Tag: Travel
Going abroad? US government says passport waits top 3 months
WASHINGTON — Americans hoping to travel abroad this summer may have to delay their plans if they need new or renewed passports.
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Bezos donates $200M to Smithsonian for Air and Space Museum
WASHINGTON — Amazon founder and soon-to-be-space traveler Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution to boost its National Air and Space...
Chinatown museum re-opens with anti-Asian racism exhibit
NEW YORK — A New York City museum dedicated to telling Chinese American history marked its reopening to the public on Wednesday, with an...
Immunized but banned: EU says not all COVID vaccines equal
LONDON — After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free...
France rushes to get vaccinated after president’s warning
PARIS — Nearly 1 million people in France made vaccine appointments in a single day, after the president cranked up pressure on everyone to...
Touting new trains, Amtrak CEO foresees riders heading back
DETROIT — Amtrak is betting big on a return of ridership.
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Italy to ban mammoth cruise ships from Venice as of Aug. 1
ROME — Declaring Venice's waterways a “national monument,” Italy is banning mammoth cruise liners from sailing into the lagoon city, which risked being declared...
Tourists fined for touching endangered Hawaiian monk seal
HONOLULU — U.S. authorities launched an investigation and fined Louisiana tourists honeymooning in Hawaii after a video on social media showed a woman touching...
Tourists fined for touching endangered Hawaiian monk seal
HONOLULU — U.S. authorities launched an investigation and fined Louisiana tourists honeymooning in Hawaii after a video on social media showed a woman touching...
After Branson flight, Virgin Galactic slumps on stock sale
Virgin Galactic shares veered sharply lower Monday after the spaceflight company said it’s made arrangements to sell up to $500 million in stock.
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