Home

Travel Troubleshooter: Hotels.com promised me a refund years ago, so where is it?

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: We booked a room at the Oasis at Grace Bay in Turks and Caicos through Hotels.com in January 2020, for accommodations in early April 2020. When we booked the reservation, we could not reserve the same room for our entire stay, so we made two separate reservations.Christopher Elliott, the Travel Troubleshooter We had to cancel because of the pandemic. I emailed the hotel numerous times to resolve this, and the company finally issued a refund for one of the reservations, but not the other. I asked why, and they could not give me a straight answer.I reached out to Hotels.com, and they responded that they would issue a voucher for the same hotel. I did not want this and just wanted a refund. I went back and forth with them for a while on this and have not received my refund.Hotels.com now says my voucher has expired, and they can’t do anything else for me regarding this. None of this adds up. Can you please get my $1,632 back?— Michelle Sprek...

Wish You Were Here: Easter Island adventures

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

Our intrepid readers have been globetrotting — and reporting in — from locations as far flung as Uganda and New Zealand. Today, a Sunnyvale resident is sharing tales from the tip of Tierra del Fuego.Wish You Were HereEASTER ISLAND: Sunnyvale resident Peggy Graham’s recent travels took her to the southernmost tip of South America with stops at Easter Island and Cape Horn, as well as Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Trewlew in Argentina. “I went with Overseas Adventure Travel,” she says. “They have an amazing relationship with the local people, offering dinners with them in their homes. We were one of the first tours to go to Easter Island since the pandemic. It was always a dream of mine. We had a local guide, the daughter of an archaeologist, who grew up on the island.”Related ArticlesTravel | Wish You Were Here: Uganda gorilla adventures Travel | Wish You Were Here: New Zealand m...

Oakland Diocese files bankruptcy over child sex abuse lawsuits

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

(KRON) -- The Diocese of Oakland is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to child sex abuse claims, it announced Monday in a press release. The diocese says it faces more than 330 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse.According to the release, Catholic schools in operation under the Oakland Diocese are part of separate legal entities and are not included in the bankruptcy filing. Employees and vendors will also be paid as usual with employee benefits continuing uninterrupted, the release continues. Oakland teachers strike continues Monday “After careful consideration of the various alternatives for providing just compensation to innocent people who were harmed, we believe this process is the best way to ensure a fair and equitable outcome for survivors,” said Bishop Michael C. Barber. “It will also allow RCBO to stabilize its finances and continue the sacred mission entrusted to us by Christ and the Church. Given our current financial resources, RCBO could not shoulder the burden o...

1 arrested after woman shot at DC post office

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

A woman is in the hospital after being shot in the parking lot of a postal facility in Northeast D.C. Monday morning.D.C. police told WTOP the shooting happened before 9:30 a.m. on the U.S. Post Office on Brentwood Road.One woman was shot and taken to the hospital. She is “conscious and breathing,” police said.One person — another woman — was taken into police custody. It is unclear if she is the shooter.Police did not say if the women work at the facility.This is a developing story. Stay with WTOP for the latest. Source

Ishbia hopes no punishment from NBA for Nuggets’ Jokic

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets remain hopeful that center Nikola Jokic receives no additional punishment by the league after he made contact in the stands with Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia.Ishbia feels the same way.From his Twitter account Monday, Ishbia praised his team’s performance and urged no further disciplinary action for the Nuggets two-time NBA MVP. “Great win for the Suns last night in an amazing series so far!” Ishbia posted. “That should be and is the only story. Suspending or fining anyone over last nights incident would not be right. I have alot of respect for Jokic and don’t want to see anything like that. Excited for game 5! Go Suns!”A fine from the league could be in line for Jokic. Or no punishment at all. But a suspension isn’t out of the realm of possibility, either, with the second-round series moving back to Denver for Game 5 on Tuesday night tied at 2-2 after both teams won at home.Nuggets coach Michael Malone is scheduled to address the media on Mond...

Judge: Wisconsin fake electors complaint must be reheard

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge said Monday he will order that the state elections commission reconsider a complaint filed against fake Republican electors who attempted in 2020 to cast the state’s electoral ballots for former President Donald Trump.But this time, Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington said, the commission must consider the complaint without the participation of one of its six commissioners who was also one of the fake electors.The Wisconsin Elections Commission, Republican commissioner Robert Spindell and those who brought the lawsuit ultimately all agreed that the complaint should be heard again without Spindell’s participation. Given that agreement, Remington said during oral arguments on Monday that he would write a written order as soon as next week to vacate the commission’s unanimous rejection in March 2022 of the complaint against the fake electors and to require it to consider it again without Spindell.“Surprise, surprise, I̵...

