Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

Federal aviation officials are easing restrictions, allowing more flights as more air traffic controllers return to work.

NPR's Joel Rose reports it's the latest sign that commercial aviation is gradually returning to normal after the government shutdown.

The reductions in air traffic at dozens of major airports

will be lowered from 6% to 3% of flights through the weekend. The Department of Transportation

and the Federal Aviation Administration say that reflects improvements in staffing levels at air

traffic facilities. The FAA said the restrictions were necessary to keep the airspace safe, as the

agency grappled with widespread staffing shortages of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown. But with the shutdown

over, air traffic controllers have finally received some of the back pay they earned, and most

are now back to work. Airlines say they're confident they can ramp up quickly and should be able

to return to their full schedules before Thanksgiving holiday

travel begins. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. Kentucky's hemp farmers say a new federal

limit on THC-infused products would be disastrous for their livelihoods. Shepard Snyder with

member station W.EKU reports the provision as part of the spending bill President Trump signed into law this week.

The provision limits the amount of THC and sellable hemp to just 0.4 milligrams per container.

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell added the provision, saying it's meant to close a legal loophole

and keep mind-altering substances out of the hands of children.

But Abram Phillips, who runs a hemp farm out of northern Kentucky,

says imposing such a limit would need cap their profits.

At that point, your consumers don't care because that's not what they want.

So why would they buy something they don't want?

We don't have consumers, we have no market.

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