Severe Winter Weather Disrupts Holiday Travel,
Land Rovers in heavy snow in Vermont As one of busiest travel periods of 2024 draws to a close – the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said that it expects some 40 million people between December 19 and January 2, 2024
At Least 67 Dead in Airliner Crash ‘Likely’ Caused by Russian Air Defenses
An Azerbijhian Airlines aircraft with 67 people on board crashed into a river gorge in central Nepal on Sunday following a sudden descent from its cruising altitude. The Embraer 190 was en route from from Baku in Azerbaijan to Grozny in
2024 Frequent Business Traveler Holiday Gift Guide: Diamond Edition
While Hanukkah and Christmas are just around the corner, every day is a great day to buy something splurge-worthy… and we have all of the best ideas for doing just that. This Holiday Gift Guide has been a tradition at
Photo Essay: Christmas Markets in Austria, Germany and the United States, 2024 Edition
One could say that one hasn’t truly experienced Christmas unless one has been to a Christmas market in Europe. They are an excellent source for traditional gifts, mugs of Glühwein, and an unparalleled festive feeling. Christmas markets can be found
Tuesday is Christmas Eve, Wednesday is Hanukkah and Christmas Day: Here’s What’s Open and What’s Closed
Wednesday is Hanukkah and Christmas, holidays that once again will be marked by celebrations large and small, at home and at church or synagogue. While people in English-speaking countries greet one another with Happy or Merry Christmas, the greeting in
Weekend Update – News that Matters: Murder in the Subway, Terror Attack in Germany, Airlines Turn to Apple for Help With Lost Luggage, Ban on TV Drug Ads
“Weekend Update – News that Matters” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that you may have missed during a busy holiday weekend. Here’s what, no pun intended, may have flown under your radar in the
Saturday’s Winter Solstice Marks Shortest Day of the Year in 2024
Tomorrow, Saturday, December 21, marks the winter solstice, the day of the year with longest night and fewest hours of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere. The solstice is an astronomical phenomenon where the northern portion of the Earth’s axis is
At Least Five Dead, 205 Injured in Friday’s Magdeburg Christmas Market Attack
The Strasbourg-Alsace Christmas Market in New York City before the pandemic An automobile driven by a Saudi citizen plowed through a Christkindlmarkt, or Christmas market, in Magdeburg, Germany Friday evening, killing five and injuring at least 205 people, 41 critically.
Kraftwerk Celebrate 50 Years of ‘Autobahn,’ Announce 2025 North American Tour
Kraftwerk, an innovative German electronic band that was formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider, will return to the United States and Canada next year. The band announced that it would travel to North America to
Weekend Update – News that Matters: Arrest in UnitedHealth CEO Shooting, EPA Bans Multiple Carcinogens, U.K. Antisemitism, Daniel Perry Found Innocent, Mysterious Illness Kills 143
“Weekend Update – News that Matters” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that you may have missed during a busy holiday weekend. Here’s what, no pun intended, may have flown under your radar in the
Long Covid Monitor-Pandemic Day 1,735: Financial Toll of Long Covid on Individual Patients, Bivalent Boosters Lower Long Covid Risk
FROM THE CHIEF LONG COVID OFFICER ON THE 1,735TH DAY OF THE PANDEMIC We may not yet have a diagnostic test for Long Covid nor a Long Covid-speciific medication, but researchers are documenting what one Center for Long Covid client
Unnerved By FBI Warnings? Here’s How to Switch to Encrypted Messaging for Users Not on Apple iMessage
If you don’t currently use secure messaging apps, i.e. those which have end-to-end encryption, and in fact aren’t even sure what that actually means, it might be a good time to learn about your options and start. Last week, U.S.
