DOT rule would require airlines to issue refunds for domestic flights delayed by 3 hours
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Travelers could soon have more rights if their flight is canceled or delayed, as the Department of Transportation looks to “strengthen” protections for consumers seeking refunds. The agency proposed
Icelandic volcano erupts amid series of earthquakes
JEREMIE RICHARD/AFP via Getty Images (REYKJAVIK, Iceland) — An Icelandic volcano has come back to life after a series of nearby earthquakes rumbled it awake, the Icelandic Met Office reported Wednesday. On Wednesday morning a 4.6 earthquake
Extreme flooding, drought is making risk management difficult and ineffective, researchers say
Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Risk management strategies for floods and drought may not reduce the effects of unprecedented extreme weather events as they become more frequent due to climate change, researchers are warning.
T.J. Maxx parent company to pay $13 million for selling recalled products
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The parent company of department store chain T.J. Maxx has agreed to pay a $13 million fine for the sale of roughly 1,200 recalled products over a five-year
As Iranian women are arrested for protesting against hijabs, some make 'forced confessions,' activist says
ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — When Sepideh Rashno appeared last month on Iranian state television to apologize to another woman for refusing to wear a hijab in pubic, longtime observers of Iran’s government viewed her
Pelosi says US 'will not abandon' Taiwan as China orders live-fire drills
Handout/Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she and other members of a congressional delegation “came to Taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our
Would you try a mustard doughnut? French's teams up with Dough to create a tangy confection
French’s (NEW YORK) — It may be hot dog season, but one condiment company made a tangy new twist on the popular yellow spread by turning it into a confection. Ahead of National Mustard Day on Aug.
Texas man detained in Russia for months due to 'political purposes': Congressman
Courtesy Carol Barnes (WASHINGTON) — More than six months after Texas father David Barnes was arrested by Russian authorities, his family is calling on officials in Washington to do more to try to facilitate his release. “David’s
Scoreboard roundup — 8/2/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Arizona 6, Cleveland 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 Seattle 8, NY Yankees 6 Detroit 5, Minnesota 3 Chi