By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Cleaning fees are one-time charges that Airbnb hosts can tack on to the nightly rate. They’ve become a pain point for many travelers because cleaning fees can be exorbitantly high in some cases and are not shown in search results. Airbnb aims to make them more transparent by adding a
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By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Cleaning fees are one-time charges that Airbnb hosts can tack on to the nightly rate. They’ve become a pain point for many travelers because cleaning fees can be exorbitantly high in some cases and are not shown in search results. Airbnb aims to make them more transparent by adding a
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Railway workers in Austria are set to hold a one-day strike on Monday after a failed round of talks in pay negotiations. The Austria Press Agency reported Sunday that both sides said the fifth round of talks on pay for some 50,000 employees of about 65 railway operators, including the main national
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Railway workers in Austria are set to hold a one-day strike on Monday after a failed round of talks in pay negotiations. The Austria Press Agency reported Sunday that both sides said the fifth round of talks on pay for some 50,000 employees of about 65 railway operators, including the main national
Continue Reading By ZACHARY KAMEL Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — Pedro Meraz says living in Colima, Mexico, was like living in a war zone, with shootings, burning cars and dismembered bodies being left outside of schools. When his wife Rocio Gonzalez, a 28-year-old lawyer who worked with abused women, began receiving death threats from a cartel and
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN For many people aiming to burn a lot of calories, high-intensity interval training is the way to go. Also known as HIIT, these popular workouts feature bursts of intense activity, such as squats or lunges, followed by recovery time. A HIIT routine can torch more calories than a traditional endurance
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces struck eastern and southern Ukraine early Sunday as utility crews scrambled to restore power, water and heating with the onset of snow and frigid temperatures, while civilians continued to leave the southern city of Kherson because of the devastation wreaked by
Continue Reading By TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press LOPBURI, Thailand (AP) — A meal fit for monkeys was served on Sunday at the annual Monkey Feast Festival in central Thailand. Amid the morning traffic, rows of monkey statues holding trays were lined up outside the compound of the Ancient Three Pagodas, while volunteers prepared food across the
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Rescuers dug through mud and debris for a second day on Sunday in the search for people believed lost in an enormous landslide tore through a port town on the Italian resort island of Ischia. One body was recovered on Saturday and two families with children remained
Continue Reading By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Colleagues from Azam Khan Swati’s political party say federal police in Pakistan have arrested the senator for comments critical of top military officers. It was the second time he was taken into custody in as many months. Swati, a senior member of the party of former Prime
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Sunday officially marks one month since the world’s richest man took the helm at Twitter. In that time, Elon Musk initiated mass layoffs and gave remaining staffers a cryptic ultimatum, reinstated the accounts of controversial figures including former President Donald Trump, and launched — then punted — a plan to
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Traveling to watch their team play at the World Cup took a little longer than usual for two French fans. Mehdi Balamissa and Gabriel Martin decided the best way to travel from France to Qatar was on two wheels. The friends spent three months traveling 7,000 kilometers (roughly 4,350 miles) by
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Eric Levenson and Travis Caldwell, CNN Thomas James, one of the two men who helped disarm a shooter during last week’s mass shooting inside Club Q in Colorado Springs, issued his first statement about his role in the attack on Sunday. “I simply wanted to save the family I found,” James, a
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Jaren Hall threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score before leaving with an ankle injury to lead BYU to a 35-26 victory over Stanford on Saturday night, and Cardinal coach David Shaw announced his resignation after the game. After arriving unusually late for
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Protests against China’s strict “zero-COVID” policies resurfaced in Shanghai and Beijing on Sunday afternoon, continuing a round of demonstrations that have spread across the country since a deadly apartment fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi led to questions over such rigid anti-virus measures. Crowds stood
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Shanquella Robinson arrived in the picturesque Mexican town of San José del Cabo on October 28 with six of her friends. One day later, the 25-year-old student at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina died while staying in a luxury rental property in Baja California Sur. Now, nearly one month after
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The U.S. soccer federation is displaying Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying the move supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations’ World Cup match Tuesday. Iran’s government reacted by accusing America of removing the name of
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford coach David Shaw resigned Saturday night after finishing his 12th season at his alma mater with a 36-25 loss to BYU that dropped the Cardinal to 3-9. Shaw, 50, led Stanford to five double-digit win seasons, with three Pac-12 titles and Rose Bowl appearances
Continue Reading STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — David Shaw resigns as Stanford football coach after 12 seasons following Cardinal’s season-ending loss to BYU.
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside, CNN Nashville authorities are investigating a drive-by shooting after a funeral service at a church Saturday that left two people wounded, police said. As the funeral service was letting out at the New Season Church around 1:40 p.m., at least one person drove by and opened fire on the attendees as they
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