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Winter lingered in northern New England, and so will the mud

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine – Spring is in the air. But mud is on the ground, and will be for a while. Mud season is an annual mucky rite of passage in the lives of northern New England...

Tourism, technology threaten Icelandic language

English encroaches on unique dialect of Old Norse

Fly-fishing in Cuba’s Bay of Pigs

Pristine water, family-run restaurants highlight trip

Photo essay: Chernobyl’s ghost town draws daring visitors

PRIPYAT, Ukraine – A bulletin board in the Ukrainian town of Pripyat still bears an edition of the Sovietsky Patriot newspaper, dated three days before the nuclear explosion that turned the ...

A road trip along Ireland’s breathtaking west coast

Ireland, we decided: the west coast of Ireland. Offseason, when accommodations would be inexpensive. That’s how our party of three childhood friends found ourselves tooling along the Dingle ...

10 easy ways to reduce travel stress

The stress of travel is enough to make you wonder if the getaway is worth it. Alice Boyes, who travels about one week out of every month, knows how trying the process can be. “The...

Hidden in plain sight: 10 unsung sites for art in the nation’s capital

Going to museums isn’t always easy in Washington. If you want to visit the African American Museum or find out what all the hype is about at the Hirshhorn’s Yayoi Kusama exhibition, you have...

Google Earth invites you to ‘get lost’ exploring the planet

NEW YORK – Google Earth is getting a revival, as the 3-D mapping service reorients itself to become more of a tool for adventure and exploration. A central feature in the new Goog...

Airlines often oversell flights, bump passengers

40,000 lost seats against their will last year

Jets deliver desert air show in California

Visitors watch planes fly in narrow Star Wars Canyon

Quiet rooms for autistic children popping up at airports

Quiet rooms for children on the autism spectrum are popping up at airports. Shannon Airport, which serves the southwestern region of Ireland, opened a “sensory room” for children ...

CEO issues new apology as details of passenger’s past emerge

CHICAGO – After people were horrified by video of a passenger getting dragged off a full United Express flight by airport police, the head of United’s parent company said the airline was rea...