VACATION DESTINATIONS

A “major industrial accident” at Exxon's Baytown, Texas, plant near Houston may have resulted in four injuries, the Harris County sheriff said on Twitter early Friday.

Chicago businesses are suffering and asking for help as theft crimes increase in the city.

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Chicago became the latest big city on Tuesday to announce a vaccine mandate for any public place that serves food and drinks, including bars, restaurants, sports stadiums, entertainment venues, and more.

A bill that would give tax relief to Atlantic City's casinos — and possibly prevent the closure of as many as four of them — was being considered Monday in the New Jersey Legislature.

Morgan Stanley is now encouraging a chunk of its top producers to stay home for the remainder of the year because of a surge in COVID-19.

Famed Washington, D.C., bookseller Politics and Prose has hired a high-powered law firm, Jones Day, to represent it after employees asked to unionize

An infamous downtown Los Angeles hotel that has attracted the public's fascination because of its checkered history and deadly past and was recently featured in a Netflix documentary will be converted into affordable housing.

High winds are causing travel problems across at Denver International Airport, where wind gusts of up to 55 mph were reported in the area.

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MGM Resorts International said on Monday that it would sell the operations of the Mirage hotel and casino in Las Vegas to Hard Rock International for about $1.08 billion in cash.

Bobby Van's Steakhouse owner Joseph Smith argued that New York City’s vaccine and mask mandates are “bad news” for business, noting that about 460 people have canceled group and party reservations because of the restrictions.

Philadelphia on Monday introduced a new mandate requiring that, beginning in January, individuals be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter “any establishment that serves food” in the city.

Politically liberal San Franciscans are used to living cheek by jowl with open drug use, feces-infested streets and petty crime. But a surge in home break-ins and brazen shoplifting has some residents feeling that the city they fell in love with is in decline.

A major winter storm is causing travel problems at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport, where around 3-5 inches of snow is expected to fall.

Chicago's police investigation into "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax cost the $130,000.

Southwest Airlines is extending its bookable flight schedule to summer 2022 just in time for the holiday season.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed retailers for not making safety a priority amid a string of smash-and-grab thefts at retail stores in recent months.

New York City business owners weigh in on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate.

Micron’s Atlanta Design Center, which will open for business in January 2022, will create up to 500 jobs across various STEM disciplines, including computer hardware and electrical and electronic engineering.