Ep 308. Nov 8 Sat

More than 5,000 flights have been delayed and more than 1,000 cancelled as reductions went into effect Friday at 40 high-traffic airports, in what officials say is an attempt to relieve pressure amid the record-long government shutdown. NBC News' Steven Romo reports from Newark Liberty International Airport. UPS has grounded its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11s, the type of plane involved in Tuesday's deadly crash in Louisville, Kentucky, the company confirmed Friday. Now, the FAA is ordering an investigation into those planes before they can fly again. The Department of Homeland Security says shots were fired at federal agents during an immigration operation. It comes amid an increase in violence towards federal officers. NBC News' Shaquille Brewster reports from Chicago. NBC News' Dana Griffin has the details. According to emails reviewed by NBC News, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting minors to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein, said she was "happier" after being transferred to a minimum-security facility in Texas. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports. The Supreme Court on Friday at least temporarily allowed the Trump administration to withhold about $4 billion in payments for the SNAP food benefits program that a federal judge had ordered. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports. Nearly 30 million Americans are diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, but the amount of funding to research what causes alcoholism tends to be less than funding allocated to research other well-known diseases like cancer. But now, one man is trying to change that. NBC News' Kate Snow has more. After a journey decade in the making, Debbie Houschild of New Jersey flew to London to meet her lifelong friend Jane Bean for the first time, 50 years after they first started writing to each other as children. NBC News' Jose Diaz-Balart has that story and more in this week's Good News Wrap-Up.