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Olivia Estrada, the on board manager, carries plates of food to the dome car for guests aboard a Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private rail car as it travels from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 2026. Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

The quiet allure of private rail

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

October 2, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Private rail cars traveled 429,000 miles on Amtrak in fiscal year 2025, according to the...

Cary Sabados shops for chocolate at Hotel Chocolat in Lakeview on Feb. 12, 2026. This Lakeview location, opened last April, was the first Chicago store. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Hotel Chocolat going nationwide with airport concessions, grocery stores and new retail markets

By Robert Channick

September 23, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

This fall, Hotel Chocolat will pop up at 49 airports, hit the shelves at Wegmans,...

UNITE Here Local 1 workers from Cambria Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile Hotel picket outside of the hotel on Oct. 23, 2018. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Chicago hotel workers vote to strike

By Talia Soglin

September 21, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

Workers at dozens of downtown Chicago hotels could go on strike at any time, according...

Route 66 runs through Oatman, Arizona, Oct. 13, 2025. "It is the past, present and future, it's the what was, what is and what could be all rolled into one. It's happiness and heartache, it's dreams and failures, it's a state of mind." — Aaron D. Perry (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Remembering Route 66: Readers share their memories of the 100-year-old highway

By E. Jason Wambsgans

April 28, 2026 at 12:19 p.m.

Readers share their thoughts about Route 66, "The Main Street of America."

The Rev. Allen Threatt III in the Threatt Filling Station on Route 66 near Luther, Oklahoma, on June 15, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: One family preserves a piece of Black history in Luther, Oklahoma

By Jonathan Bullington

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Route 66 has been called America’s Main Street, a moniker that fuels nostalgics who like...

Kyle Nicolson stands among strawberry plants on his farm on Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga, California, June 3, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: One last strawberry harvest in Rancho Cucamonga, California

By Jonathan Bullington

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

California’s fertile farm fields once enticed thousands of Dust Bowl refugees fleeing along Route 66....

Route 66, also known as Ogden Avenue, travels through Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66: Photos from the ‘Main Street of America’

By E. Jason Wambsgans

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Route 66 was created to connect us, a 2,448-mile gateway to vast lands that previously...

Gabi Tuschak, co-owner of the Glenrio Smoke Stop dispensary, stands outside it on Route 66 in Glenrio, New Mexico, on June 12, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Route 66 road trip: A ghost town finds its saviors — and they sell weed — in Glenrio, New Mexico

By Jonathan Bullington

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Glenrio, New Mexico, is a ghost town. The owners of a local weed dispensary hope...

A vintage Buick sits at the historic Blue Swallow Motel on Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. It opened in 1940. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Meet the people keeping iconic Route 66 motels alive: ‘Highly endangered properties’

By Jonathan Bullington

April 26, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Motel owners form the backbone of Route 66. Beyond hosts, the innkeepers are plumbers and...

FILE – Officials investigate the site, Monday, March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing Sunday night in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Firefighter heard ‘stop, stop’ before LaGuardia jet crash, but didn’t know who it was for, NTSB says

By Michael R. Sisak

April 23, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

The National Transportation Safety Board says a firefighter whose truck collided with an Air Canada...

Member of an LAN Airways flight crew take a cigarette break during a flight in the 1960s.

Today in History: Smoking ban on flights goes into effect

By baiduhai

April 23, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On April 23, 1988, a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours...

Spirit Airlines planes are shown at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The Dania Beach-based company, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, is now embroiled in talks with creditors over the sufficiency of its proposed reorganization plan, including how it plans to cover rising fuel prices generated by the Iran war. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Reports: Spirit Airlines faces liquidation risk amid rising fuel costs driven by war with Iran

By David Lyons

April 16, 2026 at 10:05 a.m.

Spirit Airlines, which has been based in South Florida for nearly 30 years, is suddenly...

An American Airlines bus arriving from Rockford pulls into Gate L28 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on April 2, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Catching a connecting American Airlines ‘flight’ to Rockford or South Bend? You may find yourself on a bus.

By Talia Soglin

April 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The buses have caused confusion for some travelers who became unwitting ground passengers when they...