From now, french president Francois Hollande will present his countrys highest honor to three americans and a british citizen. U. S. Serviceman Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and their friend Anthony Sadler gave their first News Conference together saturday saying they had no choice but to confront the heavily armed gunman and talked about all the attention theyve received. It feels pretty crazy. Never thought i would be here in this position. So its unreal. Me, personally, im still waiting to wake up. This all just seems like a movie scene or something. Like he said, the word to describe it is pretty unreal. The latest on all of this, lets go to our Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson who joins us live from paris. The americans seem humble about the incident but the suspects lawyer saying Ayoub El Khazzani is dumbfounded by the terrorism charges but he seemed prepared for a massacre. What do we know . Reporter according to his lawyer he is saying he wasnt on the train for
Denver Art Museum consultant Emma Bunker was on the periphery of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigation into antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford.
In an effort to help future travelers learn from others mistakes, The New York Times asked readers to share examples of instances in which they ve committed a travel foul or have acted against good tourist etiquette and, maybe, their better judgment.
Sometimes the most effective lessons sting a bit. For Nadia Caffesse, that pain came in the form of a number of tiny needles lodged in her hands, forearms and chest. In September 2006, Caffesse, now 45, and her family were driving through Big Bend National Park in Texas, where she found herself admiring the native blind prickly pear cactuses jutting out along the rocky roadside. One of them would make a nice addition to her garden, she thought, so she decided to ask her family to pull over so sh
We’ve all seen misbehavior while traveling and some of us have even been that tourist. But every misstep can lead to a lesson, so we asked readers to share their stories.