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There will be no getaway from high gas prices over Memorial Day
May 16, 2022 6:34 PM - Travel is expected to rebound this Memorial Day weekend after a COVID-19 slump, but road trippers should brace for regular gas to average more than $4 a gallon in 47 states, AAA reports. -
Naperville 18-year-old becomes youngest American woman to reach summit of Mount Everest
May 15, 2022 8:32 AM - Eighteen-year-old Naperville native Lucy Westlake just became the youngest American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, according to a post on her Instagram account as well as that of her expedition group. -
Cruising the Great Lakes on an 11-day voyage
May 8, 2022 7:32 AM - The COVID-19 pandemic pulled the plug on cruises of the Great Lakes after I experienced mine in 2019. Now these voyages of our inland seas are back ping-ponging between ports in the U.S. and Canada from May into September. Think of a Great Lakes cruise as a cross between a river cruise and an ocean voyage. -
Attention, Metra passengers: More trains coming this spring as agency tweaks schedules
Apr 25, 2022 5:30 AM - What Metra lines will get more trains soon? We have the details. UP Northwest's revised schedule gets panned by some riders. And, where have you gone, downtown worker? Experts predict a flow into the Loop this summer.
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No masks on planes, transit? Not so fast, Biden administration says as it files to keep mandate
Apr 21, 2022 7:03 AM - The quandary of masks on transit and planes is back in play after the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling tossing out the COVID-19 mandate. The Justice Department's actions followed a request from the the U.S. Centers for Disease Control: "It is CDC's continuing assessment that at this time an order requiring masking in the indoor transportation corridor remains necessary for the public health." -
Metra, Pace, CTA not changing mask policy yet while some airlines do after judge's ruling
Apr 19, 2022 6:17 AM - A federal judge's voiding of the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation has thrown a long-standing policy in flux as the government and transportation industry reacts. Various transit agencies and airlines announced diverging policies. -
Masks now set to come off May 3 on transit, airplanes: Here's what to know
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From Varble Park hill to Mt. Everest: Guido raises communities to new heights
Apr 4, 2022 11:43 PM - Bensenville resident and Fenton High School graduate Mark Guido's flight departs early April 6 as he embarks on his attempt to summit Mount Everest. He's overcome several obstacles in his six-year-journey, and he's carrying with him the hopes and dreams of his community and children from across the globe as he reaches new heights. -
Gas prices easing slightly, but rates fluctuate wildly across the suburbs
Apr 4, 2022 6:25 PM - It's not so painful to fill up today, AAA says. That's partly because of a White House plan to release millions from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Here's what region averages are now versus a week ago. -
Airlines cancel more than 3,500 US flights over weekend
Apr 4, 2022 6:22 AM - Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing bad weather in Florida and other issues.
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