PUNO, Peru — In the beginning, there was a lake cradled in the mountains of a high plateau in the Andes. How it got here was simple: The universe cried, and its tears flooded the world. Mankind had disobeyed the gods, and the gods sent in pumas. Lake Titicaca — literally, pumas of stone — is […]
Who says there’s no such thing as a free trip? Megabus is giving away 200,000 free bus tickets on CyberMonday to routes around the U.S. Californians can snag a free ride between Los Angeles and San Francisco, Las Vegas, Oakland and San Jose. Travelers heading to the East Coast can pick up tickets between New […]
Speaking as a lifelong aficionado of the tuna fish sandwich on rye, I was relieved to learn that Bumble Bee’s Nov. 21 bankruptcy filing wouldn’t mean the eradication of the brand from store shelves — it would merely come under new ownership. Yet there’s much more to it than that. The bankruptcy filing is an […]
Maria Torres loves her job. A surgical technologist at UCLA’s Santa Monica medical center, the 54-year-old mother of two makes sure operating rooms are sterile, protecting patients against wayward germs. She assists physicians as they repair hernias, operate on cataracts and fix injured knees. She comforts the fearful. She coaches medical students on how to […]
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. — Nine members of an extended Idaho family died when their plane crashed in a South Dakota field as they were heading home after a hunting trip. Travis Garza, president of the wellness company Kyani, said in a Facebook post Sunday that the crash near Chamberlain on Saturday afternoon killed brothers and founders Jim […]
Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed for travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday as a deadly winter storm moved to the Northeast on Sunday, packing one last punch of snow and ice. The National Weather Service predicted more than a foot of snow in swaths of upstate New York and New England, […]
Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES Flying in the Face of Impeachment As President Trump faces the prospect of becoming the third president to be impeached, he’s taken to Air Force One for an escape, of sorts. Last week, it was an unannounced 2½-hour Thanksgiving visit to the troops at Bagram […]
NEW YORK — A wintry storm that made Thanksgiving travel miserable across much of the country gripped the East with a messy mixture of rain, snow, sleet and wind, slowing the Monday morning commute, closing schools and offices, and snarling air travel. Forecasters said the nor’easter could drop 10 to 20 inches of snow by Tuesday […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took an emphatic victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, leading from lights to flag and never looking under serious threat all evening as he cruised his way to an 87th F1 career win. Max Verstappen had plenty of complaints to make about the performance of his Red Bull but nonetheless held […]
TORONTO — Several communities in Southern Ontario cancelled their Santa Claus parades on Sunday due to a messy mix of wintry weather. Rain, snow, freezing rain and ice pellets created dangerous conditions in the region, prompting Burlington, Mississauga and a small Hamilton community to call off the annual public events. The Waterloo community of New […]