Travel

For many Black Americans who have dealt with disproportionate infections and deaths due to COVID-19, combined with racial reckonings that have taken an extra emotional toll, a change of scenery has become a necessity.

After last week’s Blue Line derailment triggered a federal safety investigation and the removal of more than half the agency’s rail fleet from service, Washington officials worry about damaging a fragile recovery for Metro.

Washington’s regional Metro system abruptly pulled more than half its fleet of trains from service early Monday morning over a lingering problem with the wheels and axles that caused a dramatic derailing last week.

Designs crowd Betty Cooke's mind, waiting to take form in streamlined and deceptively simple jewelry of gold, silver and stone.

Travel woes for Southwest Airlines passengers at the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport have declined after a turbulent holiday weekend.

Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend, blaming the woes on air traffic control issues and weather.

Marylanders who need a COVID-19 test for work, travel or exposure are finding it increasingly difficult to get tested. The upcoming holiday travel season could make matters worse.

The Pride, which is operating at 70% capacity, is Carnival’s ninth ship to welcome passengers back since the coronavirus pandemic halted cruise operations in March 2020.

A new commission led by Black experts plans to have researchers study enslaved laborers who lived and worked at Mount Clare, an 18th-century plantation and a nearby ironworks, and perhaps locate their descendants in Baltimore.

The question of how to represent Grace Wisher illustrates an ongoing national struggle over how to interpret, contextualize and teach U.S. history, which has long underrepresented Black historical figures.

The Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport unveiled a new in-house medical center this week that will offer urgent care, first aid, as well as COVID-19 vaccines and tests at the airport.

If you're stuck for hours at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, don't trip. We got you. Check out this list of tourist attractions and fun stuff to do just a quick Uber/Lyft ride away.

Eleven years ago, authorities closed the Plumpton Park Zoo in Cecil County, Maryland, over 26 health and safety violations. The couple who took it over on a handshake deal have made it a destination.

When videos of beatings threatened the family-friendly reputation of Ocean City, town officials brought forth a new policing strategy, one that put more officers on the boardwalk and clamped down on offenses from fighting to smoking.

The four-block, mostly industrial stretch in South Baltimore, known as the Warner Street corridor, could draw hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.

Scores of Baltimore-area arts and entertainment venues that have struggled in the pandemic will get tens of millions of dollars in federal SBA grants, including the Lyric, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the National Aquarium.

With summer vacation season in full swing and COVID cases abating, BWI Marshall Airport is seeing a surge in passengers eager to travel after over a year of pandemic restrictions. But nationwide pilot staffing shortages and a recent surge in airline delays have raised concerns about how smooth the return to normal will be.

Want to get out of the city? Here are some ideas for day trips.

Stonewall Capital argues the rail company lacks the authority to acquire private property for public use through eminent domain.

"Some of the most memorable moments were walking around and discovering small gems and coffee shops that aren’t on any travel guide and you could only find if you strolled around town aimlessly."

Air travel can be difficult in the best of times, with cramped planes, screaming babies, flight delays and short tempers. Throw in a pandemic, and the anxiety level can rise quickly.