DEAR ABBY: Eighteen months ago, I was staying with my son and his family when they had a get-together with his wife, “Corrine’s,” father. His wife, Corrine’s stepmother, had just finished chemo for several different types of cancer. When Corrine’s dad went to leave, I offered to put together a…

Europe’s mountain destinations are attracting increasing tourism as a warming climate pushes holidaymakers to look for “coolcations” in peak periods. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Tyrol, an Austrian state in the Alps, draws visitors all year round to its ski resorts, hiking trails and historic towns. With a deeply authentic culture of hospitality…

This was a real order of monkey business.  A Connecticut zoo asked for help naming its baby spider monkey — and revealed the winning moniker on Facebook Friday. The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport created an online poll so the public could help select an ape-propriate name for their female Black-handed…

The head chef at the world’s most prestigious restaurant has issued a grovelling apology after dozens of former employees accused him of physical, verbal and psychological abuse — just days before the opening of his highly anticipated $1,500-per-person pop-up in Los Angeles. René Redzepi, who founded Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark,…

Fight or flight. The war in Iran has already caused the cost of plane tickets to rise, experts say. Jet fuel, which accounts for about one-fifth of airlines’ operating expenses, surged a staggering 56% in the days following the initial Feb. 28 US and Israeli strikes on Iran, per CBS News.…

DEAR ABBY: I work in an office with a man who has expressed an interest in me in various subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways, including winks. I have also caught him staring at me with intense longing. We communicate well, and he has told me I have influenced him. We are…

Saks Global said Friday it was closing 15 more stores as the luxury retailer, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, tries to cut losses and focus on more profitable, higher-end locations. The company has largely completed the process of shutting down underperforming stores with Friday’s announcement, but was still working with some landlords to finalize…

Earthlings, brace yourselves: the galaxy may be emptier than your last Tinder date. According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly. For decades, humans have been scanning the cosmos for signals of intelligent life. And yet — crickets. This cosmic…

“It was like a cloud had lifted, and she could think more rationally again.”  That’s how one mother described her teenage daughter — a sufferer of “erratic mood swings” — after eight weeks on a high-dose regimen of dietary supplements.  In teenagehood, some degree of irritability comes with the territory.…

In hospitality circles, there’s been a lot of chatter about the next big trend in luxury travel, from personalised itineraries to yacht cruises. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For Thailand, the answer is simple: Healing, through both gastronomy and wellness. Speaking on the sidelines of the ITB Berlin travel trade show, Suladda Sarutilavan,…