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When Uber announced an aerial ride-hailing division, Uber Elevate, three years ago, the internet and news media buzzed with chatter of flying cars becoming a reality in the not-so-distant future. While these aerial vehicles have yet to debut, the ride-hailing service is expanding into helicopter service, called Uber Copter, starting July 9 in New York […]

The Latest on the fatal Danube River boating accident in Hungary’s capital (all times local): 8:10 p.m. A ship tracking service shows the cruise ship that collided on the Danube River with a sightseeing boat that capsized and sank is headed back to the Hungarian capital, where the accident that killed at least 13 people

Carnival Corporation will no longer operate cruises to Cuba, effective immediately, the travel company announced Wednesday. The decision, coming one day after the Trump administration banned cruises, private yachts and fishing vessels from visiting Cuba, has left many travelers frustrated and confused, especially those currently en route to the island nation. “I’m one of hundreds

On the ninth floor of the Madame Tussauds building in New York, they’ve built a little piece of Broadway. A new permanent exhibit opened Tuesday that offers visitors an Instagram-ready chance to put on costumes and sing some of Broadway’s most famous show tunes, and also gives a taste of what’s going on backstage, from

A Traditional Stone House Near the Croatian Coast $537,000 (479,000 EUROS) This traditional stone house is in Sveti Lovrec, a fortified medieval village on the Istrian Peninsula in Croatia, about 10 miles from the Adriatic Sea. Built in the early 1900s, the 2,433-square-foot home has been used as a school and a residence, although it

ROME — Who wouldn’t want their own Sicilian island? A private, sun-kissed refuge in the crystal-clear waters of the Mediterranean, complete with the remains of a 16th-century watchtower, ancient Roman basins and a medieval well. A secluded retreat within swimming distance of Sicily (for the physically fit), yet removed from its bustle and chaos. The

An island of glacier-tumbled rock, covered in trees, sits in the cold waters of Lake Michigan. On the horizon, it looks like the gathering of night. This is Wisconsin’s Rock Island State Park, where my love of nature began. Thirty years ago I spent part of a summer there with a troop of the Polish

Nicole Darin had always dreamed of a Paris honeymoon. When she and her new husband, Michael Jenkins, arrived in the city in August 2017, they knew they wanted to capture their trip in the same way they did their Washington wedding: with a professional photographer. “Leaving it up to a random tourist to capture us

Dolly Parton, dressed in a sequined lilac pantsuit with black piping and matching butterfly wings, stood on an outdoor stage on a recent Friday morning. Behind her was a 52-foot sculpture of a “Wildwood Tree,” with 620 acrylic butterflies. She was commemorating Wildwood Grove, a new six-acre addition to Dollywood, her theme park in Pigeon

Specifically, Contramar captures the family table on a beach vacation: a large group under a leafy palapa, with freshly caught fish, an outdoor grill and a siesta to look forward to. Even a business lunch in Mexico can easily last two hours; at Contramar, stragglers are still being shooed out at 7 p.m. The food