By Chris Isidore, CNN

(CNN) — Americans are packing the highways and airports this holiday weekend – even with gas and airfares significantly more expensive than last year.

AAA projected that a record number of Americans are traveling this weekend, with 45 million either flying or driving at least 50 miles from home, up from last year’s record of 44.8 million .

“When it comes to travel, it’s one of the only things I’ll treat myself on,” James Smith, who’s flying this weekend, told CNN. Smith spent $550 to fly from New Mexico to Newark, New Jersey, for a holiday weekend with friends at the Jersey shore.

Airfares are up more than 20% compared with last year, according to an estimate from travel booking site Kayak as well as data from major airlines. And gas prices nationally averaged $4.55 a gallon as of the Friday heading into the weekend, up $1.38 from last year and up 53% since the start of the Iran war.

The fact that travel isn’t letting up despite the higher costs isn’t a surprise, said Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics consulting company.

“Survey data is indicating there’s a lot of concern about gas prices,” he told CNN. “But there’s a disconnect between how people feel and how they act.”

Historically, gas spikes, like in 2022, haven’t dropped leisure or business travel without other factors also weighing in. That’s partly because the people who struggle the most with higher gas prices or airfares weren’t traveling much to begin with.

“More than half of leisure hotel spending is by people making $150,000 or more,” Sacks said.

But some hotel bookings appear to be softening. Laura Lee Blake told CNN more travelers could be skipping the hotel portion of their stay. Blake is CEO of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association, whose 20,000 members, mostly of South Asian descent, own about 60% of US hotels.

“Travelers maybe skip an overnight stay to save money,” she said. “Maybe they visit family members along the way, or they stay with friends instead of booking a hotel.”

Frantz Simon and his family planned to do just that this weekend.

At a Jersey Turnpike rest stop on Thursday, Frantz, his wife, Mildred, and their two children were packed into a rented SUV to make a 12-hour drive from Long Island to Georgia for his grandson’s high school graduation. He said he wouldn’t consider missing the event: “It’s a family outing,” he said.

But to save money, they’re driving straight through in one day and staying with family in Georgia.

In June Lake, California, near the entrance of Yosemite National Park, Connie Lear manages rental reservations for 42 units, mostly condos and private homes. She said many of her regular renters are cutting back, even if they’re still coming.

“Instead of doing seven days, they’re doing five or four,” she said.

And some people are finding ways to travel without spending more. John Mercagliano, who lives in a Philadelphia suburb, nixed plans to vacation in London with friends next week because of the cost. Instead, he is using his miles on American Airlines to fly to Arizona to vacation with the same friends, who live there.

“I considered it (not traveling at all), but I wanted to see them, and I didn’t want to do nothing at all,” he said.

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By Chris Isidore, CNN

(CNN) — Americans are packing the highways and airports this holiday weekend – even with gas and airfares significantly more expensive than last year.

AAA projected that a record number of Americans are traveling this weekend, with 45 million either flying or driving at least 50 miles from home, up from last year’s record of 44.8 million .

“When it comes to travel, it’s one of the only things I’ll treat myself on,” James Smith, who’s flying this weekend, told CNN. Smith spent $550 to fly from New Mexico to Newark, New Jersey, for a holiday weekend with friends at the Jersey shore.

Airfares are up more than 20% compared with last year, according to an estimate from travel booking site Kayak as well as data from major airlines. And gas prices nationally averaged $4.55 a gallon as of the Friday heading into the weekend, up $1.38 from last year and up 53% since the start of the Iran war.

The fact that travel isn’t letting up despite the higher costs isn’t a surprise, said Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics consulting company.

“Survey data is indicating there’s a lot of concern about gas prices,” he told CNN. “But there’s a disconnect between how people feel and how they act.”

Historically, gas spikes, like in 2022, haven’t dropped leisure or business travel without other factors also weighing in. That’s partly because the people who struggle the most with higher gas prices or airfares weren’t traveling much to begin with.

“More than half of leisure hotel spending is by people making $150,000 or more,” Sacks said.

But some hotel bookings appear to be softening. Laura Lee Blake told CNN more travelers could be skipping the hotel portion of their stay. Blake is CEO of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association, whose 20,000 members, mostly of South Asian descent, own about 60% of US hotels.

“Travelers maybe skip an overnight stay to save money,” she said. “Maybe they visit family members along the way, or they stay with friends instead of booking a hotel.”

Frantz Simon and his family planned to do just that this weekend.

At a Jersey Turnpike rest stop on Thursday, Frantz, his wife, Mildred, and their two children were packed into a rented SUV to make a 12-hour drive from Long Island to Georgia for his grandson’s high school graduation. He said he wouldn’t consider missing the event: “It’s a family outing,” he said.

But to save money, they’re driving straight through in one day and staying with family in Georgia.

In June Lake, California, near the entrance of Yosemite National Park, Connie Lear manages rental reservations for 42 units, mostly condos and private homes. She said many of her regular renters are cutting back, even if they’re still coming.

“Instead of doing seven days, they’re doing five or four,” she said.

