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Tourists may pay tolls to drive crooked San Francisco street

SAN FRANCISCO – Thousands of tourists could soon be forced to make reservations and pay to drive the famous crooked Lombard Street in San Francisco. California lawmakers approved ...

The places it’ll go: Dr. Seuss exhibition hitting the road

BOSTON – Dr. Seuss is hitting the road this fall with a large interactive exhibit that will immerse visitors in some of the most iconic books by the beloved children’s writer. The...

Judges say travelers can sue TSA over screener mistreatment

PHILADELPHIA – A U.S. appeals court says travelers can sue the government over mistreatment by federal airport screeners because the agents can act like law enforcement officers, including w...

International traveler with measles visited Disneyland

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A New Zealand teenager who visited Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood tourist hot spots and the beach this month had measles and may have exposed others, public hea...

Emotional highs, lows mark hiker’s record-setting project in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H. – While setting a speed record for New Hampshire hiking, Philip Carcia was sometimes struck with a sort of reverse déjà vu. Halfway through a hike, he’d question whether he had...

U.S. airlines expect record crowds over Labor Day weekend

DALLAS – Airlines expect record crowds over the week-long Labor Day period, continuing a rise in travel that has boosted the airlines’ profits all year. The trade group Airlines f...

Blooms, beasts affected as Alaska records hottest month

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska has been America’s canary in the coal mine for climate warming, and the yellow bird is swooning. July was Alaska’s warmest month ever, according to the ...

Cyclists race up Mount Washington – the highest peak in the Northeast

PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. – A Massachusetts man and a Pennsylvania woman won the grueling bicycle race up Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeastern United States. Erik Levi...

Cruise offers close and long looks at Norway’s fjords

HELLESYLT, Norway – In a journey full of waterfalls, an impressive cascade is just around the bend in Norway’s famous fjords. Whether it’s the popular Seven Sisters, toppling 820 ...

Customs and Border Protection outage snarls major airports

DALLAS – Travelers flying into the United States on Friday ran into long lines at major airports nationwide because of a temporary computer outage that affected the U.S. Customs and Border P...

United tells pilots no alcohol for 12 hours before flights

DALLAS – United Airlines is setting an earlier cutoff time for when pilots must stop drinking alcohol before flights. The airline is telling pilots they must abstain from alcohol ...

What happens when an airline pilot is arrested for drinking on the job?

In the span of less than a week recently, authorities arrested three pilots from two different airlines under suspicion of intoxication before they were about to fly. But despite ...
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