Welcome to The Check-In, our weekend feature focusing on all things travel. One Strong Southern Girl Mickie Carter shares pre-vacation exercise tips While some vacations involve doing nothing but hanging out underneath an umbrella on the beach, others are go, go, go. Even if long hikes and walking tours aren’t on the agenda, the steps…
If you hadn’t yet heard of Temu, chances are you would have soon. Consider it a wannabe Amazon, another morally questionable online retailer with prices so low you can understand why an inflation-plagued consumer would want to take advantage. And it’s only getting more popular — unique visitors in the U.S. catapulted from 5.1 million…
First Look ‘It’s over’: Spain’s soccer chief steps down in wake of unwanted kiss Luis Rubiales, who kissed a player without her consent at the Women’s World Cup, resigned after weeks of pressure. Spanish soccer officials, bidding to host the 2030 Men’s World Cup, hope that his exit will put the controversy behind them. | View caption…
First Look Alabama must redraw congressional map to include more Black voters A panel of three federal judges blocked Alabama’s new congressional map Tuesday after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority. Twenty-seven percent of Alabama’s residents are Black. | View caption Hide caption…
Emma Igual, aged 32 and from Spain, and Canadia Anthony Ihnat were killed when the vehicle they were in came under fire near Bakhmut yesterday morning (Sunday, September 10). Four volunteers from the Road to Relief NGO, which helps evacuate wounded people from front-line areas, were trapped inside the van as it flipped over and…