Sports on TV for Tuesday, May 9

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, May 9COLLEGE BASEBALL6 p.m.ESPN2 — Vanderbilt at Louisville8 p.m.PAC-12N — BYU at UtahCOLLEGE GOLF4:30 p.m.GOLF — The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championships: Second Round, Shoal Creek Club & Bent Brook Golf Course, Shoal Creek, Ala.COLLEGE SOFTBALL7:30 p.m.SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Missouri vs. Mississippi St., First Round, Fayetteville, Ark.LACROSSE (MEN’S)7 p.m.ESPNU — Premier Lacrosse League Draft: From Bristol, Conn.MLB BASEBALL7 p.m.TBS — Boston at Atlanta9:30 p.m.MLBN — Regional Coverage: Houston at LA Angels OR Miami at ArizonaNBA BASKETBALL7:30 p.m.TNT — Eastern Conference Semifinal: Philadelphia at Boston, Game 510 p.m.TNT — Western Conference Semifinal: Phoenix at Denver, Game 5NHL HOCKEY7 p.m.ESPN — Eastern Conference Semifinal: Carolina at New Jersey, Game 49:30 p.m.ESPN — Western Conference Semifinal: Dallas at Seattle, Game 4SOCCER (MEN’S)3 p.m.CBS — UEFA Champions League: Manchester City at R...

“Me llevo el trofeo a casa y ellos vuelven a sus casas”: Max Verstappen gana e ignora los abucheos durante el Grand Premio de Miami

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

(CNN) — Max Verstappen tuvo una actuación brillante en la pista para ganar su segundo Gran Premio consecutivo de Miami este domingo, mientras el piloto de 25 años se encogía de hombros ante los abucheos de algunas personas del público.El piloto de Red Bull se abrió camino desde el noveno lugar en la parrilla para ganar su tercera carrera de la temporada, ampliando su ventaja en la cima del campeonato de pilotos a 14 puntos.A pesar de su declaración de victoria, que solo sirvió para subrayar su actual superioridad, Verstappen fue abucheado tanto antes como después de la carrera por un pequeño grupo de seguidores en la pista.“Creo que si conduzco en la parte de atrás, nadie hará nada en términos de reacción”, dijo Verstappen a los periodistas después de la carrera.“Creo que es normal cuando estás ganando y no les gusta quién está ganando”.No es la primera vez que Verstappen recibe una reacción negativa de la multitud.El piloto también fue abucheado en el GP de Gran Bretaña en 20...

Tomori ready to add to Milan’s history ahead of ‘Euroderby’

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

MILAN (AP) — AC Milan has had a long list of great defenders, including the likes of Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, Alessandro Costacurta and Franco Baresi. Fikayo Tomori could soon find himself on that list as well if he helps Milan end its lengthy wait for the Champions League trophy.The Rossoneri are second only to Real Madrid with seven titles in Europe’s premier club competition, but haven’t lifted the trophy since 2007. First, though, Tomori and his teammates have to get through a semifinal against city rival Inter Milan, which has been dubbed the “Euroderby” in Italy.“It being a derby in the semifinal, it doesn’t really get much bigger than that,” Tomori said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the first leg against Inter on Wednesday.Milan got to this point by beating another Italian team in the quarterfinals, recording a 2-1 aggregate victory over Napoli — shortly after beating the southern club 4-0 in Serie A.Napoli recently clinched the Italian leag...

Título 8, la medida que se aplicará a inmigrantes llegados por la frontera

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:00 GMT

HOUSTON – Con la llegada del fin del Título 42 esta semana, la política usada desde el inicio de la pandemia del COVID-19 para deportar inmigrantes que cruzan la frontera, se retoma el uso exclusivo del Título 8, la herramienta aplicada antes de marzo del 2020.Desde el inicio de la pandemia, las autoridades de la Patrulla Fronteriza han aplicado las dos normas consecuentemente.De hecho, el número de aprehensiones hechas bajo el Título 8 en el año fiscal 2020 fue mayor que de expulsiones hechas bajo el título 42. Cabe destacar, que este último entró en vigor a mediados de ese año fiscal. En 2020, hubo 203,608 aprehensiones bajo el Título 8 y 197,043 bajo el Título 42.La cifra cambió sustancialmente en el año fiscal 2021 cuando hubo 618,896 aprehensiones bajo el Título 8 y 1,040,220 bajo el Título 42.En el año fiscal 2022 se llevaron a cabo 1,154,000 aprehensiones bajo Título 8 y 1,054,000 expulsiones bajo Título 42.En lo corrido del año fiscal 2023 (que empezó en octubre pasado), se...