Topic: Travel Destinations

Car drives into a crowd at Appalachian Trail hikers' parade

Car drives into a crowd at a parade in Virginia Saturday. The car, driven by an elderly man, injured 50 to 60 people, but there were no fatalities in the crowd.

Focus Syria: Damaged landmarks await peace, restoration

The loss of a famous mosque's minaret brought world attention to threats facing Syrian landmarks. But the Umayyad Mosque is just one in a long list of ancient monuments damaged by fighting.

Saving Money It's family vacation time. Best deals to Florida, California, and more.

Missoni founder dies, leaves Italian fashion dynasty (+video)

Missoni founder dies: The patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear, Ottavio Missoni, passed on. The Missoni fashions have a reputation for wearability and for surviving many seasons of changing fashion whims

Decoder Wire Did Mark Sanford blow his last best chance to win votes in House race?

Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch delivered some body blows to GOP rival Mark Sanford during Monday's debate. The South Carolina rivals for a US House seat have a week left to campaign.

On Earth Day 2013: 13 excellent books to consume

It's Earth Day. Check out these 13 books for the literary equivalent of a green boost of antioxidants and protein.

Five snowboarders killed in Colorado avalanche

While snowboarding on Colorado's Loveland Pass a group of snowboarders triggered an avalanche Saturday afternoon. Five were killed; a sixth snowboarder was able to dig out and call for help.

Teen hikers lost on California trail recovering in hospital

A young man and woman were rescued this week after losing their way on a winding mountain trail near Orange County. They had been separated sometime Sunday night; both were found less than a mile from their car.

10 best books of April, according to Amazon's editors

What are the best titles to check out this month? Here are Amazon's picks.

10 influential authors who came to the US as immigrants

These 10 immigrant authors have all made significant contributions to US literature and culture.

Top Picks: The return of The Postal Service, a revamped SimCity, and more

Experience an Appalachian hike from your computer, PBS airs the powerful story of a group of Czech Jews imprisoned during World War II who performed one of the most ambitious choral works ever written, and more top picks.

Latest gang rape in India highlights risks for women, this time foreigners (+video)

Police have made three arrests in the alleged gang rape of a Swiss tourist who was camping on a bicycle trip with her husband. 

From wooden skis to Olympic hopefuls: Why Pakistan's Air Force is training skiiers

In Pakistan's isolated Naltar Valley the Pakistani Air Force is training children who learned to ski on wooden planks tied to boots with wire for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Sequestration: What will happen to national parks?

Automatic cuts to the National Parks Service budget could have drastic impacts across the country, from Yosemite National Park in California, to the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. 

Will you remember me?: The greatest one-hit wonders of the 2000s

Check out our picks for the best songs from the 2000s whose artists made the charts with these hits, but never released another successful song.

Vox News From political 'House of Colbert', a South Carolina candidate called Lulu

Elizabeth Colbert Busch, also known as 'Lulu,' is running to fill a vacated South Carolina congressional seat. Does it help that her little brother is Stephen Colbert?

Christie: Gambling law vetoed until tax rate increased

Christie gambling: It was the second time since 2011 that the Republican governor has vetoed an Internet-betting bill passed by the New Jersey Legislature.

Difference Maker Rodney Jackson hikes high into the Himalayas to help snow leopards

Rodney Jackson and his team take 20 to 30 yaks, each loaded with 250 to 300 pounds of gear, into the Himalayas to study snow leopards, which take the word 'elusive' to an extreme.

Saving Money 13 best, cheapest, and weirdest travel destinations of 2013

Decide where to take your next vacation with this compilation of "best of" travel destinations for the coming year, from Amsterdam to New Zealand. 

10 weird criminal sentences

Check out these 10 court cases where judges have done more than sentence the guilty to a fine or jail time.

Lessons from the Maya prophecy – whether the world 'ends' or not (+video)

Instead of focusing on Maya predictions of the ‘end of the world,’ some are shifting attention to problems today that may have contributed to the Maya collapse – like environmental damage.

The Simple Dollar Low-cost attractions offer cheap getaways

If you plan a vacation in which the primary activities are inexpensive, then the vacation is going to be inexpensive, Hamm writes.

Saving Money Escape to Hawaii: the best travel deals

Why not take a break from the winter gloom and take a trip to the happiest state in the US? Here are some of the best travel deals to Hawaii. 

The Simple Dollar For great vacation deals, find local destinations

You don’t have to buy expensive plane tickets and travel far to have a great vacation, Hamm writes.

The Simple Dollar The great (and cheap) outdoors

Camping is an incredibly inexpensive alternative to staying in hotels, once you have some basic equipment, Hamm writes.