Staff absences soar at US airports

Absences among transportation security workers over the weekend reached their highest since a partial government ‌shutdown began five weeks ago, US Department of Homeland Security said Sunday, while immigration enforcement agents prepared to fill in for them at some of the busiest US airports. At airports in Houston, New York and Atlanta, more than one-third of Transportation Security Administration staff were calling in sick or otherwise absent, DHS said, as the shutdown left tens of thousands

By The Korea Herald