DOT Moves to Limit Types of Animals Permitted on Airplanes

A 13-year-old boy survived a 100-foot fall at the Grand Canyon, which resulted in a two-hour rescue mission that felt like "an eternity," his father told local Phoenix news station KPNX.

It's been seven years since my husband and I chose to relocate our family from Maryland to Florida. It's a decision I've never regretted once, but living in the Sunshine State is very different from life in the Northeast.

Greece will limit daily visitors to its famous Acropolis next month in an effort to control crowding.

I spent the first seven years of my life in the United Kingdom and still have some British terms and phrases in my vocabulary.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Morgan Duram, a full-time content creator who moved from Michigan to Madrid. It has been edited for length and clarity. 

Travelers looking to extend their summer can now treat themselves to a trip to Hawaii this fall thanks to these major discounts. Hawaiian Airlines'«Switch Up Your Surroundings» fare sale, is offering discounted one-way airfares to and from many popular destinations in Hawaii — with fares starting at $119 Some of the biggest deals on the one-way fares include:

From major European cities to small US ports, coastal communities around the world are attempting to curb the number (and size) of massive cruise ships looming over their shores. 

For travelers looking to escape the sky-high travel airfares of summer, a low-cost carrier has a new monthly flight pass that might be a magic ticket.  Frontier Airlines has announced a new monthly flight pass where passengers can travel an unlimited amount of flights for $149 a month. Utilizing the pass is subject to seat availability and additional conditions.  Flights booked with the pass are confirmed the day before travel domestically, and ten days before travel for international flights, according to the airline.

After taking annual vacations to Europe for over a decade, I followed my dream and moved abroad right after my 32nd birthday. I initially did a six-month stay in Bordeaux, France, before heading to Barcelona, Spain, in early 2020.

A state judge delivered a win Friday to board members Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appointed to oversee Walt Disney World’s special district, multiple outlets report, as the court ruled the board members’ lawsuit against Disney over a development agreement that hamstrings the board’s power can move forward in court—possibly undercutting Disney’s separate legal case against DeSantis and his allies in federal court.

In 2014, at the behest of Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), the DOT’s Office of Inspector General began an audit of U.S. frequent flyer programs, and the DOT’s monitoring thereof, with a particular focus on unfair and deceptive practices (summary, with a link to the full .pdf report, here). The audit results were published this month, with the following headline: “Improvements needed in DOT’s process for identifying unfair or deceptive practices in airline frequent flyer programs.”

To all appearances, the hot-button issue of inflight phone calls has been settled. If you’ve flown on a U.S. carrier lately, you’ve almost certainly heard no one yakking on a cellphone or other mobile device while airborne, and you might well assume that there’s an outright ban on inflight calling.