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Europe’s sunny weather makes for wet summer in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Pop singer Helgi Bjornsson, who is well-known in his native Iceland for a 1980s hit titled “I Do Like the Rain,” recently appeared on national television while a deadpan...

DATE: Jul 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Hawaii bans sale of sunscreens with coral-harming chemicals

HONOLULU (AP) – Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Tuesday signed legislation that will ban the sale of sunscreens containing two chemicals believed to harm coral reefs. The move makes Hawa...

DATE: Jul 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Leaving technology behind on vacation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Children are welcome at Iron Stone Acres, the bed-and-breakfast that Sharon Zimmerman has been running for nearly 30 years in rural Narvon, Pennsylvania, but they’ll need to entertain themse...

DATE: Jul 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Got a complaint about the travel industry? Take it to the top

If you’re thinking of taking your travel complaint to the top, here’s a little good news: someone’s listening. When I started advocating for consumers more than 20 years ago, exec...

DATE: Jul 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Russia’s Winter Olympic city turns into a World Cup playground

SOCHI, Russia – Warm weather, beaches, amusement parks. It’s not exactly what Australian fan Adam McKinley expected to find when he decided to make the trip to Russia for the Worl...

DATE: Jul 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

In a Pennsylvania forest, on the trail of synchronous fireflies

Pennsylvania festival attracts people from around the world

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Oregon officials criticized for pesticides killing pines

BEND, Ore. – Environmental advocates are calling out the Oregon Department of Transportation and its contractors for applying a weedkiller along a highway in Sisters that unintentionally kil...

DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Utah national parks seeing increase in search and rescues

SALT LAKE CITY – Rescues at Utah’s national parks are up 68 percent from 2014 – and men in their 20s are the ones most likely to need help, according to recent data. Most of the s...

DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Delta bans pit bulls as service dogs, sparks backlash

ATLANTA – Delta Air Lines says it’s no longer allowing passengers to fly with “pit bull type” dogs as service or support animals, a policy that’s being met with criticism by groups that trai...

DATE: Jun 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Photo: After Clean Commute Week rolls out, smoke cancels events

DATE: Jun 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Critics question influence of airline perks on Congress

When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., canceled most of the Senate’s August recess, lawmakers and staffers didn’t have to worry about one thing: airline ticket change fees. ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Atomic New Mexico: Exploring the origins of America’s radioactive history

In December 1942, Secretary of War Henry Stimson ordered the director of the remote Los Alamos Ranch School in northern New Mexico to shut down the elite school. Stimson wrote in ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

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