The bodies of 11 babies were discovered hidden away inside the defunct Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit, Michigan, which is being turned into a community center.

The horrific discovery came months after state authorities closed the Cantrell Funeral Home because of issues with “decomposing and moldy” bodies, according to Fox 2. A man named Raymond Cantrell took over the funeral home in 2017, the television station reports.

The discovery of the 11 babies’ bodies was announced by the Detroit Police Department, and the bodies are being turned over to the medical examiner’s office. Police have not revealed how the infants died or their identities. News of the gruesome find broke on October 12, 2018.

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After What Congress Did at 2:52 A.M. Saturday, Life May Change Radically for Airline Passengers and Flight Attendants. Here Are the Details

If it's passed as expected before September 30, the 1,200-page bill, released on a weekend in the middle of the night, would mean sweeping changes for airline travel–plus some other things.

By Bill Murphy Jr.Contributing editor, Inc.com@BillMurphyJr

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Literally in the middle of the night this weekend, Congress released a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, which has to be passed by September 30. The bill is 1,200 pages long and packed with things, including some truly radical changes for airline passengers and flight attendants.

The timing is striking: 2:52 a.m. on a Saturday. Nobody outside the airline industry was paying attention. Even in Washington, most political people are focused on the Supreme Court nomination fight.

I wrote earlier today about one controversial thing that was stripped from an earlier version of the bill: After senators pushed to limit the change fees and baggage fees to "reasonable and proportional" levels, this new version drops that provision. Change fees and baggage fees are here to stay.

Having had more time to pore over the coverage, it's clear this bill has a ton of other changes that will affect anyone who flies, plus a few things that frankly aren't related to airlines. Some will be welcome, some not so much.

Here are the 17 biggest items people are talking about.

1. No more "Dr. Dao incidents."

The CEO of United Airlines says he wants to be reminded every day of how a passenger was roughly removed from a flight to make room for a United employee in 2017. The new bill should make sure it can't happen again, as it "prohibits involuntary bumping of passengers who have boarded a plane," according to The Washington Post.

1. Minimum legroom and seat width.

Airline passengers will welcome this one. The FAA will be "required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes … possibly giving passengers a break from ever-shrinking legroom and cramped quarters," as The Detroit News puts it.

1. More rest time for flight attendants.

This one is something the flight attendants' unions have wanted for some time: "For the first time in more than two decades the legislation mandates longer rest periods for flight attendants between duty days," according to The Wall Street Journal. (Update: More on this here.)

1. No dogs in overhead bins.

1. No mobile phone calls during flight.

You can't do this now anyway, but this bill would make using your cell phone to make a call during flight a violation of federal law.

1. No e-cigarettes.

Similarly: this would take an existing prohibition, and make it federal law.

1. Required refunds.

Airlines would be required to "refund passengers for services they paid for but did not receive.”

1. Check your stroller.

1. No more deceptions.

This one is amazing: "The bill will require regulators to determine if it is unfair or deceptive for airlines to tell passengers 'that a flight is delayed or canceled due to weather alone when other factors are involved.'"

1. Pregnant women first.

1. Clamping down on sexual misconduct

1. Tougher penalties.

The bill "increases civil penalties for interfering with cabin or flight crew members."

1. Supersonic booms.

More than 15 years after the last flight of the Concorde, the bill will require the FAA to consider whether supersonic airplanes should be able to fly over the continental U.S.

1. Drones!

There are all kinds of provisions for commercial drones included, among them a provision that requires the FAA to "broaden existing rules to accommodate regular flights of package-delivery drones."

1. Hurricane Florence relief.

It's not clear what this has to do with the FAA per se, but the bill apparently contains a $1.68 billion immediate allocation for disaster relief in the wake of the hurricane earlier this month.

1. Spaceports!

It requires the FAA to set up an "Office of Spaceports," according to Reuters, which will "provide guidance, support licensing for spaceports, and promote infrastructure improvements for future space travel."

1. A complaints department.

Finally, the bill "requires the DOT to establish an aviation consumer advocate to help consumers resolve air travel complaints," according to the Post

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