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Austria breaks ground on Holocaust memorial in Vienna

June 22, 2020, 9:02am Life

Austria broke ground Monday on a new memorial to the country’s 65,000 Jews killed during the Nazi era. Read story

In this Wednesday, June 10, 2020, photo, Cod Cove Inn owners Ted and Jill Hugger show a draft of a compliance form that inn owners may be required to have out-of-state guests sign before being allowed to check in at their inn in Edgecomb, Maine. The form is part of the &quot;Keep Maine Healthy&quot; plan the state is proposing to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Residents of New Hampshire and Vermont would be exempt. (AP Photo/Robert F.

Summer vacationers weigh testing, quarantine or staying home

In this Wednesday, June 10, 2020, photo, Cod Cove Inn owners Ted and Jill Hugger show a draft of a compliance form that inn owners may be required to have out-of-state guests sign before being allowed to check in at their inn in Edgecomb, Maine. The form is part of the &quot;Keep Maine Healthy&quot; plan the state is proposing to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Residents of New Hampshire and Vermont would be exempt. (AP Photo/Robert F.

June 21, 2020, 6:02am Business

Homebound travelers desperate to venture out for the first time since the pandemic are confronting a vacation landscape this summer that may require coronavirus tests for the family and even quarantines. Read story

FILE - In this May 21, 2020, file photo, a worker looks over an electronic slot machine as chairs have been removed from some machines to maintain social distancing between players at a closed Caesars Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Cards will be cut, dice will roll and jackpots jingle when casinos in Las Vegas and Nevada begin reopening at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, June 4. There will be big splashes, even amid ongoing unrest, and big hopes for recovery from an unprecedented and expensive closure prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Las Vegas reopens from historic coronavirus casino closure

FILE - In this May 21, 2020, file photo, a worker looks over an electronic slot machine as chairs have been removed from some machines to maintain social distancing between players at a closed Caesars Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Cards will be cut, dice will roll and jackpots jingle when casinos in Las Vegas and Nevada begin reopening at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, June 4. There will be big splashes, even amid ongoing unrest, and big hopes for recovery from an unprecedented and expensive closure prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.

June 4, 2020, 9:23am Life

The casino coronavirus closure has ended. Cards are being dealt, dice are rolling and slot machines flashed and jingled for the first customers who started gambling again early Thursday in Las Vegas and throughout Nevada. Read story

Things you need to know traveling during pandemic

May 31, 2020, 6:02am Life

Travel has changed since the pandemic began. Here are some things that can help you navigate these difficult times and plan for the future. Read story

Mountain bikers ride the Catch and Release Trail southwest of Bend, Ore.

Tips for mountain biking during pandemic

Mountain bikers ride the Catch and Release Trail southwest of Bend, Ore.

May 31, 2020, 6:00am Life

The trails themselves never closed during the shutdown of public spaces amid the coronavirus pandemic, so in reality, little ever changed for mountain bikers in Central Oregon. Read story

Visitors wearing a face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 admire statues in the Rome Capitoline Museums, including the second century A.D. Roman marble statue &quot;Cupid and Psyche&quot;, at right, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. In Italy, museums were allowed to reopen this week for the first time since early March, but few were able to receive visitors immediately as management continued working to implement social distancing and hygiene measures, as well as reservation systems to stagger visits to museums in the onetime epicenter of the European pandemic.

U.N. warns pandemic may kill many museums

Visitors wearing a face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 admire statues in the Rome Capitoline Museums, including the second century A.D. Roman marble statue &quot;Cupid and Psyche&quot;, at right, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. In Italy, museums were allowed to reopen this week for the first time since early March, but few were able to receive visitors immediately as management continued working to implement social distancing and hygiene measures, as well as reservation systems to stagger visits to museums in the onetime epicenter of the European pandemic.

May 22, 2020, 6:04am Life

Museums are starting to reopen in some countries as governments ease coronavirus restrictions, but experts warn one in eight worldwide could face permanent closure due to the pandemic. Read story

A sea lion sits May 2 outside a hotel that is closed because of the new coronavirus pandemic, in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Pandemic upends life on isolated Galapagos

A sea lion sits May 2 outside a hotel that is closed because of the new coronavirus pandemic, in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

May 19, 2020, 6:04am Life

Before the coronavirus, sudden life-threatening ailments among tourists, fishermen and others on the Galapagos Islands were considered so rare that hospitals didn’t have a single intensive care unit bed. Read story

Why are some planes crowded even with air travel down?

May 6, 2020, 8:44am Business

Every once in a while, social media lights up with photos or video from flights that are nearly full, with passengers clearly violating advice from public health officials about social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Read story

Gino, the patriarch of the western lowland gorilla troop, might be enjoying the solitude while Animal Kingdom is closed, said Mark Penning, Disney Parks&#039; vice president for animals, science and environment.

Disney: The care and feeding of (closed) Animal Kingdom

Gino, the patriarch of the western lowland gorilla troop, might be enjoying the solitude while Animal Kingdom is closed, said Mark Penning, Disney Parks&#039; vice president for animals, science and environment.

May 3, 2020, 4:30pm Life

It can be fun to daydream about animals taking over Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park while it’s closed. Maybe lions would venture off their rock at the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction for a new sunny spot or the bats would go crazy or the elephants would take a dip near the… Read story

Alaska Airlines to require passengers to wear masks

May 1, 2020, 8:47am Business

Alaska Airlines says passengers will soon need to wear face masks on flights due to the threat from coronavirus. Read story