Burlington – October 30, 2026 -- Festival fans who can't attend can now pass their Front Gate Tickets pass to another fan at exactly the price they paid, with nothing added on top. CashorTrade, the face-value ticket marketplace, has integrated with Front Gate Tickets, the Austin-based ticketing company behind festivals including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Bourbon & Beyond, Lost Lands and Ultra Music Festival.

Tickets are checked directly with Front Gate

The integration brings CashorTrade's Verified Face Value Resale, technology it pioneered with Ticketmaster, to Front Gate events. Here is how it works:

New Orleans – October 30, 2026 -- Café Alice, a new all-day café and bar, has opened at The Roosevelt New Orleans, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and serves guests daily from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. It replaces the former Teddy’s Café at the hotel, which has been open since 1893 and sits a few steps from the French Quarter.

The namesake is Theodore Roosevelt’s eldest daughter

The café honors Alice Roosevelt, first daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, the hotel’s namesake. The source describes her as one of the most talked-about figures of her time. The menu and décor borrow her unconventional streak.

Executive Chef Daniel Mills builds the menu around Alice’s life

Breakfast includes Alice’s Emily Spinach Benedict, named for her pet garter snake. The Alice Blue Latte gets its pale blue shade from spirulina and combines coconut, vanilla, espresso and coconut milk. The color is named for the shade she wore so often.

NEEDHAM – October 30, 2026 -- New York City is the top domestic winter destination for U.S. travelers, and Cancun is the top international one, according to initial data from Tripadvisor's seasonal Winter Travel Index.

Florida places three destinations in the top 10

Las Vegas and Hawaii also appear among the leading domestic picks. Abroad, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Aruba keep drawing travelers who want a beach during peak snow season.

Thanksgiving favors cities, Christmas favors coasts

For Thanksgiving weekend, travelers head to New York City, Las Vegas and Orlando. For Christmas and New Year, they choose coastal and resort stops such as Key West and Honolulu. Demand concentrates around Christmas and New Year, while shoulder weeks offer better value for budget-conscious travelers.

Tacoma – October 30, 2026 -- Car owners in Tacoma and the greater Pacific Northwest can now submit their vehicles for a museum exhibition, with entries open through December 14, 2026. LeMay – America's Car Museum (ACM) is building Local Flavor, a community-driven show opening Saturday, January 23, 2027.

The Museum wants meaningful stories, not just rare cars

ACM is inviting residents, businesses, car clubs, collectors and enthusiasts across Tacoma, the South Sound and the Pacific Northwest to take part. Eligible entries range from family heirlooms passed down through generations and beloved neighborhood vehicles to local racing history, custom creations and motorcycles.

Curator Bruce Patton said, "The goal isn't necessarily to find the most expensive or rarest vehicles." The aim, he said, is to find the stories that make vehicles meaningful.

Fort Worth – October 30, 2026 -- The Cody Johnson by Justin boot collection is on sale now at participating retailers and at JustinBoots.com. It covers everything from everyday wear to special occasions.

Johnson and Justin's team curated every style together

Justin Boots has added ACM Entertainer of the Year Cody Johnson to Team Justin. He and the Justin Boots team curated the collection together. The first release includes a variety of silhouettes, leathers and stitch patterns, so buyers can match a pair to their personality and needs.

Shelbi Tidwell, director of product development for Justin Brands, said Johnson wanted an all-encompassing line from the start. She said working with him produced a collection that feels authentic to him while offering something for everyone.

Frankfurt – October 30, 2026 -- Luxury travel brand FYNE Travel is building trips to Cairo, Abu Dhabi, London and Los Angeles around new museums, from Tutankhamun's treasures to George Lucas's narrative art collection.

The idea: the museum is no longer a side stop on a city break but the reason to go. FYNE Travel says it has seen a clearly increased demand for high-end trips to Cairo and Egypt since the Grand Egyptian Museum opened near the Giza pyramids.

Cairo's Grand Egyptian Museum holds more than 100,000 artifacts

The museum is the world's largest dedicated to a single civilization. It houses the complete collection of Tutankhamun's grave goods, with more than 5,000 objects from his tomb. The building itself, with its monumental architecture and views of the pyramids, is an attraction in its own right.

New York – October 30, 2026 -- Men looking for practical guidance on mental health now have a new national resource: Mediaplanet's Men's Mental Health campaign, published within USA TODAY and on the Future of Personal Health digital content hub.

Jake Shane anchors the cover story

Netflix podcaster and internet sensation Jake Shane is the publication's cover story. Editorial also comes from Howie Mandel, All-Star athlete Kevin Love, Dr. Mark Hyman and author Yung Pueblo. They share personal experiences and expert perspectives on mental health, emotional well-being, resilience and personal growth.

Miami – October 30, 2026 -- Free-to-play social gaming platform Hit Fortune now counts more than 100,000 daily active users and offers over 1,000 slot-style titles on mobile. The platform reached the milestone as it marked its two-year anniversary on Sept. 26.

Hit Fortune adds new slot-style games every week

The library spans a range of themes, visual styles and gameplay experiences. It mixes third-party titles with games built in-house by Game Wonder, the studio behind the platform.

To keep the growing catalog manageable, the game lobby includes search, developer-based browsing and a favorites system for returning to preferred games.

Guest mode lets new users explore before registering

Hit Fortune is built for adult players across North America. New users get simplified onboarding and in-app guidance, and guest-mode access lets them look around the platform before creating an account.

Munich – October 30, 2026 -- A 3x2 meter triptych about birth, life and death on a farm was presented to about 80 guests at the Herrmannsdorfer bistro on Munich's Viktualienmarkt, with ham that had matured in the same room as the painting served alongside it.

Gischel witnessed birth and death in Glonn

Munich artist Rebecca Gischel spent several months on the project. In June she stayed at Herrmannsdorfer in Glonn and experienced birth and death at close range. The cycle she followed runs from piglets being born, through their lives in the woods, to their deaths and our food. She then painted the triptych. In September the work returned to Glonn for a first period of maturing.

Cologne -- The musical "KICK LIKE A WOMAN" runs from November 12, 2026 to April 11, 2027 at Depot 1 in Cologne-Mülheim, with TV host Ruth Moschner attending the VIP premiere as its ambassador.

Moschner visited rehearsals before the premiere

After a visit to the rehearsals, Moschner plans to accompany the November 12 premiere in person. She says female role models have always existed and deserve the spotlight. In her view, the pioneers of women's football changed more than the sport.

A true story from the early 1980s drives the plot

In the early 1980s, the German Football Association (DFB) barely took women's football in West Germany seriously. When Taiwan hosted the first, unofficial women's football World Championship, the association declined to take part.