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At other hotels, the push to rebuild was almost immediate. The Westin St. John Resort Villas, one of the few other resorts on St. John, employed staff to help with the cleanup, which took 16 months. The resort fully reopened to guests last February. At first, Caneel employees — who made up seven percent of […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The rocket launched. It exploded. SpaceX and NASA declared the blast a success. Usually the destruction of a rocket means a failed mission. But on Sunday, SpaceX was demonstrating a crucial safety system of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, a capsule that is to carry astronauts for NASA to the International

A couple who had been together for nearly 65 years have died on the same day at a St. Louis-area nursing home January 19, 2020, 2:24 PM 3 min read ARNOLD, Mo. — A couple who had been together for nearly 65 years have died on the same day at a St. Louis-area nursing home.

The nation’s first memorial to lynching victims is expanding January 18, 2020, 10:19 PM 2 min read MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The nation’s first memorial to lynching victims is expanding. The Equal Justice Initiative on Saturday opened a new welcome center and exhibition space that will add to the existing lynching memorial and museum that documents

A winter storm that’s brought snow and sleet to the Midwest and Plains is creating travel headaches after airlines canceled flights and officials shut down major roads January 18, 2020, 6:59 PM 2 min read CHICAGO — A winter storm that brought snow and sleet to the Midwest and Plains was creating travel headaches Saturday

Airports in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles will begin screening passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, for infection with a mysterious respiratory virus that has killed two people and sickened at least 45 overseas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday. Most people with the disease are believed to have contracted

For frequent travelers, it’s a constant consideration: Is it worth unpacking your suitcase while on the road, only to pack it up again? Or maybe it’s not a question that’s considered, but a deeply ingrained habit akin to always checking a bag, or preferring the window over the aisle seat or setting aside certain outfits

From the outside, the facade of Destination (a prominent Beijing venue that expressly welcomes gay people) is downright drab. But inside this four-story cultural center on the east side of the city, the works in the nonprofit art gallery can push boundaries. This is no easy feat as censorship restrictions have been tightening in China

Hong Kong Express has apologized for requiring some passengers bound for the U.S. territory of Saipan to take pregnancy tests January 17, 2020, 9:53 AM 2 min read HONG KONG — The airline Hong Kong Express has apologized for having required some female passengers bound for the U.S. territory of Saipan to take pregnancy tests.

They arrive by the busload and on ferries, many in pursuit of the perfect photograph for Instagram, others seeking the transcendence of a fairy tale land. Each year, one million travelers visit Hallstatt, Austria, a picturesque 16th-century hamlet they say inspired the fictional kingdom of Arendelle in the Disney animated blockbuster “Frozen.” Never mind that