TSA Is Training Fight Attendants to Take Down Unruly Passengers
Posted on 06/28/2021, 9:00 AM
Coffee, tea, or a clock-cleaning? That'll be the new menu aboard the major U.S. airlines soon. Following a spate of antisocial behavior by passengers, the Transportation Security Administration has resumed a program that trains flight attendants in the uncompromising skills of self-defense. Federal Air Marshals, who normally fly incognito to protect aircraft and crew members, are leading the cou...
Find International Travel Restrictions in One Click with This Online Tool
Posted on 06/28/2021, 7:00 AM
Keeping up with changing travel regulations has become a game of Whack-a-Mole in 2021. Fortunately, there's an online tool that can help considerably (no mallets required). Travel tech company Sherpa (we have no affiliation, we're just fans) is making finding current travel restrictions quick and easy for anybody heading overseas. Go to the Sherpa website and enter your basic travel info—country...
Hawaii Sets a Date for Allowing Vaccinated Travelers—No Testing Required
Posted on 06/25/2021, 6:00 AM
After months of strict and sometimes labyrinthine Covid regulations, it's finally getting easier to travel to Hawaii. Starting Thursday, July 8, fully vaccinated travelers entering Hawaii from elsewhere in the United States will no longer be required to submit Covid-19 test results or undergo quarantine upon arrival in the islands. Gov. David Ige made the announcement at a press conference yeste...
PHOTOS: Inside a Royal Palace Turned Luxury Hotel in Historic Budapest
Posted on 06/23/2021, 3:00 PM
A onetime royal palace situated near the Danube River in Budapest has been turned into a swanky hotel. The 130-room Matild Palace, the latest outpost in Marriott International's Luxury Collection, occupies one of two matching neo-Baroque buildings commissioned around the turn of the 20th century by Archduchess of Austria Maria Klotild, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The prodigiously titled y...
A Favorite Hike Through California Redwoods Is Back After More Than a Decade
Posted on 06/22/2021, 2:00 PM
For the first time in 13 years, hikers can once again hit the spectacular Pfeiffer Falls Trail in California's ridiculously scenic Big Sur area on the state's central coast. The moderate, 0.75-mile path through a majestic redwood forest at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park had been closed since 2008, when the devastating Basin Complex Fire blazed through the area. Subsequent fires, landslides, and a l...
This European Country Now Denies Entry to Americans From 10 States
Posted on 06/18/2021, 11:00 AM
Malta wants its American visitors back—but only some of them. In a telling move, one that shows just how closely the rest of the world is watching the United States' fractured approach to vaccinations and Covid-19 regulations, the Mediterranean island nation of Malta announced it would accept American visitors starting June 17—but only those from a list of 40 approved U.S. states and territories. ...
Learn the History of the Black Panthers at a Mini Museum in the Group’s Hometown
Posted on 06/17/2021, 10:00 AM
A "mini museum" dedicated to chronicling the history of the Black Panther Party is opening in the same California city where the Black Power political organization was headquartered. Located on the first floor of a Victorian home at the corner of Center Street and Dr. Huey P. Newton Way in West Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area, the 1,000-square-foot exhibit will begin welcoming guests on Sat...
These Spine-Tingling Mountaineering Photos Were Just Named the World’s Best
Posted on 06/17/2021, 1:00 AM
The majesty, adventure, and heart-pounding, knuckle-whitening dangers of mountain climbing have been captured in all their dizzying glory by the winners of an annual photography contest. The images showcase daredevils summiting some of nature's pointiest places around the globe. Organized by the Club Vasco de Camping Elkartea, a mountaineering organization based in San Sebastián, Spain, the CVCEPh...
Christo's Team Will Wrap Paris' Arc de Triomphe This Autumn
Posted on 06/16/2021, 2:00 PM
Not even death could stop Christo from creating new works of colossal public art. The famed artist passed away in May 2020 with two massive and ambitious projects still left unrealized. His partner Jeanne-Claude passed away in 2009. One of their planned projects—covering Paris' Arc de Triomphe in silvery blue fabric, crisscrossed with red rope—will debut on September 18. The artwork, L'Arc de Tri...
Southwest Airlines' 50th Birthday Sale Is Big—and Won't Last Long
Posted on 06/16/2021, 6:00 AM
For Southwest Airlines, it's been a week of good news and bad news so far. On Monday, technical issues led to the grounding of flights nationwide. Then, a separate computer network problem on the very next day resulted in the cancellation of 500 flights and delays for thousands more. While the company works through those headaches, Southwest customers have the chance to grab a nice gift for the a...
