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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...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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...

DATE: Aug 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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...

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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 ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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...

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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 ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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 ...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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 ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Once homeless, tour guide finds fame in St. Petersburg, Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Russia’s second city mixes ornate magnificence and cruel poverty. Vyacheslav Rasner straddles the extremes – becoming an unexpectedly popular tour guide after surviv...

DATE: Aug 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. lays out enforcement priorities for animals on planes

The government is telling airlines and passengers how it will enforce rules governing animals that people bring on planes. The Transportation Department said Thursday that airline...

DATE: Aug 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Police patrol Rome’s Spanish Steps to enforce sitting ban

ROME – Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn perched there without a care in the 1953 film “Roman Holiday.” But the Spanish Steps in Rome are no longer a place for sitting. Enforcing an...

DATE: Aug 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.

A solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a d...

Photos: IHBC Subaru Mountain Bike RaceCobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday

Cobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday

Sidney Andrew easily won Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s pro road race

Photos: IHBC men’s pro road raceCobe Freeburn won Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s pro road race on Saturday

Cobe Freeburn won Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s pro road race on Saturday

International traveler with measles visited Disneyland

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

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

Blooms, beasts affected as Alaska records hottest month

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

Cruise offers close and long looks at Norway’s fjords

Customs and Border Protection outage snarls major airports

United tells pilots no alcohol for 12 hours before flights

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

Once homeless, tour guide finds fame in St. Petersburg, Russia

U.S. lays out enforcement priorities for animals on planes

Police patrol Rome’s Spanish Steps to enforce sitting ban

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