When Heather Bennett’s wheelchair was damaged on a Delta Air Lines flight from Washington (DCA) to Boston in March, she wasn’t surprised.”The important backstory on this: I was traveling in a wheelchair that is still broken from an incident in August of 2022,” she said. “My chair usually is damaged on every single flight, but I don’t bother…
Live BlogUNITED LATEST Updated: 6:17, 20 Apr 2023MANCHESTER UNITED fans have been given a major boost as top scorer Marcus Rashford has travelled to Spain for their Europa League quarter-final second leg clash against Sevilla. The big Europa clash is taking place tonight, delicately poised at 2-2. While boss Erik ten Hag has hailed No 1…
Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons will remain in Brooklyn to focus on his rehab from his back injury, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Simmons’ 2022-2023 season ended prematurely because of a nerve impingement in his back that was causing him pain and making his return to play longer than anticipated. This means that Simmons will…
A JOB you’ve probably never heard of pays £25,000 a year and lets you travel the world – but there’s a catch. The little-known role lets you put your love of tea to good use and has been described as “the best job in the country, but one that few know exists”. 1The little-known role lets…
EUROPEAN BLUES Published: 20:10, 8 Apr 2023Updated: 20:11, 8 Apr 2023CHELSEA will travel to the Santiago Bernabéu for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final double header. Frank Lampard’s first game back as Blues boss ended in a 1-0 defeat to Wolves at Molineux on the weekend. 2Interim Chelsea Manager Frank Lampard during the…
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers have two games remaining on the schedule ahead of the playoffs and are focused on preparing their main guys for the games that matter most. Joel Embiid played 30:26 in Thursday’s 129-101 loss to the Miami Heat, and he scored 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting. Considering the Sixers had nothing…
Christopher Elliott | Special to USA TODAYThe start of the summer travel season is only a few weeks away, but people in the know have already identified the most pressing problem: dangerously cramped airline seats. Danielle Belyeu got a preview of the coming chaos on a recent flight from Paris to Atlanta. “The passenger in front of…
Tipping these days can feel more like a burden than a blessing, especially with so many businesses prompting customers to tip with ubiquitous touchscreens. But that’s not the way it’s supposed to be.”When it’s functioning well, tipping should make everyone feel good – both the person receiving the tip and the person giving it,” said Daniel Post Senning,…
Republican lawmakers, both in-office and out-of-office, are ramping up their travel to Iowa and New Hampshire—crucial states that will help determine who becomes the GOP presidential nominee in 2024. Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Iowa on Monday. He made his first campaign stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina back in January. Fellow Republicans Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden fired the opening shot in his budget negotiations with congressional Republicans on Thursday, saying he’s ready to sit down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and go through their spending plans line by line.”Lay it down,” Biden urged the House GOP leader, who has yet to release his own budget proposal, during a…
ILLEGAL migrants face a lifetime ban on returning to the UK in a crackdown to end the small boats crisis. Home Secretary Suella Braverman will unveil new laws tomorrow ruling out citizenship, settlement or re-entry claims for those removed. 2Migrants entering the UK illegally face a lifetime ban on returningCredit: Jack Hill/The Times, The Sunday…
When Tashieka Brewer would sleep over at her grandmother’s house in New Jersey in the ’80s, she would overhear her grandma’s phone calls. In the evenings, Corinne Brewer would be on the phone making travel plans, booking dinner shows, tours, flights and accommodations for a group of neighborhood women.”She was actually a housewife, and she decided she wanted to…
The North Carolina Tar Heels will be looking to snap their recent losing streak when they travel to South Bend to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Wednesday night. The Tar Heels previously beat the Irish 81-64 as 12-point favorites on January 7th. However, since then, both teams have struggled to find consistent…
BRITS are set to soak up sunshine this week as temperatures rise to 13C just days after the icy cold snap. The Met Office has predicted sunny spells and mild temperatures across the UK after days of travel chaos amid snow, ice and fog. 4Temperatures in the southeast are due to reach 13C by the…
FANS of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr were swarmed by a hoard of LOCUSTS midway through their latest match. Al-Nassr travelled to Mecca on Thursday night for their Saudi Pro League match with Al-Wehda at the King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium. 4Cristiano Ronaldo and his Al-Nassr team-mates were in Saudi Pro League action against Al-WehdaCredit: AFP 4A…
Sarah Griffith’s flight to Columbus, Ohio, last summer had a dual purpose: she wanted to see her friends and watch the band Night Ranger play.Griffith, 50, loved the rock group growing up, and has traveled around the country to see it. “(I) started going to see them and it kind of turned things around and it just kind of became…