Tag: Travel
‘It lessens my bills’: $500 payments tested in upstate NY
Annette Steele isn't destitute or unemployed. But for a year she'll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental...
Take 2: Spacewalking astronauts tackle solar panel work
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts ventured out on their second spacewalk in less than a week Sunday to install powerful new solar panels outside...
Bourbon tourism shaking off pandemic slump in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With tourists flocking to distilleries, concerns about a pandemic hangover for Kentucky’s world-famous bourbon industry are quickly evaporating.
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Leaders of Germany, France urge vigilance over virus variant
BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and France called for vigilance Friday to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant that this week prompted...
LEADING OFF: MLB eases protocols, Altuve on power tear
A look at what’s happening around the majors today:
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Italy to require 5-day quarantines for travelers from UK
ROME — Starting Monday, Italy is requiring people who arrive from Britain to do five days of quarantine as well as take a COVID-19...
US-Canada border restrictions extended until July 21
TORONTO — Canada’s public safety minister said Friday border restrictions on nonessential travel with the United States will be extended until July 21.
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French tourism seeks new boost with Disneyland reopening
PARIS — France's tourism sector is taking a further step toward normality with the reopening of Disneyland Paris, two weeks after the country reopened...
Senate GOP hails new Interior deputy as ‘voice of reason’
WASHINGTON — The Senate easily confirmed former Obama administration official Tommy Beaudreau as deputy secretary at the Interior Department on Thursday, a rare bipartisan...
Cash payments take center stage in Newsom’s 1st recall ad
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As both summer and the scheduling of a recall election date loom, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make sure Californians know...