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NEW YORK — After New York City moved last week to slow the pace of migrant-filled charter buses from Southern states, roughly a dozen buses have arrived outside the city in New Jersey since Saturday, according to officials. The wave of buses west of New York City, which continued Monday morning, appears to represent a response by Republican-led Texas to an executive order implemented by Mayor Eric Adams barring migrant buses from the city except during 210-minute windows on weekday mornings. Over the weekend, about 10 migrant buses that originated in Texas and one bus that came from Louisiana ......

A plane carrying migrants from Texas landed at roughly 1 a.m. Sunday at the Rockford International Airport, Rockford officials said, and the migrants were “offloaded and immediately boarded buses” to Chicago, according to Rockford officials. A Rockford spokesperson did not immediately say how many migrants were aboard the plane, how they were alerted to the flight, or who had chartered the buses to Chicago’s loading zone, but WTVO-TV in Rockford reported the plane was a Boeing 777 capable of holding up to 388 passengers, and at least 8 charter buses, each with a 57-seat capacity, were seen on ......

Taylor Swift is reigniting a “Gold Rush” in California as the final leg of her record-breaking U.S. Eras Tour comes to Santa Clara and Los Angeles with massive fanfare at the sold-out concerts. The cultural phenomenon is on track to boast the highest-grossing musical tour of all time, with more than $1 billion in revenue anticipated — along with a big boost to the economies of the cities in which she sets foot. Over the last several months, the impact of the tour has trickled down from Swift herself to the entire U.S. economy, with one estimate from market research firm QuestionPro predicting ......

PHILADELPHIA — Some Marriott guests weren't happy when they found out they were sharing their Center City hotel with the conservative "parental rights" group Moms for Liberty. At least a few attendees of the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs' biennial international conference earlier this month canceled their travel plans after hearing they'd be sharing the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown with the group, which has pushed to ban books and curtail classroom discussion about race and gender identity. Other FJMC conference attendees joined anti-Moms for Liberty protesters outside the hotel. FJMC bec......

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Think of “junk fees” this way, says Susan Rice: You go to a department store and buy a pair of blue jeans. At the register, you pay the price that’s marked on the item plus tax. Period. But buy a concert ticket, an airline ticket, or pay your cable bill, and it’s too often not that simple, said Rice, President Joe Biden’s domestic policy adviser. The concert ticket may be advertised at $150. The airline ticket was listed at $200. But when you get the bill, it costs more due to a “convenience fee,” or “service fee” or seating charge or whatever. In California and Washington......

A group in charge of tourism in Regina, the capital city of Saskatchewan, a province in western Canada, is apologizing for leaning into sexual innuendos as part of its recently unveiled rebranding campaign. “We just went too far,” Tim Reid, CEO of the organization formerly known as Tourism Regina, said in an interview on Monday. Reid was referring to the organization’s rebranded name of “Experience Regina,” as well as several new slogans that received criticism online. The phrase “Experience Regina” has been used to make fun of the city of about 230,000 people for years. It even received its 1......