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Liz Weston: I Travel-Hacked A College Tour and Saved $3,000
The only way to win the travel rewards game is to pay balances in full every month, since otherwise interest costs will overwhelm any travel savings
Shrinking Country: Serbia Struggles with Population Decline
According to the World Bank, Serbia's population of just below 7 million is projected to fall to 5.8 million by 2050. That would represent a 25% fall since 1990.
Kansas Fight over Abortion Has Debate Turned 'On Its Head'
Kansas legislators considering a proposed amendment to the state constitution on abortion are raising the spectre of women being forced back into going to unsafe and unclean "back alley" clinics if their measure does not pass.
Russia Blacklists over 200 Jehovah's Witnesses
Russian authorities have added over 200 Jehovah's Witnesses to a register of extremists and terrorists, the organization said in a statement Friday.
New Breeze Airways Hopes to Fly by End of 2020
David Neeleman's much discussed airline start-up, known until today by the placeholder title "Moxy," has an official name: Breeze Airways.
Finland Plans to Give Dads Equal Parental Leave As Mothers
Finland's female-dominated government unveiled a plan Wednesday to give both parents the same amount of fully paid parental leave in an effort to push dads in to take time off from work to spend more time with their children.
McConnell Remaking Senate in Age of Trump, Impeachment
It was the GOP leader's central strategy to produce as partisan an impeachment as possible -- too polarizing for any centrists to touch -- to secure Republican acquittal in the Senate.
Trump Acquittal Confronts Dems with Election-Year Choices
Donald Trump's impeachment ended with a reminder of why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted the idea for so long — an acquittal everyone saw coming, followed by a bombastic presidential victory lap.
Virginia Lawmakers to Debate Assault Weapon Ban
Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are set to try to advance legislation to ban assault weapons despite pushback from members of their own party.
Green Tea Party? State Licenses Boston's 1st Marijuana Shop
Boston's first retail pot shop and Massachusetts' first minority-owned marijuana business was approved Thursday, more than a year after the first shops opened elsewhere in the state.
Impeachment Loses Its Constitutional Gravity in Trump Case
Long before anyone split an atom, the founders created the political equivalent of a nuclear weapon, with the fate of the nation in the balance. This time, it just didn't feel like it.
Disney Apologizes to School Charged for Showing 'Lion King'
The Walt Disney Co. has apologized to a California school that was charged a $250 licensing fee after showing the company's 2019 remake of "The Lion King" during a fundraiser.
How's the Economy? Fed Increasingly Turns to Private Data
About a year ago, Federal Reserve officials needed to know if the turmoil was chilling consumer spending. They turned to a backup: Consumer spending figures from First Data, a card payment company.
Life under Virus Quarantine: Boxing, Chalk Art and Waiting
There's Zumba and boxing classes, lectures on business and taxes, and chalk art outside for the children. It's part of daily life for 195 American citizens quarantined on a military base after being evacuated from China.
'Stay in Mexico' Remark Prompts Inclusion Rally in Michigan
People gathered in a southeastern Michigan town on Wednesday to promote unity and inclusion in the wake of a school meeting when a white parent asked a Hispanic parent why he didn't "stay in Mexico."
Tiny Indigenous Land Highlights Brazil's Environmental Woes
Bolsonaro has said indigenous people should be integrated into society, and also that they themselves desire modern conveniences. He has likened those living within protected areas to animals trapped in a zoo.
Amnesty Finds Saudi Anti-Terror Court A Weapon of Repression
Saudi Arabia has used a secretive court established to try terrorism cases as "a weapon of repression" to imprison peaceful critics, activists, journalists, clerics and minority Muslim Shiites.
Homeland Security Suspends Travel Programs for New Yorkers
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it would no longer let New York residents enroll in its "trusted traveler" programs because of a new state law that blocked federal immigration officials.
Companies Offer Rebuke of Tennessee's Anti-LGBTQ Adoption Law
Almost three dozen big companies and more than 100 small businesses in Tennessee on Wednesday predicted economic backlash from a newly enacted state adoption law and other proposals that target LGBTQ people.
Virus Blocks 3 Chinese Brands from Milan Fashion Week
Italian fashion officials on Tuesday forecast a nearly 2% drop in first-half revenues due to the virus emerging from China, which also is preventing three Chinese fashion houses from traveling to Milan Fashion Week later this month.