Tag: Leisure travel
High gasoline prices unlikely to deter holiday travelers
NEW YORK — Memorial Day weekend gasoline prices are at their highest levels in seven years, but experts don’t expect the steep prices at...
Louisiana gator swaps swamp life for Texas beach getaway
PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, Texas — A young alligator traced to the Louisiana bayous traded swamp scum for a sandy Padre Island beach in...
Countries eager to reopen to travel as pandemic recedes
Countries reliant on tourism are racing to reopen borders and revive economies decimated by the pandemic.
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EXPLAINER: How vaccine passports for global travel will work
LONDON — Boarding pass, suitcase, passport and ... digital vaccination certificate?
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Stephen Hawking’s archive, office acquired for UK public
LONDON — The Cambridge University library and London’s Science Museum said Wednesday they have acquired a large collection of items belonging to late physicist...
Review: A battle of 2 Emmas — with killer fashion as weapon
The Met Gala should be so lucky.
In a spectacular (though...
Vatican issues a street art stamp, ends up getting sued
ROME — One night in early 2019, Rome street artist Alessia Babrow glued a stylized image of Christ she had made onto a bridge...
100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre, still toting the damage
TULSA, Okla. — On a recent Sunday, Ernestine Alpha Gibbs returned to Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Who’s an astronaut as private spaceflight picks up speed?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?
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Schools try pep-rally tactics to get students vaccinated
SAN DIEGO — A growing number of public schools are using mascots, food trucks and prize giveaways to create a pep-rally atmosphere aimed at...