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Southwest Airlines Orders 100 Boeing 737 Max Planes
The new Max 7s eventually will replace Southwest's aging fleet of 143-seat Boeing 737-700s while providing better fuel mileage.

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The new Max 7s eventually will replace Southwest's aging fleet of 143-seat Boeing 737-700s while providing better fuel mileage.

The major expansion comes amid a worrisome increase in coronavirus cases.
Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell showed the jurors the footage at the earliest opportunity, during opening statements.
A traditional Latin Mass was held for Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver.
A growing number of nonprofits aim to address the country's political divide.
Former President Barack Obama and other family members knew her as "Mama Sarah."
Films will be screened at outdoor venues including the Battery, Hudson Yards, Pier 57 Rooftop, Brookfield Place and the MetroTech Commons.
Live music is being performed in the same space that served as a field hospital at the height of the pandemic.
Dozens were rescued as torrential rains caused floods throughout Tennessee.
The trial of the former police officer who has been charged with murder in the death of George Floyd is expected to last about four weeks.
In Seattle, according to court documents, a man yelled profanities and threw things at a woman stopped at a red light with her two children.
Border Patrol officials have been reporting about 5,000 encounters with migrants a day.
"People are never going to forget."
Larry Nassar was a campus doctor who is now serving decades in prison for sexual assault and child pornography crimes.
Cleary said that as a librarian, children were always asking her for books about "kids like us. There weren't any. So she started writing.
The U.S.-convened forum of world economic powers on climate was used by George W. Bush and Barack Obama, but languished under Donald Trump.
"Kids should get the shot," says 9-year-old Marisol Gerardo, part of a Duke Health test, "so everything might be a bit more normal."
The law signed Friday by Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson gives doctors the right to refuse treatment to patients based on moral objections.
In early March hit its goal of reaching at least 90% of people who test positive
Queens' Our Lady of Sorrows lost more than 100 congregants to the coronavirus.