内容摘要：, 94. The former New York congressman was an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. May 26.

, 94. The former New York congressman was an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. May 26.

Before the air traffic control problems this spring, 38 or 39 flights typically took off and landed hourly at the Newark airport.United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the fact that the FAA imposed firm limits on the Newark airport should significantly improve its reliability. Before these problems, airlines would routinely schedule several more flights per hour than the airport could handle during peak hours. That was a recipe for delays and cancellations.

“This agreement that the FAA drove with the airlines is really a turning point for Newark for long term,” Kirby said.The airlines were already planning on the FAA increasing the limit to 34 arrivals and departures per hour, and the number they are selling for mid-June and thereafter already matches that limit, Kirby said.To help get passengers through the airport while the number of flights were limited, United, which operates the most flights out of Newark, brought in bigger airplanes so they could keep passenger numbers up.

But because of all the headlines about problems, ticket sales are down, so Kirby said customers might get a deal on airfare if they are willing to fly out of Newark right now.The FAA has said it will revisit the limits again in October because it hopes to have more controllers trained by then.

The government also upgraded the software at the air traffic control facility after a second radar outage on

That helped prevent aANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — It’s time to peek at the peak peonies.

Visitors are making the annual pilgrimage to the University of Michigan this week to see -- and smell -- one of the world’s premier collections of the garden plant, featuring showy red, white and pink blooms of countless shades and varieties.Melanie Millar and her friends visited the Ann Arbor school’s Nichols Arboretum on Monday to take some graduation photos.

The 18-year-old Millar is set to graduate from a Detroit-area high school in a matter of days.“I’m here with my best friends — a bunch of girls. … We just came here to get pictures since it’s going to be a nice day, and the Peony Garden seemed like a nice place to go to,” Millar said.