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Thanksgiving Travel Will Be the Worst in a Decade: Here's Exactly When to Leave to Miss the Mess

11/15/2018, 8:19:20 PM
Prepare for chaos this holiday season, starting with getting to your destination on Thanksgiving ✔ Prepare for a week of chaotic holiday travel this Thanksgiving ✔ Similarly, Airlines 4 America, an industry organization, estimates a substantial growth in air travel, but their stats are much higher: from 29 million last year to 30.6 million this year, Travel + Leisure reports



Air India passenger goes on racist rant against flight crew after she's denied wine

11/15/2018, 11:17:05 PM
Videos captured and shared on social media show the passenger shouting expletives, seemingly intoxicated, while flight crew remain calm. ✔ The baby was screaming and needed to be fed ✔ The arrest related to incidents that had occurred on board the plane, a statement from the Metropolitan Police read ✔ JIM LO SCALZO, EPA-EFE Fullscreen Atlanta was ranked third overall ✔ Though it's located in the southern part of the country, Atlanta has the second lowest travel costs and hassles, the second best weather and second best cold weather activities



Presenting the Top 10 Pet-Friendly Airports in the U.S., Just in Time for the Holidays

11/15/2018, 9:56:13 PM
A New York City airport tops a list that is important for all pet owners traveling with their furry friends this holiday season ✔ As the holiday season approaches like a fast-moving snowstorm, people the world over are making travel plans to visit family and friends ✔ Additionally, the airport’s Terminal 5 features a patio where travelers and their pets can relax and enjoy the fresh air



Chanel Iman says she felt 'pressure' to get back to her slender 110lbs

11/15/2018, 9:23:35 PM
Chanel Iman welcomed her first child - daughter Cali - only three months ago with husband Sterling Shepard. But soon after, the 27-year-old cover girl wanted to lose the weight fast. ✔ Chanel Iman welcomed her first child - daughter Cali - only three months ago with husband Sterling Shepard, a wide receiver for the New York Giants ✔ 'I felt a little bit of pressure just because I wanted to work!' she told People ✔ Baby bliss: Here the couple are seen in the hospital



Love Island's Dani Dyer laid bare in frontless dress

11/15/2018, 9:31:34 PM
DANI Dyer is Love Island's hottest export. ✔ The couple have been jet-setting across the globe, spending much of this week in China ✔ Posing next to statues, Dani flashed a beaming smile as her beau snapped away ✔ Captioning the moment for her 3.3 million followers, she wrote: Last night in China with my one



Passenger says he was crushed by 6ft 5in, 23st man for 13 HOURS on British Airways flight

11/15/2018, 10:12:45 PM
BRITISH AIRWAYS is being sued by a passenger who claims he suffered a pelvic injury after being crushed in a seat next to an obese passenger during a 13-hour flight. ✔ British Airways: Stephen Prosser, 51, has alleged he suffered a pelvic injury (Image: WALES NEWS SERVICE) Prosser said he damaged his Sacroiliac Joints between his spine and pelvis and that his pelvis was seven degrees out of alignment as a result ✔ Many travellers found themselves sleeping on the airport floor due to the issue as only a few were given rooms, according to NBC New York



Southwest adds 10 new routes, cuts two; drops Paine Field plan

11/15/2018, 8:57:00 PM
Southwest Airlines announced 10 new routes and dropped two as it extended its booking schedule through early August. But Paine Field plans are axed. ✔ Southwest’s additions from Nashville include new nonstop service to the California cities of Burbank and San Jose ✔ ARCHIVES : Southwest's first day of international flying goes smoothly (2014) IN PICTURES: 30 cool aviation photos  (Photo: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES)



Google Maps Street View: Prince Charles opens up home he shares with Camilla to royal fans

11/15/2018, 9:01:28 PM
GOOGLE Maps Street View now lets users explore the London home of Prince Charles, 70, and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles, 71. The insider tour coincides with the Prince of Wales’s 70th birthday yesterday. ✔ It also documented Dumfries House, Ayrshire, and the gardens of Highgrove House, Gloucestershire ✔ The monarch praised Charles’s conservation and charity work, saying that the future king was a dedicated and respected heir to the throne and a wonderful father



Melania Trump beats Donald at his own game

11/15/2018, 10:30:00 PM
Twenty-four hours after Melania Trump went public about her displeasure with the deputy national security advisor, the First Lady's husband did her bidding and sent her packing. Melania showed she knows how to play like a Trump and the President is likely none too happy about it, writes Michael D'Antonio ✔ Given how she had crossed a bright-line boundary with her statement, the President had to believe she would escalate the conflict ✔ Third, and most importantly, he's his own worst enemy, the victim of the concept that everything is about winning and losing and that defeat comes with humiliation ✔ The man who relishes humiliating others is destined to suffer it himself



Time to weigh business engagement in Myanmar

11/15/2018, 10:09:22 PM
By taking care over partners, foreign companies can help promote positive social change ✔ Employment in the sector is dominated by women, many of whom are the primary breadwinners for their families ✔ She previously worked for the U.S. government, including as a special assistant to the U.S. special representative and policy coordinator for Burma



Opinion | The White House bickering endangers national security

11/15/2018, 9:45:17 PM
The first lady’s campaign against the NSC’s Mira Ricardel is alarming. ✔ If raising your voice in the White House were a firing offense, the building would be empty ✔ Read more from Josh Rogin’s archive, follow him on Twitter or subscribe to his updates on Facebook ✔ The U.S. has every reason to cooperate with the International Criminal Court



In 'American Horror Story: Apocalypse,' The Antichrist Finally Gets A Coming-Of-Age Story

11/15/2018, 8:07:21 PM
And fans finally get a season of Ryan Murphy's show worth finishing, even if it ends with an inexplicable male victory. ✔ When demon worshippers crown 16-year-old Peter (Alex Wolff) their new king, it’s at the expense of his little sister (Milly Shapiro), who’d been christened the group’s next monarch before their grandmother died ✔ But in the end ― and I say this as someone who thinks Hereditary is pretty great ― they succumb to the same patterns we always see: Women do the work, yet men manage to win anyway



Netflix releases first trailer for 'A Christmas Prince' royal-wedding-themed sequel

11/15/2018, 10:29:56 PM
The streamer is about to release the sequel to its acclaimed romantic comedy ✔ Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) is a cynical schlub waved through the Pearly Gates by mistake after dying in a bizarre supermarket accident ✔ There she must remain above the suspicions of seemingly well-meaning but disorganised angel Michael (Ted Danson) whilst also negotiating fractious relationships with do-gooder Chidi (William Jackson Harper), spoiled princess Tahani (former T4 presenter Jameela Jamil) and ex-drug dealer Jason (Manny Jacinto) ✔ Support free-thinking journalism and subscribe to Independent Minds



Kobe Bryant, revising his own history

11/15/2018, 8:54:55 PM
Aspiring to an entertainment empire, the five-time NBA champion wants to be seen as more than a former basketball player, but 2003 rape accusation is what some remember most ✔ He slept like hell last night, even for someone who averages about four hours a night ✔ He had a wife and baby daughter but no tattoos, and in commercials, he guzzled Sprite and chomped McDonald’s burgers flashing that dazzling smile as he stepped in to save the kids’ championship game or launched a wrapper toward a wastebasket



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