A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at ending the Federal Aviation Administration's sometimes cozy relationship with the airline industry and reversing purported complacency on safety oversight.
Q. I'm considering going to New Mexico for a high-end spa weekend. Any ideas? - K.C., Morgan Hill, Calif.
Two airborne planes - one landing and the other taking off - came within a half-mile of colliding at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday in the second such incident at the airport in a week, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Indiana Jones gets out of the proverbial frying pan and jumps into the mother of all fires.
I was sitting at the bar in the karaoke lounge on the Carnival Fascination when a 30-something woman buying a glass of house red introduced herself.
Summer is the time that Americans celebrate independence and freedom from the Mother Country.
Matt Harding is a bit like Waldo. Just not as hard to spot. Just look for the little jig.
I once nursed a tight vacation budget by staying at an inexpensive, now-defunct Las Vegas hotel-casino called the Marina. Even though the Marina was short on fancy amenities, this was Vegas in the 1980s, and a resourceful low-roller could still live it up.
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, N.M. - The travel editor felt a little silly.
What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.
In these early summer weeks, the travel books are flying off the presses and heading straight for our desks. Here are some of the notables we've seen:
We were on the Sterling Highway, gliding along the Kenai River, which reflected the gray of the overcast sky.
You wear a rock-climbing harness and are strapped to a pulley that rolls along a cable when zipping down Tamarack's ziplines.
Two friends prepare to embark on a 6,000-mile ocean adventure to Australia, making a longtime dream a reality
By Alan Solomon Chicago Tribune (MCT) "There is nothing so evil-smelling as a whale ... and a whale's breath is frightfully sickening." _John Steinbeck, "Log From the `Sea of Cortez'"
By Arline and Sam Bleecker Chicago Tribune (MCT) Mark Twain once famously wrote, "The report of my death was an exaggeration." The same could be said of New Orleans.
By Alfred Borcover Chicago Tribune (MCT) As cruise lines continue to refine their offerings to meet 21st century lifestyle changes, vacations at sea are attracting a new generation of passengers - the GenXers
By Michael Martinez San Jose Mercury News (MCT) Q. I'm planning a trip to Aruba, but I understand there's a lot of hotel remodeling on Palm Beach. Where can I stay to avoid the construction? - K.S., Los Gatos, Calif.
By Fred Tasker McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) MONTALCINO, Italy - In the rolling hills of Tuscany, where the sun casts a yellow-green glow over the landscape, causing the grape vines and olive trees to vibrate with color, every good-sized hilltop sports an ancient rock castle.
By Jane Wooldridge McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) BLACK HILLS, S.D. - A hulking all-American woolly bearded bison grazes mere feet from the roadway, nibbling placidly on the grasses of Custer State Park. The burning temptation to pop out of the car for a quick photo is tempered by the beasts' tonnage and history: Despite their bulk weighing up to 2,000 pounds, bison have been known to spin and gore in the blink of a camera shutter. Rolling down a window is the wisest course.
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