Tag: Recreation and leisure
Thrill ride appears to malfunction during Michigan festival
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A thrill ride at a popular festival in northern Michigan was dismantled and an investigation started after the machine appeared...
Montana town of grizzly attack a popular stop for cyclists
HELENA Mont. — A tiny western Montana town where a grizzly bear pulled a woman from her tent and killed her this week welcomes...
United sees more travel rebound, adds flights to warm spots
United Airlines said Friday it will add nearly 150 flights this winter to warm-weather destinations in the U.S. and will also add flights to...
Free samples are back, but with safety in mind
NEW YORK — When Pat Curry spotted bite-sized wood-fire rotisserie chicken with portabella mushroom at her local Costco in early June, she felt “giddy."...
Families fostering migrant kids offer what shelters cannot
SAN DIEGO — Chris Umphlett and his family worked in small ways to help the 12-year-old girl from Honduras — who barely uttered a...
First lady Jill Biden to attend National Spelling Bee
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Finalists in the Scripps National Spelling Bee will get a visit from one of the nation's most prominent educators:...
As New York salutes health workers, Missouri fights a surge
New York threw a ticker-tape parade Wednesday for the health care workers and others who helped the city get through the darkest days of...
Drought, heat, fire force fishing ban on Colorado River
DENVER — Colorado wildlife officials on Wednesday urged anglers to avoid fishing along a stretch of the Colorado River because low flows during a...
National Spelling Bee win could be footnote to hoops career
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The biographical blurbs about competitors in the Scripps National Spelling Bee include a litany of other interests, from sports...
NYC honors essential workers at parade up Canyon of Heroes
NEW YORK — A pandemic would seem like the worst time to start working as a nurse in a Manhattan hospital, but there Justin...
