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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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Scam Alert – Beware of a text or email saying you owe money for unpaid toll roads, and threaten penalties including loss of your license. Reminder that the FBI and several cities and states are warning about the scam – do not click on the link in the scam texts or emails, which impersonate the
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Hershey, Penna., is synonymous with chocolate and with its giant amusement park. But you can avoid expensive, crowded Hershey Park and still have a great time, including special exhibits at the Hershey Auto Museum, a butterfly-filled garden and a 4D experience at Chocolate World. Here’s how to enjoy this popular destination and keep your budget from melting through your fingers like warm chocolate.
The peak summer getaway season is underway, so it’s important your vehicle is ready before you start your family road trip. These common sense car care tips can help prevent costly breakdowns and even accidents. The AAA expects to rescue 7 million American drivers this summer, mostly for dead batteries and flat tires and being
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Most visitors start their Maine vacation in Portland. The largest city in the state, it offers wonderful Victorian architecture, a collection of historic lighthouses, beaches, and some of the best dining in the northeast, including world-famous Maine lobster. Downtown, the Portland Museum of Art was founded in 1882 and claims to be oldest public art
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Even before the Trump Administration announced a 50% tariff on goods from Brazil, the South American nation instituted some new travel requirements – including financial ones – for visitors from the United States, Canada and Australia. Here’s what you need to know so you are not turned away on arrival at an airport, cruise port or road border.
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.
It’s been front page news – the TSA is now allowing airline passengers to keep their shoes on in security lines. That reverses a policy in effect since 2006, after a would-be terrorist hid explosives in his shoes. Advances in security technology now can recognize explosives, so you can keep your shoes on. But –
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