Is Travel Insurance Worth It? Travel can be expensive — especially when you’ve prepaid for flights, lodging, tours or cruises that are partially or fully nonrefundable. A primary benefit of buying travel insurance is knowing you may be able to get some of that money back (and get help fast) if something goes wrong....

Two dead in Maryland after winter storm hammers US northeastGetty ImagesA powerful winter blizzard that hit the north-eastern US has left two dead in Maryland and continues to delay flights and cause widespread power outages across the region. In Calvert County, Maryland, on Sunday afternoon, a vehicle was struck by a falling tree that toppled onto the road way, killing Michael Simpson, 60, and...

Apple to pay $250M to settle lawsuit over Siri’s delayed AI features Image Credits:Cheng Xin / Getty Images 8:12 AM PDT · May 6, 2026 Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit over how it marketed its AI features ahead of the launch of the iPhone 16. The Financial Times was the first to report the news.  The lawsuit alleged...

Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for March 21 #748Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Today's NYT Strands puzzle has some pretty funny answers. Some of the answers are difficult to...

How Iran war laid bare the world's reliance on Gulf oil and gasNick Marsh,Asia business reporterandShanaz Musafer,Business reporterGetty ImagesThe US-Israel war with Iran has made startlingly clear how much the world relies on energy from the Gulf region.Since the conflict began, the price of oil has soared and is currently trading at over a third higher at $100 a barrel, pushed up by air...