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USA TODAY Parts of Texas and Oklahoma were battered by softball-sized chunks of hail Wednesday night causing "billion-dollar" damage. Also, the CDC has signaled to the cruise industry when cruises could expect to begin passenger voyages.  It's Julius with the news everyone's talking about.  But first, wild animals hate morning commutes, too: A cow and alligator held up traffic Wednesday when they strolled onto a highway and bridge.  Biden's speech offers insight on administration's efforts on police reform, gun violence During his first speech to a joint session of Congress, President Joe ...

CDC Is ‘Committed’ to Resuming U.S. Cruises by Midsummer Alison Fox © Provided by Travel + Leisure DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images Cruises in the United States could return by mid-July, according to a letter from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared with the cruise industry. The agency, "committed" to getting ships out by the summer, and will additionally waive the need for test sailings if 98% of crew and 95% of passengers are fully vaccinated. The simulated sailings were initially part of the CDC's 'Conditional Sail' Order, and the agency had said ea...

USA TODAY Cruising could restart in mid-summer in American waters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late Wednesday in a letter to the cruise industry that USA TODAY obtained.  "We acknowledge that cruising will never be a zero-risk activity and that the goal of the CSO’s phased approach is to resume passenger operations in a way that mitigates the risk of COVID-19 transmission onboard cruise ships and across port communities," Aimee Treffiletti, head of the Maritime Unit for CDC’s COVID-19 response within its Global Mitigation Task Force for COVID-19, said in the let...

It has been more than a year since cruises stopped sailing in U.S. waters due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Britons could be given fortnight's notice of potential 'green list' changes Emma Featherstone, Hugh Morris Holidaymakers could be given two weeks’ notice if a country is at risk of being removed from the quarantine-free travel “green list”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said today.  Mr Shapps said the Government “would flag perhaps a couple of weeks in advance” if a country could change category under the “traffic light” system for the resumption of overseas travel. The Transport Secretary, who made the comments while speaking to MPs, also confirmed there w...