David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100
The BBC is hosting a party for David Attenborough at the Royal Albert Hall. Cinemas...
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Column: Mad for mahjong — the game from China is having its moment in Chicago
Its new popularity is both about the game and the sense of community it brings....
USPS unveils Route 66 centennial stamps
The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday is releasing eight stamps marking significant parts of the...
Remembering Route 66: Readers share their memories of the 100-year-old highway
Readers share their thoughts about Route 66, "The Main Street of America."
Route 66 road trip: One family preserves a piece of Black history in Luther, Oklahoma
Route 66 has been called America’s Main Street, a moniker that fuels nostalgics who like...
Route 66 road trip: One last strawberry harvest in Rancho Cucamonga, California
California’s fertile farm fields once enticed thousands of Dust Bowl refugees fleeing along Route 66....
Route 66: Photos from the ‘Main Street of America’
Route 66 was created to connect us, a 2,448-mile gateway to vast lands that previously...
Route 66 road trip: A ghost town finds its saviors — and they sell weed — in Glenrio, New Mexico
Glenrio, New Mexico, is a ghost town. The owners of a local weed dispensary hope...
Meet the people keeping iconic Route 66 motels alive: ‘Highly endangered properties’
Motel owners form the backbone of Route 66. Beyond hosts, the innkeepers are plumbers and...
Firefighter heard ‘stop, stop’ before LaGuardia jet crash, but didn’t know who it was for, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board says a firefighter whose truck collided with an Air Canada...
Today in History: Smoking ban on flights goes into effect
On April 23, 1988, a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours...