Doubts cast on easyJet plan to be net-zero emissions airline
LONDON — European budget airline easyJet said Tuesday it will become the first major carrier to operate net-zero carbon flights, offsetting climate-wa...
Flood-hit Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes
VENICE, Italy — One of only four oar makers for Venice’s famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third tim...
3rd record tide enters Venice as Italy hit with snow, rain
VENICE, Italy — Venice was hit Sunday by a record third exceptional tide in the same week while other parts of Italy struggled with a series of weathe...
Italy’s white truffle hunters worry about climate change
ALBA, Italy — Rising global temperatures are worrying truffle hunters around the Italian town of Alba, where the most prized specimens can fetch twice...
High tides surge through Venice, locals rush to protect art
VENICE, Italy — Exceptionally high tidal waters surged through Venice again on Friday, prompting the mayor to close St. Mark’s Square and call for mor...
Italy declares state of emergency in Venice after high tides
ROME — Italy's government declared a state of emergency Thursday in flood-ravaged Venice, seeking to release funds to repair the historic lagoon city ...
Flying this Thanksgiving? Expect record crowds at airports
Record throngs of travelers are expected to jam into airports over the Thanksgiving break and airlines are adding hundreds of flights a day in respons...
Safety officials probing records of work on Southwest jets
DALLAS — Federal regulators have threatened to ground dozens of Southwest Airlines jets if the airline can't confirm that the planes, which it bought ...
Winter already? Snow, deep freeze from Rockies to East Coast
CHICAGO — An arctic air mass that brought snow and ice to an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to northern New England on Monday was poised to ...
Man charged in Caribbean hotel worker’s death skips hearing
DARIEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged in the death of a hotel worker he says attacked his family in Anguilla has declined to return to the British...
Macron marks Armistice Day in homage to dead soldiers
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron led Armistice Day commemorations on Monday by visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under Paris' Arc de Tr...
Shootings, blasts prompt Denmark to tighten border controls
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark will temporarily reinstate border controls with Sweden and step up police work along the border after a series of violen...
Pakistan opens visa-free border crossing for India Sikhs
KARTARPUR, Pakistan — The prime ministers of India and Pakistan inaugurated Saturday a visa-free border crossing for Sikh pilgrims from India, allowin...
Colorado ex-Gov. Hickenlooper’s travel ethics probe released
DENVER — A report from the Colorado Ethics commission released Thursday came to no conclusion about whether former governor and current U.S. Senate ca...
Hawaii may subpoena Airbnb for tax records of rental hosts
HONOLULU — A judge ruled Wednesday that Hawaii tax authorities may subpoena Airbnb for records of its hosts as the state investigates whether operator...
Grounded Boeing jet hits another pothole in path to return
DALLAS — Regulators are asking Boeing to revise documentation of its proposed fixes to software on the 737 Max jet, and the company said Wednesday tha...
Airline says false hijack alarm caused Dutch airport alert
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands — An accidental hijack warning set off from the cockpit of a plane triggered a big security operation at Amsterdam's Schiphol Ai...
In Berlin, quirky reminders linger from East-West divide
BERLIN — Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German capital — divided for decades by bricks and barbed wire — has slowly grown back to...
AP Analysis: Iran, US still captive to 1979 hostage crisis
The 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran may have ended after 444 days, but both America and Iran still remain captive to a crisis that began 40 years...
Going somewhere? Some places offer trips to the unknown
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When Dena Espenscheid answered an advertisement on social media offering a weekend vacation to an unknown destination, her sister ...
Australia’s iconic rock Uluru scaled by final climbers
ULURU, Australia — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians' demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds...
Stretchy, lovable slime takes up residence in New York City
NEW YORK — Slime, the bedazzled, stretchy sensation that has spawned its own social media influencers and fans of all ages, is taking up residence in ...
Jamaican citizens sue exclusive Yellowstone Club over wages
HELENA, Mont. — Five Jamaican citizens who were recruited to work at a Montana ski resort for the ultra-rich just north of Yellowstone National Park s...