State Department Reminds Travelers of Passport Fee Hike

LONDON (AP) — The British government on Saturday ordered an investigation into the country's “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day and raised concerns about the U.K.'s ability to withstand disasters or attacks on critical infrastructure. While Heathrow Airport said it... Read More

DALLAS (AP) — Another blast of winter storms in the U.S. on Thursday closed schools, snarled flights and put millions of residents across the South under warnings of snow and freezing rain that could cause dangerous travel conditions. Texas schools canceled classes for more than 1 million students... Read More

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close. Snow and... Read More

WASHINGTON — Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, is calling it “a real head-scratcher.” A week ago Tuesday, a long-sought-after piece of legislation allowing for the year-round sale of lower-cost, cleaner-burning E15 fuel was part of the stopgap funding bill released by... Read More

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Workers who clean airplanes, remove trash and help with wheelchairs at Charlotte's airport went on strike Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to demand higher wages. The Service Employees International Union announced the strike in a statement early Monday, saying the workers... Read More

WASHINGTON — Cases of Legionnaires’ disease that sickened a dozen passengers on two separate cruise ships were tied to their use of private balcony hot tubs during their voyages, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The findings by a team... Read More