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US Tourists Who Visited Cuba Think They Got Hit, Too

Chris Allen's phone started buzzing as word broke that invisible attacks in Cuba had hit a US government worker at Havana's Hotel Capri. Allen's friends and family had heard an eerily similar story...

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5 Friends on Dream Trip to NYC Among Victims of Attack

Five of the eight people killed in what authorities believe was an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in Manhattan Tuesday were friends visiting the city to celebrate the 30th anniversary of graduating...

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US Tourist Dies After 'Foolish' Move in Australia

A US tourist has died while hiking in what police call "a beautiful but harsh environment" in Central Australia. The 33-year-old California man and a 40-year-old companion were descending Mount Sonder...

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Tourists Say They Ordered Steaks, Water, Got $1.3K Bill

Four Japanese tourists were reportedly taken to the cleaners by a Venice restaurant, and now authorities are looking into the meal. ANSA reports the tourists ordered four steaks and a platter of...

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They Were Touring a US Landmark. Then, Tragedy

The three people killed in a Grand Canyon helicopter crash Saturday were all British tourists, authorities say. They've been named as Becky Dobson, 27, Jason Hill, 32, and Stuart Hill, 30, the Guardian...

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Hawaiian Couple Killed in Crash at Great Barrier Reef

Two US tourists died Wednesday when the helicopter carrying them over Australia's Great Barrier Reef smacked into the water some 40 miles northeast of the Whitsunday Islands, authorities say. The...

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Dozens of Teens Touring DC End Up Hospitalized

A spring break trip to the East Coast turned icky for a group of 48 teens and three adults Sunday night when the entire tour group was taken to hospitals in Washington, DC, with possible food...

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Kim Expresses 'Bitter Sorrow' After Crash Kills 32 Tourists

A crash that killed 32 tourists from North Korea's chief ally brought "bitter sorrow" to the heart of leader Kim Jong Un, according to Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency. The agency—in a rare...

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'Scene of Horror' Follows Tourists' Selfie Attempt

A fisherman returning to a Portuguese beach encountered a "scene of horror" early Tuesday: the "unrecognizable" bodies of a tourist couple who appear to have fallen 100 feet to their deaths while...

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Island Fights Tourists Trying to Steal Tons of Sand

Do the crime, pay the fine—and on the island of Sardinia, the fine for collecting sand as a souvenir can be quite steep. The Telegraph reports a 40-year-old British tourist now has to fork over nearly...

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Italy Searching for 2 'Idiots' Who Jumped Into Fountain

Tourists love to break Italy's law against jumping into its many fountains, but two men who stripped down to their underwear for a photo-worthy dip have particularly irked locals with their fountain of...

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'Fit and Healthy' Spouses Die Within Hours While Vacationing

A UK couple's family wants answers after the pair suddenly died within hours of each other while vacationing in Egypt. Daughter Kelly Ormerod, who was on holiday with John Cooper, 69, and Susan Cooper,...

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2 Stabbed in Amsterdam Were American Tourists

Two people who were stabbed in Amsterdam's main railway station Friday have been identified as US tourists. The pair, who have not been named, suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries,...

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Daughter Doesn't Buy Egypt's Account of Tourist Deaths

Egyptian authorities say E.coli is to blame in the deaths of two British tourists who stayed at a five-star hotel on the Red Sea last month, but the couple's daughter says that idea is "absolute...

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Tourists' Hotel Check-In Is International Incident

Sometimes, arriving early for your hotel check-in results in scoring a bed ahead of schedule. And sometimes it leads to an international incident. The latter is true of a bizarre incident in Stockholm...

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Venice Close to Implementing New Rule: No Sitting

We hope you're sitting down for this news, especially if you're planning a trip to Venice—because you might not be able to sit down once you get there. That's because Luigi Brugnaro, the city's mayor,...

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A Hungry Croc, a Hot Spring: 2 Misguided Tourists Live

Both men have lived to tell the tale, but two separate incidents involving tourists defying common sense in different parts of the world are making the rounds: Yellowstone: The geysers at Yellowstone...

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She Tried to Get a Photo of the Elephant. It Killed Her

A female tourist in Zimbabwe lost her life while trying to get a photo of an elephant. The BBC reports the German woman was among a group of vacationers who spotted a herd of elephants entering Mana...

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He Went to See the View, Hasn't Been Seen Since

For Patrick Braxton-Andrew, Mexico's Copper Canyon was a major draw. "The way he tried to sell it to me was that it was way bigger than the Grand Canyon but not visited by as many people," his brother,...

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'Your Daughter Was Supposed to Be Safe Here'

New Zealand's prime minister made an emotional apology Monday to the family of a British tourist who was murdered in New Zealand. Grace Millane, 22, graduated from college and then started in Peru what...

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