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Good news – gas prices, car rental rates, hotel rooms and domestic airfares are less expensive than Labor Day a year ago. Bad news – international airfares cost more. That’s according to the AAA, which offers two such annual surveys – one for Memorial Day Weekend, the official start of summer, and another for Labor
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Acura is donating a fleet of 75 all-electric ZDX SUVs to The Nature Conservancy to support its conservation work. It’s the largest-ever vehicle donation by the premium brand, and builds on three decades of collaboration between Acura and its parent Honda with the environmental group.
If you can’t get or can’t afford a ticket to the Broadway show Hamilton, you can see Hamilton in NYC for FREE or for less than the price of his picture on a $10 bill, where he lived, worked, ate, and died, and where Lin-Manuel Miranda was inspired to write much of the blockbuster musical.
The Mont Blanc Tunnel, a critical transportation link between France and Italy, is being closed again for major repairs, from September 1 through mid-December 2025 – just as it was in 2024. The closure once again seriously impacts travel between Italy and France, including between the Milan Airport and resort areas nearby in France such
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Alcohol and hot weather can be an especially dangerous mix. Drinking impairs judgment and increases risk-taking any time. In hot weather, you add the potential risk of heat stroke caused by dehydration. That’s because alcohol lowers the body’s tolerance for heat and acts as a diuretic, meaning it causes the body to lose more fluid
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Choose one of these local or national charities to support with a donation to help victims with life-saving food, water, clothing and medical services, and start the rebuilding, including roads and power lines.
Beaches are supposed to be serene escapes, where you can hear the sound of the surf. But many are full of buzzing phones, crowded boardwalks or party crowds blaring loud music. These US beaches are top-rated for being calm, quiet and relaxing, based on online reviews which include at least one of those words.
There’s a bounty of the Bard in NYC this summer, with multiple local theater groups performing Shakespeare dramas and comedies in multiple NYC parks, including such favorites as Hamlet and All’s Well that Ends Well. It’s all FREE and outdoors.
After more than a decade of promises and hype, Tesla has activated its first robotaxi service, in Austin, close to the company’s headquarters. Like Waymo when it first started, there’s a live person in the driver seat ready to take the controls to steer or stop the car if the AI doesn’t work as programmed. Here’s what top media and Tesla fans are saying.
Swiss trains are famous for running on time, including through the mountains and valleys of the equally famous Swiss Alps. Now, some of those trains are powered by solar panels deployed along the railway tracks.