From overlooked roadside attractions to offbeat museums and obscure natural wonders, Local Hidden Gems will showcase some of the unique and unexpected treasures that make America extraordinary. We will emphasize charm, surprise and delight. Local hidden gem: Radnor Lake, Nashville Downtown Nashville, among the city’s most popular tourist destinations, is known for its symphony of twangy […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol on Monday ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting it on the 2026 ballot. The amendment would guarantee some of the nation’s broadest protections of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights if it […]
(Bloomberg) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s new challenger fired up his growing crowd of supporters at a rally in a ruling party stronghold, taking aim at the enrichment of the premier’s friends and family amid a stuttering economy. Most Read from Bloomberg Five weeks before European Union and municipal elections, protesters filled the main […]
If you’re headed to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the spring or summer or fall leaf-peeping seasons, one thing is clear: the park and the surrounding towns are being loved to death. You only have to experience a Pigeon Forge traffic jam once in your life to make you wonder if seeing the Smokies […]
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia’s largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blocking access to nearby parking. Tybee Island east of […]
Spring breakers still showed up in crowds for the annual Black Spring Break in Biloxi, despite a denied special events permit and a canceled concert. On Saturday, crowds relaxed and danced on Biloxi Beach, which is a public beach open to anyone, but many attendees voiced concerns over the lack of parking and new measures […]
President Joe Biden’s recent battleground state campaign tour didn’t draw major crowds. But critically for the Biden campaign, it did produce a lot of content. Biden paired a rally in the Philadelphia suburbs with a more intimate, at-home sit-down with a small-business owner at his home, generating social media posts and days of local media […]
It’s eclipse day across North America. In North Carolina, crowds already started forming Monday morning to view the celestial event. READ MORE: Because of the weather Monday in the mountains, it was a real toss up if people would need rain coats or solar glasses. Fortunately, for a good part of the eclipse, Mother Nature […]
A total solar eclipse crossing North America is darkening skies along a path through Mexico, the United States and Canada. The moon started to cover up the sun as a partial eclipse began over the South Pacific during the afternoon. Millions along a narrow corridor in North America from Mexico’s Pacific coast to eastern Canada […]
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (KXAN) — The crowds expected to arrive in the Texas Hill Country this weekend for the eclipse must have changed plans. That’s the sentiment shared by many on the streets of Fredericksburg on Sunday. “We had more foot traffic today than we did yesterday. But it’s just not anything other than a normal […]
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Millions of spectators along a narrow corridor stretching from Mexico to the U.S. to Canada eagerly awaited Monday’s celestial sensation — a total eclipse of the sun — even as forecasters called for clouds. The best weather was expected at the tail end of the eclipse in Vermont and Maine, as […]
The decomposed body of a mysterious marine creature recently washed ashore on a beach in Malaysia, captivating onlookers. Officials spotted the swollen carcass Friday (April 5) while doing surveillance along Teluk (also spelled Telok) Melano Beach in Lundu, Malaysia. They notified the Sarawak Civil Defence Force (APM), a local disaster agency, which announced the unusual […]