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WASHINGTON — New federal manufacturing and clean energy incentives that reward companies for locating in the United States have lit a fire under European companies, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told The Detroit News on Wednesday.

Stock futures lower as Fed hawks, recession worries weigh; Housing starts in focus as mortgage rates extend slide; Procter & Gamble earnings on deck with price hikes in focus; American Airlines looks to follow rival carriers with solid Q4 earnings and Bed Bath & Beyond edges higher despite renewed bankruptcy…

It's not good news for some passengers and it's devastating for others as the airline fights a major problem.

The operational chaos that engulfed Southwest Airlines Co. over the busy holiday period was a crisis decades in the making.

American Airlines plans to drop service this spring to three more small airports served by regional carriers, citing an industry-wide shortage of pilots and “soft demand.”

The U.S. Department of Labor says that American Airlines discouraged flight attendants from reporting work-related injuries and illnesses and docked attendance points for complaining about jet fuel fumes leaking into aircraft cabins.

Passengers across the country waited in airports this week while Southwest Airlines’ operation crumbled, because it couldn’t get pilots and flight attendants assigned to flights.

After Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights over the week, travelers are scrambling to reunite with their luggage.

The big challenges of 2022 — COVID and inflation — posed no obstacle to travelers, but finding enough pilots slowed down the travel recovery.