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Untamed Cheyenne: Wild West is alive in Wyoming’s state capital

Cheyenne is one of the country’s least centrally located state capitals. In Wyoming’s southeast corner, it’s 430 miles from my home in the state’s northwest corner. Cheyenne has ...

DATE: Jul 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Science Says: Airplane turbulence can strike out of the blue

NEW YORK – They literally don’t see it coming. “Clear-air turbulence,” which evidently jolted an Air Canada flight earlier this month over the Pacific Ocean, strikes almost litera...

DATE: Jul 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Consider security rules when flying with cremated remains

DALLAS – Imagine flying your mother’s ashes home and instead finding them spilled in your checked suitcase. A few travelers have shared horror stories about trying to carry the cr...

DATE: Jul 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Europe heat wave breaks Belgian record, mercury to rise more

BERLIN – Europeans cooled off in public fountains Wednesday as a new heat wave spread across parts of the continent and is already breaking records. Belgium registered its highest...

DATE: Jul 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

After TV series, Ukraine wants nuclear accident site to become hot spot for tourism

Tourists first started flocking to Chernobyl nearly 10 years ago, when fans of the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. wanted to see firsthand the nuclear wasteland they’d visited in virtual reality. ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Now is the time to find an airfare bargain for your fall getaway

Summer vacation has its perks, but landing good deals on flights isn’t necessarily one of them. For those who can plan their leisure trips for later in the year, the rewards include smaller ...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Ebola is now an international emergency

JOHANNESBURG – The World Health Organization says the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in northeastern Congo is now an international health emergency . More than 1,600 people have died since Augu...

DATE: Jul 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

New Alaska park bridge aimed at limiting bear encounters

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The National Park Service has completed a project to relieve an Alaska traffic jam. A new elevated bridge and boardwalk across the Brooks River in Katmai Natio...

DATE: Jul 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Flying no longer the high road for some because of greenhouse emissions

NYKOPING, Sweden – School’s out for summer and Swedish lawyer Pia Bjorstrand, her husband and their two sons are shouldering backpacks, ready to board the first of many trains on a whistle-s...

DATE: Jul 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Under pressure, plane industry vows cleaner flight – someday

LE BOURGET, France – Battery-powered planes, solar planes, hydrogen planes – jet makers are working on myriad ways to make flying less damaging to the planet. Yet clean flying on a mass scal...

DATE: Jul 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Science Says: Airplane turbulence can strike out of the blue

NEW YORK – They literally don’t see it coming. “Clear-air turbulence,” which evidently jolted an Air Canada flight Thursday over the Pacific Ocean, strikes almost literally out of...

DATE: Jul 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Flying blind: Apps help visually impaired navigate airport

Navigating airports can be tricky. They’re loud, crowded and not always laid out intuitively. They’re even more challenging for visually impaired people. Chieko Asakawa knows thos...

DATE: Jul 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel