Travel
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How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fireAug 07, 2024 7:10 am - LAHAINA, Hawaii — When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Fron...
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Free as a bird: In retirement, columnist plans to travel in hopes of new sightingsAug 05, 2024 11:52 am - Words on Birds columnist Jeff Reiter recently retired from his day job and looks forward to traveling and new sightings of birds.
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Proposed US rule would ban airlines from charging parents additional fees to sit with their children
Aug 01, 2024 4:32 pm - The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing a new rule that would ban airlines from charging parents more to sit with their young children. Under the proposal, rel...
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Delta CEO says airline is facing $500 million in costs from global tech outage
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CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outageJul 24, 2024 10:58 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last ...
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US is investigating Delta’s flight cancellations and faltering response to global tech outage
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Mount Prospect Historical Society to host September bus tour to Pabst Beer sites in MilwaukeeJul 11, 2024 12:48 pm - Both history lovers and beer afficionados will find something to love during the day-long Mount Prospect Historical Society bus trip to Milwaukee on Saturday, Sept. 14.
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Headed to Santa Barbara? Fine food and wine, walking tours, spectacular shoreline awaitJul 02, 2024 10:43 am - Ninety-five miles north of Los Angeles, the California coast jogs left along a stretch of shoreline nicknamed “The American Riviera.” Santa Barbara lies at the heart of this South Coast. The climate is Mediterranean, the architecture Spanish, and the vibe is both sophisticated and bohemian.
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Work advice: Unpacking the reasons for ‘quiet vacationing’
Jun 11, 2024 10:55 am - Also known as the hush trip, workcation, hush-cation, or bleisure travel — you get the idea — quiet vacationing refers to workers taking time off, even traveling, without notifying their employers.
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Demolition work begins on Pheasant Run towerMay 17, 2024 2:18 pm - Demolition work started Friday to bring down the last remaining structure at the former Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. In a video posted by the city of St. Charles, ...