Virgin America had the highest rate of delayed flights, and discount carrier Spirit Airlines drew the highest rate of consumer complaints. The Transportation Department released figures for March on Tuesday.…
One of the new 80 mph speed limit signs posted along U.S. Interstate 80 east near Fernley, Nev., signals the faster speed allowed on a 130-mile stretch from east of…
“The world was spinning and I felt like death,” she says. “It was like the worst hangover you can imagine – a constant spinning motion.” Saunders, a business-systems analyst from…
Florida city keeps title as most-visited destination in U.S.
A porter carries crates containing oxygen tanks, with Mount Lingtren seen behind left, and Mount Khumbutse, right, on his way toward Everest Base Camp, at Lobuche, Nepal.Associated Press file The…
The San Diego Union-Tribune on Sunday released never-before-published shots of Lindbergh from April 28, 1927. Harry Bishop, chief photographer for what was then the Union and Evening Tribune, shot the…
Four Corners Monument make list of disappointing destinations
New site in Washington, D.C., fills quickly every day
In case you missed it, United has been under fire for calling law enforcement to have a passenger, David Dao, forcibly removed from a flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky,…
Road trip season is around the corner. Does that fill you with memories of painful car trips stuck between siblings in the backseat? Or do you relish the idea of…
Residents of the Kisenso district of Kinshasa, receive yellow fever vaccines. The United States is facing a looming shortage of a yellow fever vaccine for travelers, potentially affecting hundreds of…
Associated Press file About 1 in 10 American air travelers reports having had sex of some kind at an airport, compared with about 8 percent who are members of the…
Mud season is an annual mucky rite of passage in the lives of northern New Englanders. This year, it’s gloppier than usual in places, and hanging around longer. Even Acadia…
Nold, a retired bus dispatcher from Madison, South Dakota, who has multiple sclerosis, travels in a wheelchair. “So he requires an aisle seat,” says his wife, Deb Nold. But on…
English encroaches on unique dialect of Old Norse
Once home to some 50,000 people whose lives were connected to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat was hastily evacuated one day after a reactor at the plant 2 miles…
Our 10-day adventure was minimally planned; choose the dates, buy the tickets, book a place to sleep in Dublin, rent a car and go. Each night, we would hover over…
If you travel frequently, sign up for TSA PreCheck or Global Entry. Either program can cut down on stress and may save you time.Associated Press file “There’s a lot to…
The Miami Parking Authority’s citations, usually for $42 apiece, have arrived in the mail intermittently since 2014 for violations that allegedly occurred in Miami, where her daughter attends college. When…
Where should art lovers go for something quiet or off the beaten path? Whether it’s the gorgeous murals at the Department of the Interior or the watercolors and sculptures at…
A central feature in the new Google Earth is Voyager. Google has partnered with such groups as the BBC and NASA to add video clips, photos and text narratives to…
At issue was a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – a precursor to creating a federal regulation – ordered in the waning days of the Obama administration. Basically, it’s a…
40,000 lost seats against their will last year
Visitors watch planes fly in narrow Star Wars Canyon
Shannon Airport, which serves the southwestern region of Ireland, opened a “sensory room” for children and adults with neurodevelopmental challenges, including autism, on March 29. The room is located off…
Hours later on Monday, his tone turned more defensive. He described the man as “disruptive and belligerent.” By Tuesday afternoon, almost two days after the Sunday evening confrontation in Chicago,…
“She went over every part of my body,” says Leary, a retired librarian from Westford, Massachusetts. “It took more than five minutes. Not fun.” On March 2, the TSA quietly…
Hotels booked years in advance; parks expect record visits
