LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Mississippi woman who vanished on a visit to Sequoia National Park in California was spotted by a helicopter rescue crew after she spelled S-O-S with rocks in a wilderness area.
The National Park Service says Mary Joanna Gomez of Jackson was found safe Monday after ...
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DALLAS (AP) - The union representing Southwest Airlines pilots is suing Boeing, saying its pilots are losing money because the company rushed an unsafe plane into service only to have the 737 Max grounded after two deadly crashes.
The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association said in the lawsuit filed Monday that ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles says it’s acquired an Italian Renaissance masterpiece and a pair of Gothic sculptures it ranks among the greatest works in its collection.
The Getty Thursday says it bought a 16th century painting by Agnolo Bronzino called “Virgin and Child ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Bruce Bochy bid an emotional farewell following 2 1/2 decades in what is certainly Hall of Fame managerial career, finishing with a 9-0 defeat to the mighty Dodgers on his last day as fans remained in their seats long after the game ended to celebrate a ...
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Pit bulls still aren't welcome on Delta Air Lines.
Delta says it hasn't figured out how to ensure passengers' safety around pits bulls, so it's continuing a ban it imposed last year.
The decision seems contrary to recent guidance from the federal government. The Transportation Department said in August that ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Life without chocolate? Never.
Not even 1,000 years ago at Chaco Canyon.
A world heritage site, the massive stone structures left by Chaco's early inhabitants have fueled scientific curiosity for more than a century, with each discovery made there spurring more questions about the people who ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is fining Japan Airlines $300,000 for delays that trapped passengers on two grounded planes for hours.
Under an agreement with the Transportation Department, the airline gets credit for $60,000 spent compensating passengers, and $120,000 will be waived if the airline avoids similar incidents for ...
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on a wildfire north of Flagstaff that has grown to about 1.6 square miles (4.1 square kilometers) and forced some evacuations (all times local):
4:45 p.m.
The city of Flagstaff and Coconino County have declared emergencies because of a wildfire burning in the area.
...HONOLULU (AP) - Demonstrations against a giant telescope planned for Hawaii's tallest peak have spread to New York, Las Vegas and Honolulu's tourist mecca of Waikiki as Native Hawaiians push to protect what they say is a sacred place.
In Nevada, a few hundred Native Hawaiians and former Hawaii residents ...
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HONOLULU (AP) - Officials have issued a high-surf warning for south-facing shores on all of Hawaii's islands.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the National Weather Service in Honolulu issued the warning Sunday and says it will remain in effect until 6 a.m. Monday.
Officials say large surf and dangerous currents can ...
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OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) - For the second straight summer, mountain goats are flying in Olympic National Park.
Officials this week began rounding up the sure-footed but nonnative mammals from remote parts of the park to relocate them to the Cascade Mountains, where they do belong.
Specialists will sedate ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The family of a California woman killed in a shark attack while snorkeling in the Bahamas says the tour company did nothing to help rescue her and staff lacked even a basic first aid kit.
In a statement Tuesday, relatives of 21-year-old Jordan Lindsey called on ...
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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Tourism officials are seeking hotel tax increases in two southern Indiana counties to free up more money for marketing and promoting the region's attractions.
SoIN Tourism staffers plan to meet Tuesday with the Clark County Council and the Floyd County Council on July 15 to make ...
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PISMO BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A sea lion has bitten a girl in what officials say is an unusual attack.
KTLA-TV reports that 13-year-old Megan Pagnini was posing for photos in the surf at Pismo Beach when a sea lion bit her leg around 8:30 p.m. June 14.
Pismo Beach ...
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PARIS (AP) - Employees at the Louvre in Paris are mulling whether to close the museum for a second day this week over tourist overcrowding.
The world's most visited museum was closed on Monday after employees complained they were harassed by tourists waiting to see the Mona Lisa.
Pierre Zinenberg, ...
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) - On a cold day in March 2017, a group of young adults stripped naked at the former Auschwitz death camp and chained themselves together to the "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate as one man plunged a knife into a sheep's body over and over again.
The two ...
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ISLES OF SHOALS, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire has had an artist in residence at the White Mountain National Forest for years. Now, it will have one on an island off its coast.
The nonprofit Star Island Corporation is launching a weeklong Artist-in-Residence program. Star Island is one of a ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The First Amendment right to free speech is no laughing matter, as illustrated by a new exhibit at the world's largest cartoon library.
The political cartooning display runs the gamut from a 1774 etching by Paul Revere criticizing Britain's use of tea as a political weapon ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The French government has added a New Orleans house where the French painter Edgar Degas lived briefly to a network of houses of famous French people.
Degas House Museum owner David Villarrubia says the bed and breakfast will be able to display a large red ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Do you like car racing? Make a pit stop at the Detroit Historical Museum.
The museum is celebrating 30 years of the Detroit Grand Prix, which began on downtown streets in 1982 and was moved 10 years later to Belle Isle Park.
Visitors can see the trophy ...
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