Travel
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A Texas-Size Taste of Next Year’s Blockbuster Solar Eclipse
Texas Hill Country, the only part of the United States in the path of both last week’s “ring of fire” and April’s total eclipse, offered a preview of the spectacle to come.
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Want to See the Eras Tour? Swifties Say ‘Grab Your Passport and My Hand.’
Fans are buying up seats for Taylor Swift’s international concerts, often finding that tickets, airfare and lodging combined cost less than just the tickets in the United States.
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Your Face May Soon Be Your Ticket. Not Everyone Is Smiling.
Facial recognition software is speeding up check-in at airports, cruise ships and theme parks, but experts worry about risks to security and privacy.
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Help! I Was Denied Boarding on a Cruise, and I Wasn’t the Only One.
A Chinese scientist, an Egyptian grandmother and a Bangladeshi woman from Queens were all turned away and refused a refund despite having the U.S. government’s permission — and documents — to travel.
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Country Roads, Coastal Views and Autumn’s Bounty in Rhode Island
“We’re growing a small business and learning as we go,” said Claire Bowen as she arranged bushels of sweet and charmingly imperfect organic apples on a late-September afternoon. “We hope to cultivate connections between local farms and local tables ...
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Bedbugs: Vacation Without an Infestation
Paris is the latest city where the pests have caused a panic among travelers. Here’s how to keep bedbugs from coming home with you, wherever you go.
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Ready to Give Gravel Biking a Try? There’s No Time Like the Fall.
You know that feeling of riding a bike as a kid — the freedom to go (almost) anywhere, to explore, to ride with friends? Gravel biking is like that. With a penchant for riding on dirt or gravel roads and paths and piecing together out-of-the-way ...
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Mediano o Grande? An Ice Cream Tour of Mexico City
A guide to five of the capital’s best ice cream parlors, from artisanal storefronts with flavors like prickly pear and blue maize to classic shops where generations have gone for treats.
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Wildfires: Stay Safe in a Warming World
Climate change is warming up the spring, lengthening the summer, and drying out soil and vegetation, leading to more frequent, destructive wildfires. This year alone, wildfires have left at least 98 dead on Maui, forced mass evacuations from several ...
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5 Hot Springs in Iceland That Aren’t the Blue Lagoon
Some say Iceland’s more than 600 geothermal springs are the secret to its citizens’ happiness. Here’s a selection of scenic waters in and around Reykjavik where you can test that theory.