Highways, airports likely to be jammed ahead of Memorial Day weekend

Travel officials are warning of one of the busiest Memorial Day weekends in nearly two decades, as highways and airports are expected to be jammed with passengers beginning on Friday.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects Friday, May 24, to be the busiest travel day of the long weekend, with nearly three million passengers expected to go through airports on Friday alone.

From Thursday, May 23, to Wednesday, May 29, the TSA is expecting to screen more than 18 million people ...