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The basics of Ted Cruz’s trip to Cancun This past Wednesday Ted Cruz flew from Houston to Cancun on United Airlines with his family. While he tried to fly under the radar (no pun intended), this was making national headlines by Thursday, as people caught onto what was happening. Cruz started by throwing his kids under the bus, as one does, claiming he was just trying to be a good dad, and was just dropping his kids off, and would fly back on Thursday: “With school canceled for the week, our girls asked us to take a trip with friends....

FULL TITLE: United Airlines flight bound for Italy is canceled after fuel gushes from the plane's wing as it taxied to the runway at Newark airport A United Airlines flight bound for Italy was canceled after fuel gushed from one of its wings. The plane was taxiing to the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport when the fuel spill occurred. Witnesses said the fuel came from the edge of the plane's left wing. It's still unclear what caused the leak, where it originated or how much fuel was spilled. Scroll down for video

FULL TITLE: ‘Please listen to the following safety announcement’: Jiu-jitsu masters’ hilarious tutorial for United Airlines passengers who fear being dragged off the plane Two Jiu-jitsu masters have taken aim at the United Airlines fiasco with a tongue-in-cheek tutorial to help prevent passengers from being dragged off their flight. The airline caused a social media storm on Sunday after Vietnamese grandfather Dr David Dao was violently dragged off Flight 3411 by security due to overbooking. A comical clip shows Californian brothers Ryrion and Rener Gracie demonstrating six 'very effective drag defence methods' to help passengers get free if they are...