Author: Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY

The agency’s annual top 10 list of unusual items caught by screeners includes a ball python bound for Barbados and a grenade-turned-bottle opener

The airline is the only carrier to offer two free checked bags and no ticket change fees, but priority boarding fees and other fees bring in big bucks.

Southwest Airlines is doling out industrial-grade coats, gloves and face masks. American will deliversupplies toworkers from a mobile warming van.

Southwest Airlines alone has canceled more than 500 Tuesday flights, including nearly 300 at Chicago’s Midway International Airport.

More than 1,000 flights to and from Chicago have been canceled:854 flights at O’Hare International Airport and 224 at Midway International Airport.

The airline also has had to put Hawaii plans on hold because of the shutdown. It needs final approvals from FAA workers who currently are furloughed.

New Las Vegas attractions include a zipline, a speakeasy and distillery and an outpost of the best bar in North America.

Will Novak went to a stranger’s bachelor party in Vermont after being accidentally invited due to an email typo.