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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Wellness retreats featuring spa treatments and yoga classes have long attracted travelers.  But now a new trend is emerging: psychedelic retreats. These retreats are often structured travel experiences in which participants use psychedelic substances such as psilocybin (magic mushrooms), ayahuasca or other plant-based medicines. Hadas Alterman, a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Royal Caribbean has scrapped the itineraries for 20 upcoming voyages, impacting thousands of passengers. “Deployment planning is dynamic and regularly reviewed based on demand, capacity requirements and broader fleet considerations,” the cruise line said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “As part of this process, we’ve…

You can credit last week’s atmospheric river. It brought a large volume of snow at upper elevations and rain at lower elevations, creating high to extreme avalanches hazard in the parks. “So getting a big result wasn’t unexpected (but) getting a result that big was unexpected.” That’s how Conrad Janzen, a visitor safety specialist with…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Four people in B.C. died in separate avalanches on Sunday. Three heli-skiers were killed when they were caught in an avalanche on the Iridium Shoulder ski run on Mount Knauss, north of Terrace. RCMP said search and rescue crews were activated at 1:30 p.m. and officers and…

Several things are pretty much guaranteed during spring in Edmonton and that includes tap water that tastes and smells… off. That, combined with a stronger smell and taste of chlorine, has some residents thinking twice if they should use it. “The water is safe to drink,” said Jonathan Gelinas, EPCOR’s senior manager of operations at…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The city of Las Vegas is going all in on March Madness as it tries to reignite tourism and reverse a growing slump.  Resorts across the Strip are rolling out large-scale watch parties, sportsbook events and themed experiences tied to the NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments —…

Hot on the heels of a scorching decade, the UN’s weather agency has said that the planet’s climate is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history”. “Between 2015 and 2025, we experienced the hottest 11 years on record,” WMO’s deputy executive secretary Ko Barrett said. Last year was some 1.43 °C…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York City content creator flew to Jamaica for just eight hours before returning home the same night. Kevin Droniak, 28, left the city at 5:45 a.m. and landed in Kingston just before 10 a.m., giving him only a few hours to explore before heading back,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A complimentary breakfast buffet may be a favorite perk at many hotel chains nationwide — but these days, not everyone in the buffet line may be a paying guest. Viral videos making the rounds show buffet crashers strolling into hotel dining rooms, piling up plates with food…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Long security lines and staffing shortages have disrupted travel at major US airports during the partial government shutdown — but a small group of hubs is largely avoiding the chaos because they rely on private screening contractors instead of federally employed TSA officers. At least 20 airports…