And some people are finding ways to travel without spending more. John Mercagliano, who lives in a Philadelphia suburb, nixed plans to vacation in London with friends next week because of the cost. Instead, he is using his miles on American Airlines to fly to Arizona to vacation with the same friends, who live there.

“I considered it (not traveling at all), but I wanted to see them, and I didn’t want to do nothing at all,” he said.

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Por Daniel Dale, CNN

Hay tantas cosas sucediendo en las noticias que puede ser fácil pasar por alto el hecho de que el presidente sigue diciendo una gran cantidad de mentiras.

El presidente Donald Trump hizo una asombrosa variedad de afirmaciones falsas en sus declaraciones públicas durante la semana pasada. Estas incluyeron afirmaciones inexactamente optimistas sobre la economía de Estados Unidos y la guerra con Irán, ataques infundados contra los demócratas y sus ya conocidas mentiras flagrantes sobre las elecciones estadounidenses.

A continuación se presenta una verificación de hechos de 28 afirmaciones falsas distintas que Trump pronunció entre el lunes y el viernes. Esto no pretende ser una lista exhaustiva, y no incluye múltiples afirmaciones de Trump que no han sido probadas pero tampoco pueden ser refutadas de manera definitiva

• 1) La inflación que heredó Trump: Trump afirmó falsamente: “Cuando heredamos, cuando comenzamos, teníamos la inflación más alta en la historia de nuestro país”. No fue así. La tasa de inflación interanual era del 2,9 % en el último mes completo de mandato del expresidente Joe Biden, en diciembre de 2024, y fue del 3,0 % en enero de 2025, cuando Trump asumió el cargo; esas cifras son más bajas que la tasa más reciente, 3,8 % en abril de 2026, y no son destacables según los estándares históricos. El pico de inflación bajo la administración Biden, 9,1 % en junio de 2022, fue el más alto en más de 40 años, pero incluso esa tasa del 9,1 % estuvo lejos del máximo histórico de 23,7 %, alcanzado en 1920, o del punto más alto de la presidencia de Jimmy Carter, 14,8 %, alcanzado en 1980.
• 2) El estado de la inflación: Trump afirmó falsamente: “Tuvimos inflación, pero la hemos reducido”. Trump no ha reducido la inflación. La tasa de inflación más reciente, 3,8 % en abril, es la más alta desde mayo de 2023. Nuevamente, era del 3,0 % en el mes en que Trump regresó a la presidencia en 2025.
• 3) Precios antes de la guerra: Trump afirmó falsamente que, antes de que comenzara la guerra con Irán a finales de febrero, “bajamos los precios y los bajamos a cifras que en algunos casos la gente no había visto antes”. En general, los precios al consumidor estaban subiendo, no bajando, antes de la guerra; hasta febrero de 2026, los precios promedio habían subido un 2,9 % en general desde el inicio del segundo mandato de Trump. Trump podría haber dicho con justicia que algunos productos se han abaratado desde el comienzo de su segunda presidencia, pero incluso antes de la guerra, muchos más productos se habían encarecido.
• 4) La tasa de inflación previa a la guerra: Trump afirmó falsamente que “la inflación fue del 1,6 % durante los últimos tres meses justo antes de la guerra”. No es cierto. Fue del 2,7 % en noviembre de 2025, 2,7 % en diciembre de 2025 y 2,4 % en enero de 2026; fue nuevamente del 2,4 % en febrero de 2026, mes para el cual casi todos los datos se recopilaron antes de que comenzara la guerra el último día del mes.

• 5) Precios de la gasolina antes de la guerra: hablando sobre los precios de la gasolina, Trump afirmó falsamente que, antes de la guerra, “yo tenía, en muchos casos, menos de US$ 2 por barril – por galón”. Cuatro noches antes de la guerra, el 24 de febrero, la empresa GasBuddy le dijo a CNN que solo cuatro estaciones en todo el país, de unas 150.000 que monitorea, vendían gasolina por menos de US$ 2 por galón (aparte de descuentos especiales). Patrick De Haan, jefe de análisis de petróleo de GasBuddy, dijo a CNN el miércoles que habría habido “la misma cantidad o menos estaciones” por debajo de US$ 2 el 28 de febrero, ya que los precios estaban en tendencia ascendente. El promedio nacional de la AAA para un galón de gasolina regular el 28 de febrero, el día que comenzó la guerra, era de US$ 2,98 por galón, y el promedio esta

By Emma Tucker, CNN

(CNN) — The mother’s calls to police Monday morning painted an alarming picture: Her 17-year-old son was missing, along with several of her weapons and his car.

The boy had left a possible suicide note before vanishing with a man he met online whom she had never seen before – both dressed in camouflage, she told police.

Police were still searching for the woman’s son two hours later when they received reports of an active shooter at the city’s largest mosque, the Islamic Center of San Diego, and found the bodies of three men killed in an attack: Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad.

Just a few blocks away, her son Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez, were found dead inside a car with self-inflicted gunshot wounds, according to San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl. The two teenagers would later be identified by officials as the shooters who carried out the attack.

Vazquez was already known to police. Last year, law enforcement filed a gun violence emergency protective order, after he was placed on a psychiatric hold, to seize firearms in his parents’ home amid concerns about the teenager’s “suspicious behavior idolizing Nazis and mass shooters,” court documents show.

