San Francisco International Airport expects delays starting in March

Travelers should expect delays atSan Francisco International Airportstarting March 30, as the airport will close one runway forsix months to perform repairs and improvements.

During this period, the San Francisco International Airport expects fewer than 10 percent of flights to be delayed by at least 30 minutes, as all arrivals and departures will be handled on the airport's two runways.

This closure should not affect which terminals are available for boarding, but it will affect flights' takeoff and landing schedules. If travelers are flying into or out of San Francisco's airport and have a connecting flight, folks should expect delays and plan accordingly when booking their tickets.

The airport will be repaving the surface layer on the right side of runway 1. In addition, Granite Construction Company will make improvements to adjacent taxiways, upgrading lighting and painting new striping and markings.

The total cost of the project is expected to be about $180 million, with the Federal Aviation Administration providing $92.1 million in funding for the improvements.

Travelers walk through the airport during holiday travel at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on December 22, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. In November, the Department of Transportation announced their desire for travelers to start dressing up for flying. Citing an undeniable rise in bad behavior on airplanes, the DOT announced a new campaign meant to encourage civility in air travel.

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Travelers walk through the airport during holiday travel at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on December 22, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. In November,the Department of Transportation announced their desire for travelers to start dressing upfor flying. Citing an undeniable rise inbad behavioron airplanes, the DOT announced a new campaign meant to encourage civility in air travel.

Am I owed anything if my flight is delayed?

When it comes to delayed flights, it depends on the circumstances and the airline.

According to theU.S. Department of Transportation, if a flight is delayed for uncontrollable reasons, such as severe weather or local emergencies, the airline does not owe travelers anything extra.

If a flight is delayed for controllable reasons, such as refueling or crew issues, but the traveler has not waited more than 3 hours, airlines are not required to provide any compensation.

If a traveler's flight is delayed by more than 3 hours, airlines are required to provide some form of compensation, and each airline offers different forms, according to theU.S. Department of Transportation.

All major American airlines will provide passengers with a meal or a meal voucher.

However, some airlines, such as Alaska, Hawaiian, JetBlue, and Southwest, provide travelers with a credit or travel voucher in the event of a delay.

If a flight is delayed overnight, nearly all American Airlines flights, excluding Frontier, will provide passengers with complimentary hotel accommodation and transportation to the hotel.

All airlines can rebook a passenger on the same airline for no additional cost.

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Measles cases in South Carolina rise by 12 to 962, state health department says

Feb 17 (Reuters) - South Carolina reported a surge to 962 measles cases on Tuesday, ‌state health data showed, including 12 additional ‌infections since Friday, as officials warned the widening outbreak ​could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake.

The outbreak, which began in October, has been centered in the northwest part of the state, ‌which includes Greenville ⁠and Spartanburg, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health.

The South Carolina ⁠outbreak is part of the nation's largest measles surge in more than three decades, federal ​health data ​show.

Of those infected, 893 ​were unvaccinated, 20 ‌were partially vaccinated with one of the recommended two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, 26 were fully vaccinated and 23 had unknown vaccination status.

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There are currently 127 people in quarantine and eight in isolation, the ‌state health department said.

Last ​week, U.S. Food and Drug ​Administration Commissioner Martin ​Makary, in an interview, urged Americans ‌to get vaccinated for ​measles.

"I think everyone ​in this administration has been pretty clear that the best way to prevent measles ​is to ‌get your kid vaccinated against measles," he ​said.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter Apple Martin denies being expelled for bullying

Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple Martin has set the record straight over claims that she was dismissed from school for bullying another student.

The 21-year-old daughter of Oscar-winning actor Paltrow andColdplayfrontmanChris Martintook to Instagram on Monday (16 February) to debunk the rumour, which started spreading online following her debutante debut at the Paris Le Bal des Débutantes in 2024.

"Just a quick little message from myself," she wrote in a now-deleted Instagram story. "Hi! I didn't wanna respond, but this narrative is completely false and has gotten so out of hand.

"I have never been expelled from any school, especially not for bullying anyone. I completely understand ppl not liking me, and that is OK! The internet is a place where ppl can share their opinions."

Martin clarified that the rumour is "completely untrue", adding: "I am not that type of person, and anyone who is close to me knows that." She ended the statement with a heart emoji.

The young model is currently studying at Nashville's Vanderbuilt University, having graduated from Los Angeles' Crossroads School in 2022.

However, unverified rumours began spreading online two years later that Martin had been expelled from another LA high school for bullying her classmates.

Before Martin denied the claims herself, she was defended by a fellow French debutante, whodismissed the idea that she's a "mean girl".

