December 22: Flight cancellations shake holiday plans nationwide. What’s in latest Ukraine aid package?

J. Scott Wilson

Updated: Dec 22, 2022 / 06:23 AM CST

Crews deice a Southwest Airlines plane before takeoff on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 in Omaha, Neb. An incoming winter storm threatens the Christmas travel rush. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Good morning! It’s Thursday Dec. 22, 2022. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️. Flight cancellations shake holiday travel plans

Crews deice a Southwest Airlines plane before takeoff on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 in Omaha, Neb. An incoming winter storm threatens the Christmas travel rush. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

2. What’s in the latest Ukraine aid package?

FILE – U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Brown, right, with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, checks pallets of 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The U.S. will send $1.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine in a massive package that will for the first time include a Patriot missile battery and precision guided bombs for their fighter jets, U.S. officials said Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, as the Biden administration prepares to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

3. Winter storm causes hazardous holiday travel

A person shovels snow outside Rome Grocery northeast of Bellingham, Wash., on Tuesday morning, Dec. 20, 2022. Heavy snow, freezing rain and sleet have disrupted travel across the Pacific Northwest, causing widespread flight cancellations and creating hazardous driving conditions. (AP Photo/Lisa Baumann)

4. Associates of FTX founder plead guilty to criminal charges

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, center, is escorted out of Magistrate Court into a Corrections van, following a hearing in Nassau, Bahamas, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WARNS OF DANGER TO ELECTRICAL GRID

Federal law enforcement officials warned of suspected arsons at Hawaii Electric substations.

FILE – Workers with Randolph Electric Membership Corporation work to repair the Eastwood Substation in West End, N.C., Dec. 6, 2022. Federal regulators on Thursday, Dec. 15, ordered a review of security standards at the nation’s far-flung electricity transmission network, following shootings at two electric substations in North Carolina that damaged equipment and caused more than 45,000 customers to lose power. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, File)

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