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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday that modernizes the nation’s aviation system, speeding up the nation’s switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology. The law also opens up the skies to military, commercial and privately-owned unmanned drones. The legislation faced opposition from some labor unions [...]

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The name PeoplExpress conjures up thoughts of cheap fares, packed planes and bare-bones service. If regulators agree, the name will be back this summer, attached to an airline that hopes to borrow from the old playbook while avoiding some of the mistakes that doomed one of the pioneers of the no [...]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Most pre-Carnival street parties in Brazil are all about samba, but the moves on display at Sunday’s Blocao parade were focused more on wagging and strategic sniffing than on fancy footwork. Hundreds of decked-out dogs — and a few brave cats — got in on the Carnival fun at Rio [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — A hotel marketed specifically toward gay travelers is opening in the heart of New York City. The hotel will be called THE OUT NYC. It’s being touted as a “straight-friendly” gay boutique resort. It’s set to open March 1 in the Times Square area. Developer Ian Reisner says it will be [...]

PRAGUE (AP) — Two artists have used wax from the thousands of candles that Czechs lit to mourn the death of President Vaclav Havel to create a large heart honoring him. Lukas Gavlovsky — whose 7-foot-tall (2 meter), multicolored art work went on display in Prague on Friday, says it is meant “to celebrate (Havel’s) [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Flowers once attached to President Abraham Lincoln‘s coffin and ribbons from mourners have joined videos and interactive displays to explore his life and legacy in a new museum and education center at the theater where Lincoln was assassinated. The Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership opens to the public Sunday, the [...]

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Disposable plastic water bottles soon won’t be sold at the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service announced Monday that it has approved a plan to eliminate the sale of the bottles within 30 days. They make up about 20 percent of the park’s waste and 30 percent of [...]