News: October 26, 2026

The edition for Monday, October 26, 2026. 3 items. All editions.

World

UN aviation agency urges countries to coordinate air traffic to cut holding patterns and delays

Developing Reported Oct 26, 4:20 pm PT

Oct. 26, 2026 — The International Civil Aviation Organization is urging countries to coordinate air traffic flows across borders so that departures are held on the ground, rather than leaving planes circling at their destinations, UN News reported. The approach, known as air traffic flow management, has airlines, airports, controllers and weather services share information and decide together. In Europe alone, air traffic management delays cost an estimated $2.3 billion or more in 2025, according to EUROCONTROL, the continent's air navigation body.

aviation, transport

States

Virgin Islands opens the last of six rebuilt Head Start centers in a $42 million disaster-recovery project

Developing Confirmed Oct 26, 4:15 pm PT

Oct. 26, 2026 — The U.S. Virgin Islands opened the Dilsa Capdeville Head Start center on St. Thomas on Oct. 26, the sixth and last facility in a $42 million federally funded project to rebuild early-childhood centers, the governor's office said. The others are at Cruz Bay on St. John, Anna's Hope and Concordia on St. Croix, and Minetta Mitchell and Lindbergh Bay on St. Thomas. About $15 million went to St. Croix and $27 million to the St. Thomas–St. John district, from the federal Office of Head Start's disaster recovery funds.

education, disaster recovery, territories

California awards $115.2 million in Homekey+ funds for supportive housing in five places

Developing Confirmed Oct 26, 4:10 pm PT

Oct. 26, 2026 — California awarded $115.2 million through Homekey+, its supportive-housing program backed by the voter-approved Proposition 1 bond, for projects in Yuba City, San Francisco, Riverside County, Lompoc and Los Angeles County, the governor's office said. The awards range from about $16.2 million to about $40.6 million, and the state said they will create 329 homes, 168 of them reserved for veterans. Homekey+ has awarded 2,905 permanent supportive homes since 2024, 828 of them for veterans, the office said.

housing, homelessness, California