It came after a clip was shared online by French magazine Paris Match of Martin seemingly upstaging a photograph at the debutante ball in 2024. The fashion event takes place annually, and is a ceremony in which 20 women between the ages of 16 and 20 are introduced into society.

In the footage, fellow debutante Loppin de Montmort was seen posing for a photo before Martin stepped into shot, forcing de Montmort to move to the side. After social media viewers branded Martin a "mean girl" as a result, de Montmort toldPeople: "[Apple's] genuinely the nicest girl ever.

"She really doesn't deserve an ounce of what she's getting. She was the nicest girl ever towards not only me but all the debs!"

Last week, Martin revealed that she wants to follow in her mother's footsteps by focusing on acting after graduating from university with a degree in law, history and society this May.

She toldVogue: "I love dancing and I love acting. My dream is to act."

Paltrow and Martin welcomed their first child, Apple, back in May 2004 and their son, Moses, two years later in April. The couple married in December 2003 but split after 10 years of marriage, announcing their "conscious uncoupling" in March 2014.

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‘Like a Virgin’ Songwriter Billy Steinberg Dies at 74

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NEED TO KNOW

• Legendary songwriter Billy Steinberg died on Monday, Feb. 16, his attorney confirms to PEOPLE

• Steinberg was the mastermind behind Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors"

• Cyndi Lauper remembered Steinberg as a "such a nice guy and very supportive" in an Instagram tribute

Legendary songwriter Billy Steinberg has died at age 74.

Steinberg died in Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood, his attorney Laurie Soriano tells PEOPLE.

"Billy was an American treasure, such a lovely pure soul who was able to give us the most poetic lyrics that moved millions of people all over the world," Soriano adds.

Steinberg died following his journey with cancer,TMZ reported.

Steinberg was the mastermind behind some of the greatest pop songs of the '80s and '90s, includingMadonna's hit "Like a Virgin" andCyndi Lauper's "True Colors."

Steinberg's career began in the late '70s when he formed his new wave band Billy Thermal. After recording an unreleased album, the band broke up. Steinberg then formed i-Ten with his longtime creative partner Tom Kelly.

The pair reached new heights when they wrote the melodramatic love song "Like a Virgin," which spent six weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart between 1984 and 1985. The two also co-wrote Lauper's "True Colors" and "Alone," as well asWhitney Houston's "So Emotional" and the Bangles' "Eternal Flame." All four songs reached No. 1 on the Hot 100.

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Throughout his storied career, Steinberg has written songs forJoJo,Demi Lovato,Celine Dion,Tina Turner,Rod Stewart, Pat Benatar,Bette Midler,Carrie Underwood, The Pretenders and The Divinyls, among other artists.

Steinberg won a Grammy in 1997 for his work on Dion'sFalling Into You,which was named album of the year. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011.

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In an Instagrampost, Lauper remembered him as a friend and shared her condolences with Steinberg's family.

"I'm so sorry to hear that my friend Billy Steinberg has passed away," she wrote. "He was such a nice guy and very supportive. My thoughts are with his family, loved ones, and Tom during this sad time."

Steinberg is survived by his wife Trina and his sons Ezra and Max.

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Jesse Jackson: Five key moments in Civil Rights icon’s career

TheRev. Jesse Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at 84, was a tireless activist, dynamic orator, skilled diplomat and influential politician whosetwo campaignsfor the White House transformed politics and diversified the Democratic Party.

Renowned for his ability to weave unity across borders of race, class, gender and religion, his legacy is a tapestry of efforts to promote civil and human rights, peace, equality andeconomic and social justice.

Here are five key moments in Jackson's career.

Jackson's evolution as an activist

As a freshman at the University of Illinois, Jackson was one of eight young Black high school and college students arrested after conducting a sit-in at a Whites-only library in his native Greenville, South Carolina, in the summer of 1960. The protest by the so-calledGreenville Eightwould help spur the library's desegregation two months later.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights icon who battled alongside Martin Luther King Jr., negotiated global hostage releases, and shamed corporations for their lack of corporate diversity and failure to support voting rights, has died. He was 84. Jackson was hospitalized on Nov. 12 following a lengthy battle with the neuromuscular disease progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition similar to Parkinson's disease.

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Jesse Jackson dies at 84. See his from preacher to civil rights leader

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights icon who battled alongside Martin Luther King Jr., negotiated global hostage releases, and shamed corporations for their lack of corporate diversity and failure to support voting rights,has died. He was 84. Jackson was hospitalized on Nov. 12 following a lengthy battle with the neuromuscular disease progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition similar to Parkinson's disease.See his journey and path to politics in photos.

