Travel

JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska House has passed legislation that critics say would roll-back requirements that cruise ships meet state water quality standards when dumping wastewater.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman in Istanbul while on a solo vacation, a U.S. congressman said Monday. Rep. Michael Grimm, a former FBI agent, said U.S.

BALTIMORE - Baltimore is in party-planning mode a day after the Ravens' Super Bowl victory.

RINCON, Puerto Rico - Several years ago, I found myself needing a certain type of vacation — one that would help me reset life and that combined my passions: fitness and sports, the outdoors and travel, healthy food and new people.

TORONTO - The Victorian industrial buildings within Toronto's Distillery District loom large against the winter sky as two modern Segways glide noiselessly over the paved red brick lanes.

PARIS - The cathedral of Notre Dame — French for "our lady" — has finally got the prima donna worthy of its name. Weighing in at six and a half tons or 6,000 kilograms of glistening bronze, this lady is no ordinary person: she's a bell named Mary.

WASHINGTON - Faced with substantial industry opposition, federal regulators are struggling to implement a sweeping aviation safety law enacted after the last fatal U.S.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - From Mobile, Ala.

WASHINGTON - At the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner's electrical systems from being carried as cargo on passenger planes because of the fire ri

During my college years, I travelled to Europe every summer. Back then, I’d start hatching my plans in spring: First, I’d determine how much time I could get away for, and then I’d buy a cheap plane ticket to Europe.