Americans receive fewer paid vacation days than workers in most other industrialized nations. Strategically requesting paid time off around federal holidays can maximize vacation time. Planning ahead ...

Morning traffic on Interstate 210 in Pasadena, Calif., earlier this month. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) For Americans, ‘tis the season once again to hit the road. An estimated 122.4 million people in the ...

Sunday, Dec. 21 is the winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. Long before modern science explained the phenomenon, ancient cultures recognized the solstice as a ...

Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter.

It's not officially winter yet, but we're in some of the darkest days of the year. The good news is we're days away from getting more sunlight in Mississippi. But we gain more daylight in seconds and ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The last of Santa Fe’s lingering snow is likely to melt this week, as high temperatures climb up to 16 degrees ...

(NEXSTAR) — Sure, the sun setting earlier means you can appreciate the holiday lights strung on cars and houses earlier in the day. It would be hard to do that if the sun didn’t set until after 8 p.m.

The Trump administration has changed which days Americans can visit national parks for free next year, removing Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth and adding President Donald Trump’s birthday, ...

Is Christmas Day a federal holiday? Are banks, post offices closed? Christmas Day is a federal holiday, according to the Office of Personnel Management, but Christmas Eve is not. The next and first ...

You longed for the extra hour of sleep, but now the sun isn't coming up until after 7 a.m. and it's setting around 4:30 p.m. You long for more sunlight at the end of the day and curse the hour that ...

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As millions of Americans prepare for Thanksgiving and Christmas getaways, a new analysis of more than 40,000 flights reveals the travel days that will hit your wallet hardest—and the ones that could ...