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What’s bumpier than a turbulent flight? Well, in 2025, it was the airline industry’s ever-shifting rule book. While the airport experience may feel the same—dragging overstuffed suitcases to check-in counters, suffering through the security-screening process and bum-rushing the gate area (or judging those who do)—there have been a lot of new and altered rules over the past 12 months. “The only thing constant in aviation is change,” explains Pensacola International Airport (PNS) Deputy Director Roy Remington. Aviation experts try to build as much predictability into the system, he explains, but some disruptions are simply impossible to plan for. “We can’t control the pace of technological progress, and we’ll never control the wind,” he says. Joanne Magley, director of marketing and customer experience at Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), echoes that thought. “Air travel is constantly evolving and changing, and that’s a good thing,” she says. “The rules need to be tweaked bec...

Remote work became a necessity in 2020, when lockdown orders were in place across the U.S. at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing employees to skip their commute —and complete their daily to-do list from the comfort of their couch. From being able to finish that load of laundry after your morning meeting to taking your dog outside for a midday walk, you don’t need us to tell you there’s much to love about working from home. But now, nearly six years later, most companies want everyone back in the office, much to the dismay of their workers , who have become comfortable working in their sweats and yoga pants. A recent survey released by Jones Lang LaSalle, a global commercial real estate and investment management company, found that 95% of Fortune 100 companies now require employees to adhere to a hybrid or fully in-office policy. The average weekly requirement is 3.9 days in office, a 50% increase from 2023. Yet even amid the complaints from those who want to work from home...

1980: Mount St. Helens erupts On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Skamania County, Washington—50 miles north of Portland, Oregon—erupted. It triggered the biggest landslide in the earth’s recorded history and created an ash cloud that spread across the country. The natural disaster left 57 people dead, making it the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in U.S. history. Steve Olson, author of Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens , told PBS that the event has “probably been the most important volcanic eruption in the history of the study of volcanoes,” prompting research that has been beneficial worldwide. 1981: Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer get married On July 29, 1981, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (later the Prince and Princess of Wales) were married at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The ceremony, which cost $48 million—equivalent to roughly $170 million today—wasn’t just a wedding. It was a worldwide phenomenon and major ...

Brussels Best for: Europe’s biggest new art museum, floral highlights, great food Brussels is often overlooked on European itineraries, but I’m here to tell you that 2026 is your year to visit this easy-to-navigate city in Belgium. I visited this past fall, and I could have happily spent weeks here strolling the perfectly preserved Grand Place square, visiting the stunning Magritte Museum, taking selfies at the space-age Atomium and munching on the frites, waffles and chocolate that greet you around pretty much every corner. In 2026, Brussels will welcome one of the most anticipated museums in Europe, the Kanal—Centre Pompidou, opening in November. A sister of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which recently closed for a five-year renovation, Kanal will showcase contemporary works in a massive, multi-story converted Citroën garage and will be the largest new museum in Europe. And in August, the biennial Floral Carpet at the Grand Place turns the city’s beautiful historic square int...