From overseas adventures to weekend getaways, you’ll find travel inspiration here, including the hottest destinations at home and around the world.
What’s in your pack?
You already know the basics. Everyone carries water, matches and MREs in their rucksacks. But what about the less obvious — but just as important — items that soldiers, sailors, Marines...
A salute to women in uniform
This country is indebted to women who break molds, chase lofty dreams and answer the call to service.
Hot trends on the slopes
We asked editors of Ski and Powder magazines to pinpoint trends in skiing. Their forecasts:
Creativity helps these veterans work through pain
ST. LOUIS — The few fast-food jobs former Spc. Randy Johnson took after his medical discharge from the Army usually ended when he didn’t show for his shift.
New military-only resort opens on Virginia coast
The military is adding Virginia’s oceanfront to destinations like Hawaii and Florida where service members and their families can get some affordable rest and relaxation.
Tales from the Whiskey Trail
We spent a week this spring traveling the “American Whiskey Trail,” visiting seven of the 16 operating distilleries and historical sites that make up the trail.
President, soldier, distiller
MOUNT VERNON, Va. — He led troops into battle against tax-evading whiskey makers, but President Washington was no enemy of the bottle.
Whiskey fast facts
Think you know everything there is about American whiskey? Read on and really amaze your buddies with your stunning command of booze news.
A spirited adventure
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Once upon a time, this was the wild, wild West. That was more than 200 years ago, of course, long before airports and interstates, long before Kentucky and Tennessee became...
Sept. 11 memorial U.S. tour begins in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — A traveling exhibit featuring a 4-ton (3.6-metric ton) steel beam that will be part of a Sept. 11 memorial in New York’s ground zero kicked off a national tour...
But seriously, folks...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Soon after Jan Donahue’s husband deployed to Iraq for nearly two years with the Minnesota National Guard, one of her neighbors tied a yellow ribbon around a tree in the...
Virgin America gets tentative approval to launch U.S. service By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY Virgin America was tentatively cleared to fly TODAY by the Department of Transportation, a move that paves the way for the start-up carrier to begin service possibly as soon as this spring.
James Beard nominations call out culinary world's best By Jerry Shriver, USA TODAY Culinary professionals from more than a dozen cities were among the nominees in top categories for the 17th James Beard Foundation awards announced Monday. The traditionally strong dining scenes of...
No passport? You can still visit Mexico by car By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press Writer So you want to go to Mexico, but you don't have a passport? There are still options, at least for one more year.
Tribe set to open Grand Canyon Skywalk Visitors who have marveled at the Grand Canyon's vistas will now have a dizzying new option: a glass-bottom observation deck allowing them to gaze into the chasm beneath their feet.
Delta CEO: Give my bonus away By Marilyn Adams, USA TODAY Turning his back on a potentially lucrative payday, Delta Air Lines CEO Gerald Grinstein said Monday that he is refusing any stock, stock options or cash when the carrier emerges from bankruptcy.
Officials confirm N.Y. mineral water spa diluted The famed "natural mineral water" baths at Saratoga Spa State Park have been diluted with regular tap water for the past two decades, state officials confirmed Monday. The park's baths attract about...
A380s touch down on two U.S. runways By Laura Bly, USA TODAY The latest jetliner to claim the title of world's biggest passenger aircraft completed its maiden voyage to the United States on Monday, flying on football field-length wings and a prayer that the...
Airline passenger awakens beside corpse A first-class passenger on a flight from New Delhi to London awoke to find the corpse of a woman who had died in the economy cabin being placed in a seat next to him, British Airways said Monday.
Passport surge pushes workers into overtime By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY Government workers in Portsmouth, N.H., are taking on overnight shifts, working extra hours and setting up desks in "every nook and cranny" of the National Passport Center, director Tyrone Shelton...
Pittsburgh once again 'glass city' with exhibitions, conference By Ron Todt, Associated Press Writer It was called the Iron City and then the Steel City, but for a century Pittsburgh and the rest of western Pennsylvania were famed for another material known more for beauty than strength: glass.
Airport Check-in: Hong Kong picks a brew, RDU accomodates more carry-ons By Roger Yu, USA TODAY Heineken International this month opened its first branded "Heineken Bar" in Terminal 2 of Hong Kong International. The Dutch brewer says it plans more bars at yet-to-be-named major international...
Thousands still stuck after Friday storm By Fredreka Schouten, USA TODAY Thousands of weary travelers faced a third day waiting to reach their destinations Sunday as US Airways struggled to recover from the ice and snow storm that paralyzed airports in the Northeast. The...
Ski industry goes green to fight warming By Tom Gardner, Associated Press The ski industry is going green to help offset the pollution that feeds global warming a phenomenon that challenges the resorts' very existence with the threat of later snowfalls and earlier snow...
Storm strands people on planes at JFK Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours overnight on airliners that couldn't take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport because of the ice and snow storm that pummeled the Northeast....
Meet the USA's Best
Check out video profiles and show your support for the elite military Olympians and Paralympians with Team USA, courtesy of TriWest Healthcare Alliance.
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Meet the USA's Best
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