Travel

Taxi feud sows confusion at Mexico City airport as World Cup looms
Protests by airport-authorized companies are resulting in fines for Uber drivers and disarray for fans.

Venice’s growing flamingo population finds refuge in recovering wetlands
The birds' presence in the lagoon underlines the importance of the Venetian ecosystem and offers a new way for visitors to interpret the canaled city and outer islands.

Aliens land in Oregon’s wine country
In the small town of McMinnville, the start of summer means extraterrestrials are coming.

NTSB gathering details on Frontier Airlines evacuation after plane hit and killed person in Denver
Two minutes after jumping a fence, the person crossed the runway and was hit.

Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary Islands
Three people have died since the outbreak began, and five passengers who left the ship earlier are infected with hantavirus.

WHO says hantavirus risk low as countries prep repatriation flights
A flight attendant who came into contact with an infected passenger from the cruise ship and later showed mild symptoms tested negative for hantavirus Friday.

Political potties: Meet the congressional staffer on a quest to rate every Capitol bathroom
Self-described bathroom hobbyist Symphony Rojas, the face behind “Drain the Swamp Toilets,” dishes on the best commodes across the Capitol complex.

Boeing seeks severance of investor class in Fourth Circuit
The aircraft company claims the investors failed to provide the court with a methodology for calculating the damages associated with the inflation of stock prices resulting from fraudulent promises of increased safety.




