Author: Morgan Hines, USA TODAY

Cruise lines will need to adhere to CDC COVID-19 guidance on ships through Jan. 15, after which it will become voluntary for cruise lines to follow.

Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas ship will sail on what the line is calling the “longest and most comprehensive” world cruise to depart in 2023.

USA TODAY chatted with Kate McCue, the first and only female American captain of a major cruise ship, about her career and making a life in cruising.

Captain Kate McCue, 43, will embark on a new leg of her career on the Celebrity Beyond, captaining the ship which is expected to launch in April 2022.

More than 18 months after Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady was meant to set sail on its maiden voyage in U.S. waters, the ship is set to sail with passengers Wednesday, departing from Miami.

If you are unvaccinated, you should delay planned trips within the USA until you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the CDC said Monday.

Just over a year after Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed, the New-York Historical Society debuts the exhibit “Notorious RBG.”

The “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” exhibit opens to the public at the New-York Historical Society.

Oktoberfest may be canceled for the second year in a row in Germany but that doesn’t mean the spirit of the celebration has to be dampened entirely.