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When Svetlana Makhni had her first child in 2017, she went on maternity leave from her job in finance in New York, taking a break from the frequent transcontinental flights that had earned her Diamond Medallion status — the highest tier — with Delta Air Lines’s loyalty program. When she resumed traveling for business, she […]

The fatal shooting of a New Mexico man who authorities have said was killed by a ride-share driver early this year stemmed from “a large amount of vomit” in an Uber vehicle, according to court documents. Interested in Uber? Add Uber as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Uber news, video,

South Korea was also sending send an 18-member rescue team from its national fire agency to Budapest on Thursday. It will be followed by a team of 15 rescue experts from the South Korean Navy and Coast Guard, Mr. Moon’s office said. The second team will include divers who had participated in rescue operations after

Rescue workers scoured the Danube River in downtown Budapest Thursday for 21 people missing after a sightseeing boat carrying South Korean tourists sank in a matter of seconds after colliding with a larger cruise ship during an evening downpour. Seven people are confirmed dead and seven were rescued, all of them South Koreans, Hungarian officials

Disneyland guests can finally make the jump to hyperspace as the theme park opens its long-awaited Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge expansion on Friday. The massive 14-ace land puts fans in the middle of a new location set in the Star Wars universe: The remote Outer Rim planet of Batuu, specifically a settlement called Black Spire

Opportunity even greeted those who were shunned elsewhere. A Chinese community thrived here, running laundries, restaurants, apothecaries; a Jewish community thrived here as well, opening mercantile shops, grocery stores, haberdasheries. You can learn much more about those communities, and many of their more prominent members, and pretty much every other person of note who ever

Residents of Bend unite around the core conviction that they live in a beautiful place. But great beauty also inspires an undercurrent of concern that this mountain town’s natural splendor will be imperiled if too many people show up and spoil the place. A popular local bumper sticker reads, “Bend Sucks, Don’t Move Here,” and

In the summer of 2015, when the Walt Disney Company unveiled plans to build monumental “Star Wars” lands at its California and Florida theme parks, a wave of euphoria washed over the planet. Bob Iger, Disney’s chief executive, made the announcement at a fan convention, revealing that one ride would allow people to pilot the

“There’s more product than ever, and Broadway producers are becoming savvier marketers,” said David Binder, the producer of two of the season’s most popular plays, “Network” and “Burn This.” The healthy array of plays — 21 of the season’s 34 openings — was heartening to those who worry about whether Broadway still has room for

A few summers ago, Rebecca Messina watched her children Zara and Luca, then 6 and 4, squish tomatoes at Casa Carcicera, a picturesque villa in Southeastern Sicily. The vacation scene bordered on cinematic: Their tiny hands maneuvered thin slices of eggplant as a local cooking instructor — with the last name Amore — supervised encouragingly.