Woman Gets 15 Months in Prison for Punching Flight Attendant in the Face
nytimes.com > us...Quinonez, 29, of Sacramento, will also have to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution and a $7,500 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California. A video of the attack, which occurred in May 2021, was widely viewed on social media. Judge Todd W.... ..."Violence on aircraft endangers the lives of all onboard," Randy Grossman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, said in a statement on Friday. "Attacks on flight crew members, who perform vital jobs to ensure passenger safety, will not be tolerated."....
Memorial Day Weekend Is Likely to See Americans Travel, Despite COVID-19
nytimes.com > travel...Coronavirus cases are surging, gas prices keep hitting record highs and heat waves and storms are forecast for many parts of the United States.... ...Over the past week, an average of 110,000 coronavirus cases has been reported each day in the United States, an increase of 26 percent from two weeks ago, according to a New York Times database....
How Some People Travel to the U.S. After Positive Covid Tests
nytimes.com > travel...And according to guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ms.... ..."The existence of these workarounds highlights the absurdity of the current inbound testing policy that is nothing short of ineffective," said Erika Richter, vice president of communications at the American Society of Travel Advisors, a trade organization....
Dervla Murphy, Irish Travel Writer Who Preferred Her Bike, Dies at 90
nytimes.com > books...For her 10th birthday, Dervla Murphy received a secondhand bicycle and an atlas. As she rode up a hill near her home that day in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland, she thought that if she pedaled long enough, she could get to India.... ...Murphy died on May 22 at her home in Lismore. She was 90. Her publisher at Eland Books, Barnaby Rogerson, confirmed the death. Dervilla Maria Murphy was born on Nov. 28, 1931, in Lismore. Her father, Fergus, was the county librarian....
In Paris, a Dim Sum Restaurant Finds Bold Ways to Invoke Tradition
nytimes.com > t-magazine...After traveling across China as a college student -- from Shanghai to Yunnan, Guangzhou and Beijing -- to reconnect with her roots, Céline Chung returned home to her native France with a dream to one day disrupt classic Chinese canteens with restaurants that would emphasize style as wells... ..."I am naturally thirsty to understand the endless mystery of wine," says Alessio de Sensi, the general manager of the New York Italian restaurant Scarpetta....