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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

From high up in a Spanish soccer stadium, I looked at the city I love

Valencia is a city to fall in love with. It’s not love at first site, granted, but a growing love that makes you feel connected. It’s not like Barcelona or Sevilla, filled with a...

DATE: Jun 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain

Germany turns former coal mines into vast lakeside resorts

GROSSRAESCHEN, Germany – As the sun beats down on a small vineyard by the rippling waters of Grossraeschen Lake, there’s little sign of the vast wound that lies beneath. Meuro, th...

DATE: Jun 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Dig it: Archaeologists scour Woodstock ’69 concert field

BETHEL, N.Y. – Archaeologists scouring the grassy hillside famously trampled during the 1969 Woodstock music festival carefully sifted through the dirt from a time of peace, love, protest an...

DATE: Jun 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Clean Commute Week celebrates fewer cars on the road

A challenge to walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation

DATE: Jun 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Airlines ask U.S. not to put migrant children on flights

DALLAS – American Airlines and United Airlines said Wednesday that they asked the Trump administration not to use their flights to carry migrant children who were separated from their parent...

DATE: Jun 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Alexa, send up breakfast: Amazon launches Echo for hotels

NEW YORK – Alexa has a new job: hotel concierge. Amazon has launched a version of Alexa for hotels that lets guests order room service through the voice assistant, ask for more to...

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Questioning the conventional wisdom about summer travel

The 99 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day are the busiest of the year for travel, but also the most misunderstood. The conventional wisdom surrounding summer travel includes...

DATE: Jun 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter