Long Island Newsday: Travel
- Russian missile strike near NATO's Poland stirs anxiety
Monday - 03/14/2022 - 03:35 PMA Russian missile attack that killed at least 35 people in western Ukraine, just 15 miles from NATO member Poland, has spurred Poles to take pro-security steps in the face of warfare between Poland's two eastern neighbors
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UN says women pay highest price in conflict, now in Ukraine
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 12:29 AMThe head of the U.N. women's agency says women and girls pay the highest price in all crises and conflicts from Myanmar and Afghanistan to the Sahel and Haiti
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sudden braking in 2 VW SUV models draws regulatory scrutiny
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 10:24 AMFirst came the beeping alarms and the dashboard lights warning that something had gone haywire
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Masterpiece leaves storage as Antwerp museum nears reopening
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 03:35 PMMoving a masterpiece is never easy, even more so when it measures 4.11 by 6.75 meters and weighs 560 kilograms
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cashless and flightless, Russian tourists stuck in Thailand
Saturday - 03/12/2022 - 09:08 AMThousands of Russian tourists are stranded in Thailand's beach resorts because of the war in Ukraine, many unable to pay their bills or return home because of sanctions and canceled flights
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Video shows man stabbing 2 workers at New York's MOMA
Sunday - 03/13/2022 - 11:24 AMVideo from the Museum of Modern Art shows the moment a man leaped over a reception desk and stabbed two employees
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woods to have teen daughter introduce him at Hall of Fame
Tuesday - 03/08/2022 - 10:40 AMTiger Woods introduced his son to the spotlight at the PNC Championship the last two years
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Italy helps Ukrainian synchronized swim team reach Rome
Tuesday - 03/08/2022 - 01:12 PMMost members of the Ukrainian women's synchronized swim team have arrived in Rome after fleeing the war in their homeland
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The case for cutting your airport arrival time dangerously close
Thursday - 03/10/2022 - 05:00 AMIn the meantime for those who like to hurry up and wait, the TSA two-hour policy remains a reasonable one.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lava flows as Indonesia's Mount Merapi continues to erupt
Friday - 03/11/2022 - 12:57 AMIndonesia's Mount Merapi is continuing to erupt, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country's most active volcano
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- UK to end all COVID-19 travel rules ahead of Easter break
Monday - 03/14/2022 - 08:56 PMBritain says all remaining coronavirus measures for travelers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement for unvaccinated people be tested for COVID-19 before and after their arrivals, will end Friday
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Air traffic across Germany disrupted due to walkouts
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 06:03 AMAir travel is disrupted across Germany as security personnel at several airports stage walkouts demanding higher wages
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - White House tours to resume next month as virus fades
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 12:38 PMPublic tours of the White House will resume next month after a more than 14-month hiatus due to the coronavirus, the Biden administration announced Tuesday
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man wanted in stabbing at New York's MoMA arrested in Philly
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 07:28 PMPolice in Philadelphia have arrested a man wanted in the stabbing of two employees inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York and making threats regarding former President Donald Trump
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Owner of Cog Railway proposes lodging on Mount Washington
Saturday - 03/12/2022 - 01:02 PMThe owner of a railway that runs up Mount Washington is proposing accommodations and a restaurant near the summit of New Hampshire's highest peak
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Census: Black population grows in suburbs, shrinks in cities
Sunday - 03/13/2022 - 02:17 PMFor decades, Black residents have been leaving some of the nation's largest cities while suburbs have seen Black population growth
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - On course and in Hall of Fame, Tiger Woods overshadows all
Tuesday - 03/08/2022 - 12:04 PMTiger Woods is being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame with three others who are sure to be overlooked
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Home Town' stars back Mississippi city's tourism tax effort
Tuesday - 03/08/2022 - 03:40 PMThe stars of HGTV's "Home Town" appeared at the Mississippi Capitol with others from their community to support a possible increase in a local tourism tax
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Superseding indictment filed against top Baltimore attorney
Thursday - 03/10/2022 - 07:20 PMFederal prosecutors have filed a superseding indictment against Baltimore's top prosecutor over charges that she made false statements on financial documents to take money from her retirement savings and purchase two Florida vacation homes
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New analysis provides more clues about Pilgrim-era shipwreck
Friday - 03/11/2022 - 07:31 AMThe most in-depth scientific analysis of a shipwreck found on Cape Cod more than 150 years ago has provided the best evidence yet that the timbers are from a vessel that stranded on the peninsula in 1626, an episode described in detail by the leader of the Pilgrims
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- Met announces Mexican as 1st female architect for wing
Monday - 03/14/2022 - 04:37 PMNew York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that a Mexican architect has been chosen as the first woman to design a wing at The Met, as the museum is known
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chicago blues, rock 'n' roll landmark easily overlooked
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 08:55 AMOn a nondescript stretch of South Michigan Avenue in Chicago is a little-known site that can transport music lovers back in time
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - St. Patrick's Day in Savannah revived after virus hiatus
Tuesday - 03/15/2022 - 12:22 PMPark fountains are gushing with water dyed bright green, hotels are filling up and bar owners are making sure they have lots of beer and extra staff to sell it
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Zealand to 'welcome the world back' as tourism restarts
Wednesday - 03/16/2022 - 01:38 AMNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says her nation is "ready to welcome the world back" with most tourists allowed to return by May as the nation continues to ease its coronavirus restrictions
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US ends asylum restrictions for children traveling alone
Saturday - 03/12/2022 - 11:00 AMUnaccompanied child migrants trying to enter the United States will no longer be denied a chance to seek asylum under new guidance announced by U.S. health authorities
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Coast Guard museum gets boost to begin summer construction
Sunday - 03/13/2022 - 03:55 PMA project to build a Coast Guard museum in New London could begin preliminary construction this summer after getting a boost from the federal government
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows
Tuesday - 03/08/2022 - 11:26 AMScientists have described the oldest known fossil ancestor of octopuses â an approximately 330 million-year-old specimen found in Montana
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management
Tuesday - 03/08/2022 - 06:52 PMNational Park Service Director Chuck Sams says he and other federal officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - National parks and forests bring back reservation systems to control crowds
Thursday - 03/10/2022 - 05:00 AMFor the most part, the rules apply to visitors who arrive by car and plan to exit before closing time.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Historic lighthouse in New Jersey getting $1.3M renovation
Friday - 03/11/2022 - 11:45 AMAn historic lighthouse in southern New Jersey will soon be shuttered for several months as it undergoes a $1.3 million renovation
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