I traveled 96 hours from Boston to Napa using the Amtrak...
Cali O'Connor bought an Amtrak USA Rail Pass to get from Boston to Napa two summers ago.She spent 96 hours on trains and stopped along the way in three different cities.Though she dealt with noise and slept in a train seat, she said she loved the adventure. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up!…
A passenger said it ‘felt like a brief earthquake’ when a...
A United plane's wing struck a stationary Delta plane at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday. A video filmed by a passenger shows the United plane clipped the Delta plane's tail while taxiing. A passenger on the Delta plane told CNN it "felt like a brief earthquake." Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up!…
Americans aren’t mixing with people in different income brackets or leaving...
Americans are mixing with each other and exploring the cities they live in less frequently, a new study found. Researchers at MIT studied the movements of people in Dallas, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles. They found that Americans' behavior has significantly shifted since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for…
As NYC’s first-ever rat czar gets to work, cities like Boston...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed a "rat czar" to help eliminate rodents in the city. One Boston city official says the Massachusetts city should follow suit and hire a rat slayer of their own. Boston and Chicago residents also report stories of rats terrorizing their cities. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing…
See a Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Grab and Throw, Just Like...
Boston Dynamics' Atlas machines are aiming to be the humans of the robot world when it comes to physical abilities. They can already do parkour and gymnastics, but recent upgrades have added new skills that make the bots even more like people than before.When we saw Atlas slaying a parkour course in 2021, it had…
Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Can Now Grab and Toss, Like People...
Boston Dynamics' Atlas machines are aiming to be the humans of the robot world when it comes to physical abilities. They can already do parkour and gymnastics, but recent upgrades have added new skills that make the machines even more peoplelike than before.When we saw Atlas slaying a parkour course in 2021, it had stubby…
Here’s where traffic sucked the most in 2022
Getty Images Did your commute get worse in 2022? Overall, congestion cost the country more than $81 billion, says transportation data company Inrix. It just published its Global Traffic Scorecard for the past year, and the data says the typical US driver spent 51 hours in traffic last year, 15 hours more than in 2021.…
These Are the Safest and Most Walkable Cities for Halloween
Photo: Rawpixel.com (Shutterstock)Every year, unfounded urban legends and mythical hype get caregivers all worked up about trick-or-treating. While you’re not going to find razors or fentanyl in your kids’ candy haul, there are some reasonable concerns you may have leading up to the traditional neighborhood jaunt. Let’s look at the most walkable U.S. cities, as…
A Boston Woman Built A Website To Help Her Community Access...
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Diana Rastegayeva about starting a service to help people in her community access vaccines during her maternity leave, which has now snowballed into a whole operation. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Back in January, Diana Rastegayeva had a problem many have faced in the last few months. DIANA RASTEGAYEVA: My grandfather, who's…
Boston University, Holy Cross Teams Wear Masks In Basketball Game
There was an unusual sight on the men's college basketball court on Tuesday: every player on the Boston University and Holy Cross teams was wearing a mask. NOEL KING, HOST: Athletes and their coaches have tried to compete safely during the pandemic with varying degrees of success. Yesterday, the men's basketball teams from Boston University…
