Philippines has vaccination rates far lower than neighbors like Vietnam and Cambodia. Here's how the country is trying to up its numbers.

This image provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Office in Waukegan, Ill., shows Robert Crimo Jr., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, after turning himself in.

Father of July 4 Highland Park shooting suspect has been charged with 7 felonies

Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said the charges of reckless conduct are based on Robert Crimo Jr. sponsoring his then 19-year-old son's application for a gun license in 2019.

The $7,500 tax credit for electric cars keeps changing. Here's how to get it now

The IRS has made it a bit easier for EVs to qualify for tax credits in 2025. In the meantime, here's what you need to know about which cars are eligible right now.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Monday about negotiations on the government spending package.

Lawmakers unveil a $1.7 trillion U.S. spending bill as shutdown deadline looms

Leaders are racing to complete passage before a midnight Friday deadline or face the prospect of a partial government shutdown going into the Christmas holiday.

The price of eggs has risen sharply since the start of a bird flu outbreak that has resulted in millions of birds being culled.

What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in 7 years

Nearly 23 million birds have died as a highly pathogenic bird flu virus tears its way through farms and chicken yards. It has spread to at least 24 states in less than two months.

Arts for ACT gallery in the Fort Myers River District reopens Friday, July 7th

After more than nine months of renovations following Hurricane Ian, Arts for ACT Gallery in the downtown Fort Myers River District is scheduled to finally reopen on July 7th. Claudia Goode sits down with WGCU's Tom Hall to describe the journey.

7 things about RFK Jr. you should know ahead of his Senate hearings

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built his fortune and reputation on disparaging the government scientists and institutions he's now in line to lead as HHS secretary.

U.S. Charges 7 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking 40 Sports And Doping Groups

Once Russia's cheating was exposed, the Justice Department says, the embarrassed country "fought back by retaliating against the truth tellers, and against the truth itself."

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