This year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicked off with the usual star-studded lineup and fervent anticipation—but the first weekend brought a litany of headaches for festival goers. From traffic snarls reminiscent of the Fyre Festival debacle to sky-high food prices and even a rogue firework landing in the crowd, many attendees say Coachella 2025 has gotten off to a rocky start.

American Airlines has announced the launch of a new route to Puerto Escondido (PXM), marking its 30th destination in Mexico and further solidifying its position as the leading U.S. airline operating in the country. The new service from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) will begin on December 3, 2025, and operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

As Santorini prepares for its high travel season, tourism stakeholders are working to counter the lingering effects of a string of small earthquakes that disrupted the island earlier this year. A series of minor tremors that began in late January prompted temporary evacuations and a brief state of emergency, though the seismic activity has since significantly eased, according to local authorities.