First cruise to set sail from a US port in more than 15 months
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More than 15 months after the pandemic halted the industry, the first big cruise ship is slated to sail out of a US port on Saturday. Celebrity Edge is scheduled to sail from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale at 6 p.m. on a seven-night voyage.
(CNN) — It's been a long circuitous journey to restarting cruise travel in the United States. But more than 15 months after the pandemic halted the industry, the first big cruise ship is due to sail out of a US port on Saturday. Celebrity Edge is scheduled to sail from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale at 6 p.m. on a seven-night voyage with ports of call in Mexico and the Bahamas.President Joe Biden on Sunday delivers his first commencement address of the 2024 season at Morehouse College, where the president may for the first time in months have to confront the angst that’s been percolating on college campuses nationwide toward his administration’s policies on the Israel-Hamas war.
Arab and Palestinian Americans left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday night frustrated they did not have a clear understanding of how the Biden administration might act upon their concerns as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the civilian population in Gaza, participants told CNN.