Welcome to the NewsHour. We start our coverage today with a pair of holiday disruptions.

In a moment, we'll hear about air travel headaches, but first, coffee. A strike by Starbucks

employees expanded to some 5,000 baristas nationwide today.

No contra! No coffee! No country! No coffee!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey says the walkout shut nearly 300 stores across 45 states.

Starbucks says fewer than 200 stores were affected. Workers say they're protesting unfair labor

practices, like retaliatory firings and cuts to hours. They also called out the company's recent wage

offer, which one employee called insulting. It's not enough to support any person living by

themselves, let alone the Starbucks barista or shift supervisors who have one, two, three kids to put food on the table for. They don't have enough

money to support their families. Starbucks said yesterday the strike had had no significant impact on

its operations. The employees say they'll go back to work tomorrow morning. Airline passengers

also faced disruptions today

after American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical issue. Passengers

crowded terminals as operations were put on hold for about an hour. American blamed a problem

with the technology that maintains its flight operating system.

It comes in the thick of the busy holiday travel season.

Overall, flight trackers cited more than 3,200 flight delays and at least 28 cancellations today.

Snow, ice, and thunderstorms were also factors in the disruptions.

The man accused of burning a woman to death in the New York City subway appeared in court today.

The suspect was charged with three counts of murder and arson at the Brooklyn Criminal Court.

He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Federal officials say the 33-year-old Guatemalan migrant

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