Travel
Published on September 4, 2022 - Page 22
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Beginning next March, visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park will need to purchase a parking pass to use the...
Published on January 23, 2020 - Page 17
TOMBSTONE, Ariz. — “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” And several more “bangs!” — the gunshots in this re-enacted shootout happened so quickly I couldn’t keep...
Published on January 23, 2020 - Page 17
• November through May are the best months, as the summer is very hot. • Lodging options are limited, but many hotels are within a half-hour drive...
Published on December 1, 2019 - Page 8
NEW YORK (AP) — As a livery cab driver in the Bronx for more than a decade, Orlando Lantigua knows some of his customers well. If they don’t have...
Published on November 30, 2019 - Page 5
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) —A bear has been blamed for a pair of vehicle break-ins at an Alaska airport parking lot that resulted in thousands of dollars in...
Published on November 28, 2019 - Page 37
CHERRY LOG, Ga. (AP) — Along a bustling four-lane highway that winds through the north Georgia mountains, an unassuming wooden structure breaks the...
Published on November 28, 2019 - Page 42
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Tucked inside a museum on the Harvard University campus is a gallery teeming with plants so lifelike in appearance you’d be...
Published on November 8, 2019 - Page 7
BERLIN (AP) — An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall opened to the public on Thursday for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year...
Published on October 29, 2019 - Page 6
ASCUTNEY, Vt. (AP) — A symbol of progress overtaking the state’s agricultural past — a tree that once shaded a farm now largely buried beneath...
Published on October 26, 2019 - Page 6
NEW YORK — Slime, the bedazzled, stretchy sensation that has spawned its own social media influencers and fans of all ages, is taking up residence in...
Published on October 23, 2019 - Page 10
NEW YORK (AP) — Central Park has 23 statues of men who left their mark in history but not a single one honoring the accomplishments of a woman. That...
Published on October 21, 2019 - Page 15
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Saturday revealed the details of 30 ancient wooden coffins that were recently discovered in...
Published on October 19, 2019 - Page 11
WASHINGTON (AP) — Expect big swings in weather this winter, government forecasters say. The National Weather Service says the large global forces...
Published on October 15, 2019 - Page 8
HONOLULU (AP) — An increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Hawaii to the highest numbers reported in decades can be linked to the prevalence of...
Published on October 15, 2019 - Page 12
CHIVACOA, Venezuela (AP) — Every year, thousands trek to a mountainside in Venezuela for rituals played out with fire, blood and smoke to pay tribute...
Published on October 13, 2019 - Page 4
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will ban smoking on state parks and beaches starting next year under legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom....
Published on October 12, 2019 - Page 9
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s natural history museum is hoping its new live spiders exhibit can educate visitors instead of scaring them away. The...
Published on October 6, 2019 - Page 8
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Museum of the Bible in Washington quietly replaced an artifact purported to be one of a handful of miniature Bibles that a NASA...
Published on October 1, 2019 - Page 7
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) —A Yellowstone National Park visitor has been hospitalized with severe burns after falling into a thermal pool at Old Faithful...
Published on September 2, 2019 - Page 18
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A U.S. appeals court says travelers can sue the government over mistreatment by federal airport screeners because the agents can...
Published on September 1, 2019 - Page 8
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — The oldest continuously operating movie theater in the world might figure to be in New York or Hollywood. How about Kansas? The...
Published on September 1, 2019 - Page 22
NEW YORK (AP) — When the High Line park opened in New York City, then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg predicted the transformation of the abandoned, elevated...
Published on August 28, 2019 - Page 10
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It’s going to be a cruise to nowhere, but that will be just fine with die-hard “Star Wars” fans. Disney officials on Tuesday...
Published on August 27, 2019 - Page 10
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new U.S. government management plan unveiled Friday clears the way for coal mining and oil and gas drilling on land that used...
Published on August 26, 2019 - Page 10
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) —Disney officials say they plan to open an attraction based on the animated film “Moana” at Walt Disney World, and they announced...
Published on August 19, 2019 - Page 17
PARIS (AP) — Ban them outright. Issue speeding tickets. Make users take a driving test. From Paris to Berlin, European cities are searching for...
Published on August 8, 2019 - Page 6
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A man reaches over a railing to pet a bison on the head in yet another example of dangerous behavior by visitors to Yellowstone...
Published on August 5, 2019 - Page 4
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A message in a bottle from Hawaii was discovered floating in a California river after traveling for more than a decade...
Published on August 4, 2019 - Page 4
ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) —Three women killed when a Southern California sea cliff collapsed were members of a family gathered for a celebration on the...
Published on July 29, 2019 - Page 4
LAS VEGAS (AP) — At first, the co-owner of the quirky alien-themed motel down a Nevada highway from the mysterious Area 51 site didn’t take a posting...