water act. the white house recently revoked the state s ability to set stricter auto emissions. and it threatened to withhold millions of dollars of highway improvement funds over air quality. the teachers union voting thursday to authorize a strike by 29,000 educators. 94% of its membership approved the potential strike. they had been working for three months under an expired contract. a teachers strike could affect the students in chicago public schools. a delta employee arrested on charges of stealing a bag with $250,000 in cash from jfk airport. quincy thorpe, a delta ground services empl s employee was responsible for scanning and loading eight bags headed to miami. thorpe called off sick for the next two days.