Dispatches From the Road: The Stalking
In his latest dispatch, a beast stalks Courthouse News’ western bureau chief at an otherwise empty campground in Northern California.
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The Road Home
Friendships to refresh, holiday rituals to observe, every year lately I go back to Portland during the Christmas holidays. I go to check in.
Read moreDHS May Require US Citizens to Be Photographed at Airports
Federal officials are considering requiring that all travelers — including U.S. citizens — be photographed as they enter or leave the country as part of an identification system using facial-recognition technology.
Read moreWintry Weather Bedevils Holiday Weekend Travelers Around US
Wintry weather bedeviled Thanksgiving weekend travelers across the United States Saturday as a powerful and dangerous storm moved eastward, dumping heavy snow from parts of California to the northern Midwest and inundating other areas with rain.
Read moreBurkina Faso Travel Advisory
Undergoing an Islamist militant revolt since 2015, Burkina Faso is at the highest level of threat to travelers, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday in an updated travel advisory that cites terrorism, crime and kidnapping risks.
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Norwegian Ends Some Long-Haul Flights to US, Thailand
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle said Wednesday it is ending some of its long-haul routes to the United States and Thailand from Scandinavia, citing technical issues with the Rolls Royce engines on Boeing 787s and low demand.
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Giant Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Plains & Midwest
A storm packing heavy snow and high winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska marched into the upper Midwest on Wednesday as anxious Thanksgiving travelers buckled up and barreled into a perilous holiday week.
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Giant Storms Will Make Thanksgiving Travel Tortuous
A strong storm that’s already dropping up to a foot of snow in parts of Colorado and Wyoming on Tuesday prompted airlines to issue travel alerts and the National Weather Service to issue blizzard and winter weather warnings from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes.
Read moreBest-Selling Author Lee Child Becoming Irish Due to Brexit
One of the world’s best-selling detective novelists, Jack Reacher creator Lee Child, said he is becoming Irish so he can continue to travel in the European Union after Brexit.
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The Right to Roam
Maybe it’s the hours of darkness in winter – and the hours of daylight in summer – but Scandinavians are passionate about nature. They have codified that love in law and philosophy.
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Snooze Cruise: Study Sees Future for Hibernating Astronauts
The European Space Agency says putting astronauts into a state of suspended animation could make it easier to reach other planets.
Read moreDispatches From the Road: Sun and Fog on California’s North Coast
In his latest dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief communes with the sun and fog on the California coast.
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Travelers Have Second Thoughts About Mexico
A string of violence south of Arizona’s border with Mexico has sparked warnings by U.S. authorities and is forcing people who say they won’t stop crossing into Mexico to consider how to travel safely.
Read moreLAX and the Freedom to Travel
The airport itself remains a portrait of world humanity with faces of all hues and characteristics standing outside the terminal, freshly arrived from distant lands and now searching for a way out of the airport. They are often maneuvering huge suitcases stacked high on carts. Within the chaos, trains of airline attendants, perfectly coiffed, trim, in matching uniforms, smoothly, quickly weave their way.
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Humans Will Not ‘Migrate’ to Other Planets, Nobel Winner Says
Humans will never migrate to a planet outside of Earth’s solar system because it would take far too long to get there, Swiss Nobel laureate Michel Mayor said Wednesday.
Read moreCarnival Cruises Slammed Over Gaps in Pollution-Control Data
Justice Department attorneys are pressing cruise giant Carnival to turn over more information on its pollution-control efforts in the wake of the company’s $20 million fine for violating probation in an illegal waste dumping case.
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Ailing French Airline XL Halts Flights as Bankruptcy Looms
Ailing French airline XL Airways said Monday that it had halted all flights after failing to attract any takeover offers over the weekend, heightening the likelihood of bankruptcy just days after another French airline collapsed.
Read moreHuman Rights Court Turns Away Hungarian Oil Boss
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that the CEO of a Hungarian oil and gas company cannot bring his fight against Croatia prosecutors to the court because he hasn’t exhausted his legal options in the Croatian judicial system.
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Thomas Cook Tour Company Collapses, Stranding 150,000
British tour company Thomas Cook collapsed early Monday after failing to secure emergency funding, leaving tens of thousands of vacationers stranded abroad.
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