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Nearly 90 people aboard a Holland America cruise liner based in Florida suffered "symptoms of gastrointestinal illness" from a norovirus outbreak, forcing a "comprehensive sanitization of the ship," officials said Sunday.The Rotterdam had pushed out of Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 28 before returning on Friday, ending a journey that sickened 81 of the ship's 2,593 passengers and eight members of the 1,005 crew, Holland America and CDC said."During its previous voyage, a number of guests onboard Rotterdam reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illness. The cases were mostly mild and quickly resolved," according to the cruise line's statement. "The health of our guests and crew is a top priority and consistent with CDC protocols, we conducted a comprehensive sanitization of the ship when the cr...

A shark ripped the arm off a Minnesota woman in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday before she died a short time later from those horrific wounds, officials said.St. Croix first responders were called at about 4:28 p.m. AST with reports of "a female who was suspected to be bitten by a shark at Dorsch Beach," according to a Virgin Islands Police Department statement.Firefighters "confirmed that the female lost an arm during the attack" and she "later succumbed to her injures," police said.The victim was identified as 56-year-old Arlene Lillis of Lake Detroit, in northwest Minnesota near the border of North Dakota.“Our hearts are with the family and loved ones of the victim, and with everyone who witnessed this tragedy," U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. said in a statement. “We...

Millions of Americans will be closing out 2025 will brutal winter weather. An estimated 67 million people remain under wind alerts across the Northeast and New England, including metropolitan areas stretching from Washington, D.C., to Boston, according to an NBC News analysis. Wind gusts will get as strong as 50 mph in Boston, 45 mph in New York and 40 mph in the nation's capital. A woman walks through the snow-covered Boston Public Garden on Saturday.John Tlumacki / Boston Globe via Getty ImagesSeven million people will also remain under winter alerts for the ongoing lake effect snow. Areas downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario can expect an additional 12-24 inches of snow with locally higher mounts up to 36 inches.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency in part of the stat...

Messy winter weather — including snow, ice and strong winds — is putting more stress on already busy post-holiday travel plans. A bomb-cyclone dumped snow on the midwest through the northeast over the weekend, and as of Monday, 32 million are under winter weather alerts across the upper midwest, northeast and New England. Blizzard warnings are still in effect for the upper peninsula of Michigan. Lake effect snow is of concern for upstate New York, specifically in Buffalo. Heavy snow of 12 to 24 inches, with isolated amounts up to 36 inches, is forecast for areas downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario. Behind the storm, lake effect snow will continue the next few days. And in the northeast, icy roads are a major concern after a snowstorm Friday night into Saturday and freezing rain falling o...

A powerful storm system continues to disrupt travel, placing 64 million people under winter weather alerts that span the eastern two-thirds of the country.A string of tornadoes erupted in central Illinois on Sunday, with preliminary National Weather Service reports saying eight homes and a garage were destroyed and two other homes sustained significant structural damage in Macon County. No injuries were reported.NBC affiliate WAND of Decatur reported that the roof of a home in Macon County was ripped off by a tornado's winds but that multiple people and pets inside were able to escape uninjured. It was one of two unconfirmed tornadoes in the county Sunday afternoon, the station said.The tornadoes followed the leading edge of a cold front that caused plummeting temperatures and created r...

HONG KONG — Police in Hong Kong arrested a passenger on Thursday for allegedly attempting to open the door of a plane during a flight from Boston to the Chinese territory.The 20-year-old male suspect, a Chinese passport holder with the last name Zhang, attempted the act on a Cathay Pacific flight early Thursday and was reported to police, a Hong Kong Police Force spokesperson told NBC News by phone on Friday.“Our cabin crew immediately attended to the situation, inspected the door to ensure it was securely closed, and reported the incident to the relevant authorities and the police,” Cathay Pacific, which is Hong Kong’s flagship airline, said in an emailed statement to NBC News.No crew members or passengers were injured, and the flight landed safely, the airline said. “The case has been...

The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country, according to a notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register.The data would be “mandatory” for new entrants to the U.S., regardless of whether they are entering from countries that require visas, according to the notice from Customs and Border Protection.Residents of the United Kingdom and Germany are among the countries from which visitors do not require visas to visit the U.S., which, according to the notice, could add an extra hurdle for travelers. British citizens and people of other waived countries currently can complete “Electronic System for Travel Authorizations” in lieu of obtaining visas.The Trump administration has increased...

Some 46 million people from the northern Rockies to the Northeast remain under winter weather alerts into the weekend, as two weather systems threaten to disrupt post-Thanksgiving travel with chilly temperatures, heavy snow and dangerous driving conditions.Heavy lake-effect snow will continue across the Great Lakes region from Friday through early Saturday morning, with snow squalls bringing quick bursts of heavy snow and potential whiteout conditions for the interior Northeast on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.More than 1,400 flights traveling to, from or within the U.S. were delayed as of midday Friday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware, with 24 flights canceled.That storm already fueled rounds of heavy lake-effect snow across portions of the Plains a...

A record number of Americans will travel this weekend, packing up their bags and hitting the road to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family, friends and maybe some football.But travel this year will look different than it did 12 months ago, according to a bevy of early data, surveys and industry experts.The chief culprits behind the shifts? More travelers; deepening economic anxiety; tensions around geopolitics; and a six-week government shutdown that only ended a few weeks ago.Record travelers, but tighter beltsAAA projects that 81.8 million people will travel at least 50 miles over the long holiday weekend — 1.6 million more people than last Thanksgiving and a record level.Six million of those travelers are expected to take domestic flights, another increase over last year. But AA...

Cold, wintry weather and strong winds are expected in large parts of the country Wednesday as millions hit the roads and take to the skies ahead of Thanksgiving.Up to 2 feet of snow is set to to hit the Upper Midwest and 52 million people are under wind alerts from the Plains to the Great Lakes and into the Appalachians, including in major cities such as Chicago and Detroit. For the areas under these alerts, gusts are forecast to be as high as 60 mph. Blizzard warnings are in place for parts of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and areas east of lakes Erie and Ontario are under lake-effect snow warnings.A major lake-effect snowstorm is expected through Saturday, in which snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, combined with wind gusts stronger than 30 mph, will l...