Nearly 90 people aboard a Holland America cruise liner based in Florida suffered “symptoms of gastrointestinal illness” from a norovirus outbreak, forcing a “comprehensive sanitization of the ship,” officials said Sunday. The Rotterdam had pushed out of Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 28 before returning on Friday, ending a journey that …
Read More »Minnesota woman dies following shark attack in U.S. Virgin Islands
A shark ripped the arm off a Minnesota woman in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday before she died a short time later from those horrific wounds, officials said. St. Croix first responders were called at about 4:28 p.m. AST with reports of “a female who was suspected to be …
Read More »Millions of Americans closing out 2025 with brutal winter weather
Millions of Americans will be closing out 2025 will brutal winter weather. An estimated 67 million people remain under wind alerts across the Northeast and New England, including metropolitan areas stretching from Washington, D.C., to Boston, according to an NBC News analysis. Wind gusts will get as strong as 50 …
Read More »Travel disruptions mount as strong storm system sweeps across the country
A powerful storm system continues to disrupt travel, placing 64 million people under winter weather alerts that span the eastern two-thirds of the country. A string of tornadoes erupted in central Illinois on Sunday, with preliminary National Weather Service reports saying eight homes and a garage were destroyed and two …
Read More »Winter weather and heavy winds to put a freeze on post-holiday travel
Messy winter weather — including snow, ice and strong winds — is putting more stress on already busy post-holiday travel plans. A bomb-cyclone dumped snow on the midwest through the northeast over the weekend, and as of Monday, 32 million are under winter weather alerts across the upper midwest, northeast and New …
Read More »Passenger arrested after trying to open plane door mid-flight from Boston to Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Police in Hong Kong arrested a passenger on Thursday for allegedly attempting to open the door of a plane during a flight from Boston to the Chinese territory. The 20-year-old male suspect, a Chinese passport holder with the last name Zhang, attempted the act on a Cathay …
Read More »Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country, according to a notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register. The data would be “mandatory” for new entrants to the U.S., regardless of whether they are …
Read More »46 million under winter weather alerts as heavy snow threatens post-Thanksgiving travel
Some 46 million people from the northern Rockies to the Northeast remain under winter weather alerts into the weekend, as two weather systems threaten to disrupt post-Thanksgiving travel with chilly temperatures, heavy snow and dangerous driving conditions. Heavy lake-effect snow will continue across the Great Lakes region from Friday through …
Read More »More couch surfing, fewer Canadians: Holiday travel is changing
A record number of Americans will travel this weekend, packing up their bags and hitting the road to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family, friends and maybe some football. But travel this year will look different than it did 12 months ago, according to a bevy of early data, surveys …
Read More »Thanksgiving travelers set to face winter storms, strong winds and heavy snow
Cold, wintry weather and strong winds are expected in large parts of the country Wednesday as millions hit the roads and take to the skies ahead of Thanksgiving. Up to 2 feet of snow is set to to hit the Upper Midwest and 52 million people are under wind alerts …
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