After transferring to North Carolina A&T State College, Jackson became a student leader in efforts to desegregate establishments in Greensboro before beginning studies at the University of Chicago's theological seminary.

Bloody Sundaywould alter Jackson's life and career. The March 1965 incident inSelma, Alabama, in which peaceful marchers were attacked by state troopers with tear gas and billy clubs, ultimately led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It also spurred Jackson to leave Chicagoto join the efforts in Selmaand to become involved in theSouthern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The following year, King would make Jackson director of the Chicago chapter ofOperation Breadbasket, the conference's economic arm, fighting for greater Black representation in the business workforce.

Jackson's activism moves to the national level

In 1971, Jackson left the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and launched Operation PUSH, or People United to Save Humanity ("Save" was later changed to "Serve"), dedicated to Black self-help, youth development and economic opportunity.

Using persuasion, boycotts and prayer vigils, the group successfully won concessions from White-owned corporations and businesses to employ more diverse workforces.

In 1984, as Jackson made his foray into politics, he founded the National Rainbow Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based social justice organization which promoted equal rights for Blacks, women and gays. Among its key initiatives was advocating for minority groups affected by President Ronald Reagan's moves to cut domestic spending, especially efforts targeted at inner cities.

The two organizations would merge in 1996, becoming theRainbow/PUSH Coalitionand continuing to fight for civil rights and economic and academic opportunity in the U.S. and worldwide. Jackson's groupshelped many causesgain mainstream acceptance such as national health care, peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians and embrace of the LGBTQ community.

Jacksonstepped downas leader of the coalition in 2023.

A pair of transformative presidential runs

A year after leading a voter registration drive thathelped Harold Washingtonwin election as Chicago's first Black mayor, Jackson sought the Democratic presidential nomination – only the second Black candidate, afterShirley Chisholm in 1972, to vie for the presidency at the national level. While he finished third in primary voting, he became thefirst Black politicianto win any major-party state primary race and his grassroots campaign helped reenergize the Democratic Party by inspiring hundreds of thousands of people to register to vote.

In 1988, Jackson again ran for president, doubling his share of 1984's primary vote with a progressive, unifying platform that served as an antidote to what many saw as racially divisive policies under Reagan.

According tojournalist David Masciotra, Jackson's campaigns sparked the Democratic Party's diversification and a new wave of Black leadership across the country, including Douglas Wilder of Virginia, who in 1990 became the first Black governor of any state since Reconstruction; David Dinkins, who was elected as New York City's first Black mayor in 1989; and Norm Rice, who was elected Seattle's first Black mayor the same year.

A global diplomat

In the late 1970s, Jackson began traveling abroad to help resolve global disputes and bring attention to world causes, decryingSouth African apartheidandadvocating for Palestinian statehood.

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In 1984, Jacksonnegotiated the releaseof Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman, who had been captured by Syria. The same year he secured the release ofCuban prisonersin Cuba.

In 1997, President Bill Clinton appointed Jackson asspecial envoy to Africa, where he would meet with leaders such as Nelson Mandela of the Republic of South Africa, Kenya's Daniel T. Arap Moi and Zambia's Frederick Chiluba.

Jackson brokered the release of U.S. soldiers held in Kosovo in 1999; then helped arrange release of four British-employed journalists being held by Liberia the following year.

Health issues began to slow Jackson's work

In August 2000, Clinton awarded Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

But even as Jackson continued to push for justice, equality, voting rights and an end to poverty, growing health issues began to take their toll.

In 2017, he issued a letter announcing that he had been diagnosed four years earlier with Parkinson's disease, which he said had also affected his father.

"I find it increasingly difficult to perform routine tasks, and getting around is more of a challenge," he wrote. "For a while, I resisted interrupting my work to visit a doctor. But as my daily physical struggles intensified, I could no longer ignore the symptoms."

Jackson was treatedin November 2021after falling and hitting his head at Howard University.

In April 2025, doctorsupdated Jackson's initial diagnosistoprogressive supranuclear palsy, a rare and chronic neurodegenerative disorder known as PSP whose early symptoms are often mistaken for Parkinson's, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

The experience of being arrested as a young college student, he had said, provided a certain adrenaline.

"We finally had the courage to fight back standing up," he toldthe Greenville News, part of the USA TODAY network. As the Civil Rights movement spread to the northern U.S., "we became soldiers of a domestic war."

In more recent years, as attacks on civil rights began anew, he maintained optimism.

"Even though we face a chilly wind of real meanness, as a body of American people, White and Black and brown, we are going forward."

He said he wanted to be remembered as someone who cared deeply for people and racial reconciliation.

"I think people who learned to survive apart must now learn to live together," he said. "… I want to be remembered as a soldier in that struggle to make America better and the world more secure."

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