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Miquel Ros, CNN Ever since the “flight shame” movement began encouraging travelers to seek greener alternatives to jet planes, many in Europe have been looking to the continent’s extensive rail network to replace short-haul air travel. There’s definitely been progress, with airlines like Dutch carrier KLM entering into rail partnerships on certain routes and some

By Amy Simonson, CNN A nearly 8-foot alligator that allegedly was taken from a Texas zoo nearly 20 years ago as an egg or a hatchling has been returned to the facility after it was spotted living illegally in the backyard of a home near Austin, officials say. Investigators were at a property in rural

By Ross Levitt, CNN The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Monday night that it is investigating the first of two February incidents involving a plane that was forced to go around because of another plane on the same runway. The NTSB says the incident occurred on February 16 at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon three times during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Monday, after attempting to open an emergency exit door, according to the Justice Department. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, faces

By Marnie Hunter, CNN There’s way more to an airport than the mechanics of getting from point A to point B, and the best airports put a lot into making passengers’ journeys as seamless and pleasant as possible. The Airport Service Quality Awards, announced on Monday, recognize the world’s best airports for customer experience. Among

By Marnie Hunter, CNN America’s least-visited national park is quite a distance from mainland US shores. Almost 5,000 miles away, in fact. The National Park of American Samoa in the South Pacific is the only National Park Service site south of the equator. In 2022, it had just 1,887 visits, according to new visitation figures

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The National Park Service has some bear-y important tips for what not to do if you — and a friend — encounter a bear in the wild. “If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down,” the agency wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, “even if you feel the

By AJ Willingham, CNN There are Disney Park regulars, and then there’s Jeff Reitz. The 50-year-old California native visited Disneyland every day for 2,995 days between 2012 and March 2020, earning him a shiny new Guinness World Record for most consecutive trips to the theme park. Reitz adventure started a decade ago when he found

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel news: The European Commission will start charging for a new visa waiver scheme next year, plus our pick of Croatian and Italian destinations and new Asian hotels. Europe delays visa waiver scheme till 2024 The long-anticipated ETIAS visa waiver scheme, which will require all non-EU passport holders

Zoe Sottile, CNN Four Aboriginal spears taken by British explorer James Cook in 1770, thought to be some of the oldest surviving artifacts collected by any European from Australia, will be repatriated to the La Perouse Aboriginal community, Cambridge University announced. The spears were originally part of a group of 40 taken by Cook from