Travel

The story of air travel’s shutdown can be told in numbers. Helane Becker, managing director and senior airline analyst at Cowen, an investment bank, estimates between 40 and 60 percent of United States domestic flights have been canceled. Cancellations of international flights are even higher, about 85 percent, she said. But photographs will do just […]

Goldman Sachs is warning of another sharp drop in oil prices, saying some oil producers are eventually going to have to shut some wells because the coronavirus outbreak is crushing demand March 26, 2020, 12:23 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local): 8:15

In October of 1820, typhus raged in Naples. With his artist friend, Joseph Severn, the British poet John Keats rocked in the city’s harbor for 10 days, not nearly the quaranta giorni — 40 days — that give us our word quarantine. Before this journey, Keats always felt intense melancholy. In “On Seeing the Elgin

The White House and Senate leaders agreed early Wednesday on a $2 trillion economic rescue package, the largest in the country’s history. The bill comes in response to the viral pandemic that has shut down businesses and crippled economies around the globe. The bill would give direct payments to most American households of $1,200 per

As the coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, the news is coming at a fast and furious pace. But don’t let the volume send you into a panic about your health and that of your loved ones. “The mantra is, ‘Keep calm and carry on,’” said Dr. Marguerite Neill, an infectious disease expert at

Ski resorts across the West that were shut down amid coronavirus fears are grappling with an economic blow at a time they would normally be welcoming hordes of spring break revelers By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press March 25, 2020, 8:32 PM 4 min read DENVER — Ski resorts across the West that were shut down

It all started to fall apart for Vinay Patel about a week ago. The occupancy rates at the nine hotels he owns in the Northern Virginia area plummeted from about 50 percent to only a handful of rooms each night because of the coronavirus pandemic. He scrambled to cut costs. Floors were shut down. Bar

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and government-imposed restrictions on travel, many airlines are relaxing their ticket-change policies and allowing travelers to rebook without a penalty anywhere from a few to 12 months out. The only domestic airline that doesn’t routinely charge fees for flight changes, Southwest Airlines, went a step beyond, extending the

A Majestic Four-Bedroom Villa in Bruges $3.5 MILLION (3.3 MILLION EUROS) This four-bedroom, four-bath home sits on a canal in the historic center of Bruges, the capital and largest city in the province of West Flanders, in northwestern Belgium. The upper floors look out on the Church of Our Lady, a medieval cathedral known for

NEW YORK — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street after Congress and the White House reached a deal to inject nearly $2 trillion of aid into an economy ravaged by the coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2%. The gains came a day after the Dow had its biggest percentage gain since 1933.