Tropicana Las Vegas, a landmark since 1957, will be demolished to make way for MLB stadium
LAS VEGAS — The Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City landmark for more than six decades, is shutting its doors in the spring to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium that will be home to the relocating Oakland Athletics. Bally’s Corp. made the announcement Monday, saying the closure on April 2 — days before the 67th anniversary More...
Right-wing makes airlines culture war targets over DEI criticism
The conservative media ecosystem is piggybacking on Americans’ fascination with air travel to stir up opposition to corporate diversity programs, an effort that may raise the salience of culture war issues More...
10-year-old Maryland boy attacked by shark in Bahamas while on ‘Shark Tank’ expedition
A shark bit a 10-year-old Maryland boy who was on vacation in the Bahamas on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The attack unfolded at about 4 p.m. ET on Paradise Island as the boy was “participating More...
U.S. flight delays and cancellations stall travelers nationwide amid winter storm
More than 1,800 flights within, to or out of the United States were canceled Tuesday as extreme winter weather continued to wreak havoc for travelers. Data from the tracking group FlightAware also showed more More...
The travel industry wants everyone to go premium — for a price.
Consumers who got a taste of higher-end amenities during the last couple years’ travel boom aren’t too keen to go back to basic economy, and the travel industry doesn’t want them to. “If ‘revenge travel’ More...
FAA to investigate Boeing after door plug falls off Alaska Airlines plane midair
The Federal Aviation Administration announced an investigation into Boeing after an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing when a door plug fell off the fuselage midair. “This More...
More flight cancellations at Alaska Airlines and United amid Boeing 737 Max 9 investigation
Alaska and United airlines announced additional cancellations in the wake of the nationwide grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. In a statement on its website Wednesday, Alaska Airlines said all flights originally More...
Portland high school teacher describes finding sought-after door plug from the Alaska Airlines plane
It took two days to find a door-shaped piece of a plane that was propelled into the air Friday evening when it detached from its host aircraft. Bob Sauer, a high school teacher, said he hadn’t found the More...
Hundreds of flight cancellations at Alaska Airlines, United
Hundreds of Alaska Airlines and United Airlines flights remained canceled Monday in the wake of the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ground all Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. According to data More...
Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing after part of plane appears tissions detach
An Alaska Airlines flight from Oregon to Southern California made an emergency landing Friday following a mid-air incident in which part of a side of the plane appeared to have detached. Flight 1282 landed More...