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Dear Tripped Up, Last December, I missed my flight from Frankfurt to Denver because of a delayed Deutsche Bahn train. When I called Icelandair from the train, I was told that because I had already checked in online the night before, the ticket was no longer changeable and that I would have to purchase a […]

The Museum of the Bible in Washington quietly replaced an artifact purported to be one of a handful of miniature Bibles that a NASA astronaut carried to the moon in 1971 after an expert questioned its authenticity. The move follows an announcement last year that at least five of 16 Dead Sea Scroll fragments that

AMSTERDAM — When Marc Chagall received the prestigious commission to paint the ceiling of the Palais Garnier opera house in 1960, the anti-Semitic protests and threats against him were so vicious that he had to be accompanied to the Paris theater by a police escort, recalled Paul Versteeg, a Dutch artist who worked with him. Chagall,

BUENOS AIRES — Liliana Furió’s ruby red flat shoes glided across the dance floor in swift, assured moves, making her baggy pants sway gently. She and a lean young Russian man were rapture personified, clasped in a tight embrace as they circled counterclockwise with a few other pairs in perfect synchrony. But it was hard

For me, the most impressive object is the 18.5-inch bronze statue of Sequana herself. Slim and small-breasted, she wears a flowing dress that exposes her forearms and part of her chest and falls in pleats to the floor, revealing the tips of her pointed slippers. A large, broad crown partly covers her wavy hair, which

LONDON — In 1993, the British painter Lucian Freud, who had just turned 70, took on one of the boldest projects of his career: producing a full-length portrait of himself in his birthday suit. He stood naked and painted in the top-floor London studio where he had spent so many of his waking hours. “Painter

At the end of the month, travelers will not be able to catch a rideshare or taxi outside terminals at Los Angeles International Airport. LAX announced Friday that passengers will instead have to take shuttles or walk to a special location outside the central terminal area where they can be picked up. The move is

30 Spectacular Hotel Pools Around The World | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Travel. ©2019 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Hotels can offer fancy amenities like relaxing spas, five-star restaurants and fully equipped fitness centers. But often one of the most striking features of a nice hotel is the swimming pool. From outdoor swim spots

Surfacing For amateurs and professionals, this annual event captures the spirit of the sport ahead of its debut at the 2020 Tokyo games. By Matt Ruby Photographs by George Etheredge and Victor Llorente “It’s crazy high-level skateboarding,” said Evan Eden, a member of the crowd at this year’s “Live at Olympic Stadium” in Montreal. He

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recommended replacing the two narrow and often backed-up bridges that carry traffic across the Cape Cod Canal. The Corps oversees the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. It issued a draft report Thursday following a study that weighed the advantages of rehabbing the nearly 85-year-old bridges versus replacing them entirely.