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A United Airlines jet gets towed past an American Airlines maintenance hangar at O'Hare International Airport, April 14, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

American and United are in stalemate at O’Hare, but rivalry keeps growing

By Shun Graves

October 22, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

With the rivalry at an imposed stalemate, both airlines turned to making underhanded barbs against...

The Chicago skyline backdrops the Chicago Jazz Festival at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion on Sept. 4, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Conde Nast Traveler readers name Chicago ‘Best Big City’ for 10th year in a row

By Robert Channick

October 6, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Conde Nast Traveler received nearly 800,000 votes for this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, which cover...

Olivia Estrada, the on board manager, carries plates of food to the dome car for guests aboard a Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private rail car as it travels from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 2026. Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

The quiet allure of private rail

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

October 2, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Private rail cars traveled 429,000 miles on Amtrak in fiscal year 2025, according to the...

FILE – Butterfly Conservation President Sir David Attenborough poses for a photo with a south east Asian Great Mormon Butterfly on his nose, as he launches the Big Butterfly count at London Zoo, July 11, 2012. (John Stillwell/PA via AP, File)

David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100

By Danica Kirka

May 8, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

The BBC is hosting a party for David Attenborough at the Royal Albert Hall. Cinemas...

This image provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows stamps featuring historic spots along Route 66 that are being released in May 2026 to mark the celebrated highway’s centennial. (U.S. Postal Service via AP)

USPS unveils Route 66 centennial stamps

By Associated Press

May 5, 2026 at 11:12 a.m.

The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday is releasing eight stamps marking significant parts of the...

Route 66 runs through Oatman, Arizona, Oct. 13, 2025. "It is the past, present and future, it's the what was, what is and what could be all rolled into one. It's happiness and heartache, it's dreams and failures, it's a state of mind." — Aaron D. Perry (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Remembering Route 66: Readers share their memories of the 100-year-old highway

By E. Jason Wambsgans

April 28, 2026 at 12:19 p.m.

Readers share their thoughts about Route 66, "The Main Street of America."

The Rev. Allen Threatt III in the Threatt Filling Station on Route 66 near Luther, Oklahoma, on June 15, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: One family preserves a piece of Black history in Luther, Oklahoma

By Jonathan Bullington

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Route 66 has been called America’s Main Street, a moniker that fuels nostalgics who like...

Kyle Nicolson stands among strawberry plants on his farm on Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga, California, June 3, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: One last strawberry harvest in Rancho Cucamonga, California

By Jonathan Bullington

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

California’s fertile farm fields once enticed thousands of Dust Bowl refugees fleeing along Route 66....

Route 66, also known as Ogden Avenue, travels through Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66: Photos from the ‘Main Street of America’

By E. Jason Wambsgans

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Route 66 was created to connect us, a 2,448-mile gateway to vast lands that previously...

Gabi Tuschak, co-owner of the Glenrio Smoke Stop dispensary, stands outside it on Route 66 in Glenrio, New Mexico, on June 12, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: A ghost town finds its saviors — and they sell weed — in Glenrio, New Mexico

By Jonathan Bullington

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Glenrio, New Mexico, is a ghost town. The owners of a local weed dispensary hope...

A vintage Buick sits at the historic Blue Swallow Motel on Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. It opened in 1940. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Meet the people keeping iconic Route 66 motels alive: ‘Highly endangered properties’

By Jonathan Bullington

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Motel owners form the backbone of Route 66. Beyond hosts, the innkeepers are plumbers and...

FILE – Officials investigate the site, Monday, March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing Sunday night in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Firefighter heard ‘stop, stop’ before LaGuardia jet crash, but didn’t know who it was for, NTSB says

By Michael R. Sisak

April 23, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

The National Transportation Safety Board says a firefighter whose truck collided with an Air Canada...

Member of an LAN Airways flight crew take a cigarette break during a flight in the 1960s.

Today in History: Smoking ban on flights goes into effect

By baiduhai

April 23, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On April 23, 1988, a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours...