Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer in the U.S., but the days leading up to it tend to bring the biggest airport crowds. Some days around the long weekend are significantly busier than others, and if you can afford to be flexible when flying during Memorial Day weekend, you’ll save money and avoid the chaos at the airport. The best and worst days to fly Memorial Day weekend NerdWallet analyzed the past three years (2022, 2023 and 2024) of Transportation Security Administration checkpoint data for the six days...

Not content to sit idly by and wait a few more weeks for better weather, sun-starved Americans will be hitting the road in droves — with most of us not only seeking sun and sand, but savings too. No problem on all three, travel experts say — even though the next couple of months can be some of the most popular on the annual travel calendar, there are more than a few great deals if you know where and when to look. “By selecting destinations with affordable flights and low-cost...

Her dad never spoke about his life in Berlin - now she knows why Sara Davidmann always knew her father Manfred had arrived in Britain having fled Nazi Germany as a 14-year-old boy. However, his life growing up as a Jew in Berlin before his escape with his 17-year-old sister Susi in 1939 on the Kindertransport had remained a mystery. "My father was never able to talk about what had happened to him at all," the London-based artist explains. "When he was alive, he was a very difficult man to...

• None Auschwitz survivors and international officials are marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp • None Survivors will lay wreaths this morning at "Death Wall" at the first Auschwitz camp, before a speech by Polish President Andrzej Duda • None There will be a special 90-minute service this afternoon, attended by King Charles and world leaders • None The BBC is marking the anniversary and the day of commemoration with a wide range of programming across TV, radio and online • None You...

Stars have been everywhere this week, from King Charles recognizing Holocaust Memorial Day in London to Robbie Williams and Ayda Field wearing larger-than-life outfits in New York City. Also in the Big Apple, Suki Waterhouse is rushing from A to B while Julia Stiles bundles up with a cute scarf. Here, are the best photos of celebs out and about this week. Come back tomorrow for more of the latest A-list outings! King Charles marks Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan. 13 at Buckingham Palace in London, England. Robbie Williams and...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday he expects to pass President-elect Trump’s agenda through one big reconciliation package before Memorial Day. In an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Johnson reiterated that Republicans will try to pack in as many policy items as possible into a large reconciliation bill, which avoids the 60-vote threshold necessary to pass most legislation in the Senate. Reconciliation legislation requires a simple majority, or 50 votes, in the upper chamber. “We’re 15 days out from the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump for...

House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News on Sunday he hopes to have what Presdient-elect Donald Trump might describe as one “big, beautiful bill” to sign by May as the GOP attempts to enact much of Trump’s agenda with a single piece of legislation. That could be a hard sell with a slim House majority and the fact the bill would have to make its way through the Senate before it could ultimately find its way to Trump’s desk early in his coming term. On Sunday Morning Futures, anchor Maria...

A St. Clair County judge on Monday ordered a Belleville area man to remain in jail on his first-degree murder charge despite his attorney’s argument that he acted in “self-defense” in shooting another man and is not a threat to the community. Elijah C. Nelson, 22, of Kingsway Drive in unincorporated Belleville, faces the murder charge in the May 27 shooting death of 49-year-old Anthony Wilbourn on Wilbourn’s driveway at 7300 W. A St. in Belleville. The Memorial Day confrontation between Nelson and Sandifer came in the wake of a...

A local man is facing charges for his role in a four-car crash that stalled traffic on Old Georgetown Road for hours on Saturday, May 25, and resulted in four individuals being transported to the hospital. Philip Earl Ganus, of Ocean Isle Beach, has received five charges as a result of the collision, according to the Brunswick County Clerk of Court’s office. Ganus has been charged with driving with cancelled/revoked/suspended certification/tags; operating a vehicle with no insurance; driving while impaired; failure to wear a seatbelt; and driving left of center....