He had been in a mental health program up until the day before the shooting, a federal law enforcement official told CNN. The reasons for Vazquez’s release from the mental health facility that day were not disclosed, and the facility declined to provide any details to CNN due to the ongoing investigation and medical privacy laws.

While Clark had not been on law enforcement radar, the firearms used in the attack were taken from Clark’s family home, a law enforcement official close to the investigation said.

Authorities are “still looking into” whether they will recommend charges against Clark’s parents, and it’s unclear how the shooters obtained the weapons, the police chief said Tuesday.

Police have not provided any information on whether Clark’s parents told law enforcement how the firearms were stored, nor have they answered questions about how the guns were accessed.

The case raises serious questions about what, if any, warning signs might have been missed by those closest to the shooters in the days leading up to the attack and highlights how even when red flags are reported by parents and law enforcement – such as in Vazquez’s case – there are challenges in ensuring the child won’t commit a future act of violence, according to gun violence and legal experts CNN spoke with.

There is greater potential parental liability for Clark – who was a minor at the time of the attack – but it will ultimately depend on their prior knowledge of his risk, what steps were or were not taken and whether firearms were secured, according to the experts.

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office declined to share any information regarding potential charges due to the ongoing investigation. San Diego police also declined to comment, citing a “very extensive and sensitive investigation.”

It would not be unprecedented for a parent to be alleged to be legally responsible for a shooting their child carried out. There have been two notable cases in the past two years in which the parents were convicted: the first involving the parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, the second, the parents of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray.

Police previously ordered shooter’s parents to surrender guns

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Por Lauren Kent y Erikas Mwisi, CNN

Hélène Akilimali dice que está tomando todas las precauciones para no contraer el ébola, incluyendo el uso constante de mascarilla en público. Pero su trabajo como vendedora de cacao en el este de la República Democrática del Congo (RDC), epicentro del último brote, la pone en contacto diario con otras personas, algunas de las cuales dudan incluso de la existencia de la enfermedad, y ella no puede controlar cómo se comportan.

“El ébola es una enfermedad real. La gente debe dejar de engañarse a sí misma”, dijo Akilimali, advirtiendo de que la desinformación, los mitos sobre el virus y las actitudes laxas están matando a personas.

“Yo siempre uso mi mascarilla. Pero en cuanto a los clientes, cuando vienen, pueden o no estar usando mascarilla”, dijo Akilimali a un periodista en el lugar que trabaja para CNN. “No los vas a echar”.

Los habitantes de Ituri y Kivu del Norte, las dos provincias más afectadas por el brote, dicen que no solo están lidiando con la respuesta tardía a la epidemia, sino también con la desinformación en materia de salud y una actitud despreocupada hacia el uso de mascarillas en sus comunidades.

“Mientras vemos morir a personas, solíamos pensar que era una broma, pero ahora podemos ver que es real”, dijo Élie Ilunga, un residente de la ciudad de Bunia, la capital de la provincia de Ituri. “La enfermedad definitivamente está aquí”.

La Organización Mundial de la Salud ha dicho que al menos 177 muertes se cree que están relacionadas con el brote de ébola en la RDC, con casi 750 casos sospechosos hasta ahora. Se cree que el brote se originó en una zona rural, pero ahora se ha extendido a ciudades como Bunia y Goma. La vecina Uganda también ha registrado cinco casos confirmados, así como dos muertes.

La OMS elevó el viernes el nivel de riesgo a “muy alto” en la RDC y a “alto” a nivel regional, aunque afirma que el riesgo epidémico sigue siendo bajo a nivel global. Se espera que el número de casos de ébola “siga aumentando, dado el tiempo que el virus estuvo circulando antes de que se detectara el brote”, ha advertido la organización.

“Aquellos que dudan son quizás quienes aún no han experimentado esto (la muerte) o cuyas familias aún no se han visto afectadas”, añadió Ilunga, quien instaló un lavabo en casa para proteger a su propia familia. Ha estado instando a otros a dejar de dudar de la realidad de la amenaza que representa el virus.

Las tensiones estallaron el jueves en Ituri, cuando los familiares de un joven que murió de ébola intentaron llevarse su cuerpo “por la fuerza” del Hospital Rwampara, dijo un político local a CNN. Los manifestantes provocaron un incendio en ese centro de salud, quemando dos carpas del hospital, según informaron las autoridades.

El viernes, las autoridades locales en Ituri anunciaron restricciones a las reuniones públicas y prohibieron los velorios.

Las autoridades sanitarias han alertado que los funerales tradicionales y las prácticas de duelo pueden propagar rápidamente el virus, ya que los cadáveres de las víctimas de ébola son altamente infecciosos. Un movilizador comunitario con base en Bunia dijo anteriormente a CNN que una costumbre funeraria local que implica que los dolientes toquen al difunto pudo haber contribuido al aumento de infecciones.

“Generar confianza en las comunidades afectadas es fundamental para una respuesta exitosa y es una de nuestras máximas prioridades”, dijo el viernes el director general de la OMS, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, después del incendio en el