Winter season travel trends, top 10 destinations and more traveler patterns taking flight
Craig Hastings/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After travel came to a halt during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, travelers are once again on the move and new data shows there’s no sign of demand slowing during the upcoming season.
Tripadvisor has rele…
Uvalde school board hires interim school police chief, force to be rebuilt
amphotora/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — The Uvalde school board on Wednesday unanimously approved the hiring of an interim school district chief of police, Josh Gutierrez, to fill the gap left after the August ousting of the then-chief of police, Pete…
Home births in US rise to highest level in 30 years: CDC
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Home births in the United States reached the highest level in three decades during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Contr…
Woman shares warning after mark on face diagnosed as cancerous tumor two years later
Daniel O’Neill(NEW YORK) — An Arizona woman is opening up about her five-year cancer battle to help inspire other women to take charge of their health.
Alison O’Neill, now 49, said she first noticed a tiny mark on her cheek in 2017.
“It looked like …
Family sues over 8-year-old’s fall from Navy Pier climbing wall
Provided by Brewer family(CHICAGO) — An 8-year-old boy was not properly harnessed to a safety rope when he fell 24 feet off a climbing wall at Chicago’s Navy Pier this summer, suffering severe injuries, his parents allege in a new lawsuit.
Erin and G…
Abbott exhorts Biden to help curb immigration at the border, claiming it’s an ‘invasion’
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to Joe Biden on Wednesday urging the president to, as Abbott described it, carry out his constitutional obligations to protect the country from what Abbott called an “invasio…
Try these tips to ‘hack’ your way to feeling good during meals
Jupiterimages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A biochemist who said she went on a quest to figure how to eat to get her body to “work optimally” is sharing her tips.
Jessie Inchauspé is known as the “glucose goddess” by her more than one million followers o…
Karen Bass projected to make history as LA’s first female mayor
Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — California Rep. Karen Bass is projected to win her campaign to become Los Angeles’ mayor, ABC News reports.
Bass will be the first woman and second Black person, after Tom Bradley, to hold…
EPA Administrator Michael Regan lays out agency’s plans
Joshua Roberts/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced last month that the water in Jackson, Mississippi, is now safe to drink, though agency administrator Michael Regan admits that there is still a lot of work to be d…
Transgender health care, community targeted in new slate of Texas bills
Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas legislature has recently introduced anti-transgender bills during Transgender Awareness Week as lawmakers prepare for the 2023 legislative session.
Texas has long been a battleground for transg…