Travelers may encounter a tourist tax or fee depending on their destination. That additional travel cost could come up if a person visits one of the slew of places around the world that have such charges. Factors that spurred the taxes can vary, ranging from climate change to overtourism, according to reports. Five locales with tourist taxes or fees include: Venice, Italy The roughly $5.35 daily tourist access fee for Venice, home to the Rialto Bridge, Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica, launched as a pilot on Thursday after it received the go-ahead from city officials in mid-September. It targets…

Share on PinterestResearchers say climbing stairs instead of taking the elevator is good for your heart,. Igor Alecsander/Getty ImagesResearchers report that stair climbers reduce their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 39% compared to people who don’t use stairs.They say climbing stairs likely benefits the heart because it combines cardiovascular and resistance exercise.Experts say more study is needed to determine whether health benefits increase alongside frequency of stair climbing. Take the stairs — it could prolong your life.That’s the conclusion of United Kingdom researchers who are reporting that climbing stairs dramatically reduces the risk of dying of any cause…

Last updated: April 26, 2024 10:52 EDT | 2 min read Online casino Mega Dice has launched $DICE. Thursday, April 25, 2024 – A presale for Solana’s hottest new GambleFi token, Mega Dice ($DICE), kicked off last Wednesday, quickly netting over $500,000 dollars in the first seven days, according to the token’s website.Mega Dice is already a well-established name in GambleFi. It launched last year as the world’s first licensed crypto casino accessible through the popular messaging app Telegram and has since attracted 50,000 players.Others have since followed suit and launched iGaming bots on Telegram, most notably TG Casino.Mega Dice’s…

Dozens of tornadoes swept across America’s heartland, impacting millions of residents and leaving a trail of destruction. Twenty million Americans, from Texas to Iowa, are on alert for twisters, large hail and up to 70 mph winds.There were at least 59 reported tornadoes across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa as of 7 p.m. ET, according to the National Weather Service.Photos on social media showed heavily damaged homes and shredded trees.TORNADO TEARS THROUGH SUBURBAN OMAHA The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said an enhanced risk for severe weather was placed over Kansas City, Missouri, Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, and areas of…

Starwood Capital Group CEO Barry Sternlicht reportedly had to raze his beach house on the Nantucket coast. The demolition of the house, which the billionaire has owned for over a dozen years, occurred earlier in the week, according to the Nantucket Current.The plot of land where the house stood on the Massachusetts island has borders to both the beach and Hummock Pond. Sternlicht was driven to raze the home, which was on steel girders, by severe erosion of the beach, per the outlet. Several dozen feet of beach near it eroded in 2020 as a result of hurricanes in 2020,…

Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar region.Ukraine’s air force said Saturday that Russia had launched 34 missiles against Ukraine overnight, of which 21 had been shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.In a post on Telegram, Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko said energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk in the south of the country and Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv in the west had been attacked and that an engineer was injured. Private energy…

Welcome to Broadway, old sport! The Great Gatsby held its opening night last night, April 25 at the Broadway Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos from the snazzy cast and creative team arrivals below.Direct from a sold-out world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse last fall, The Great Gatsby features music & lyrics by Tony Award nominees Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen, a book by Jonathan LarsonGrant winner Kait Kerrigan, and is staged by award-winning director Marc Bruni and choreographer Dominique Kelley.The Great Gatsby stars Tony Award-nominated Broadway sensations Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada. Joining Jordan and Noblezada in the principal cast are Noah J. Ricketts as Nick Carraway, Samantha Pauly as Jordan Baker, Sara Chase as…

A day after learning that Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction was overturned by New York’s highest court, one of the women whose testimony was at the heart of his trial said she was “sick to her stomach.”But Mimi Haley, a former TV and film production assistant, said Friday that she has no regrets about confronting Weinstein, the once-power Hollywood mogul, in such a public setting, and would “consider” retestifying if prosecutors press for a new trial. She declined to say for certain, adding that the preparation for the first one was daunting.”While this is a setback, it will not undo…

More than 64 million people around the world are affected by heart failure. Heart failure can occur if the heart muscle is damaged in some way, such as through disease, high blood pressure, or cigarette smoking. A new study from researchers at MedStar Health says people who use e-cigarettes have a much higher risk of developing heart failure compared to those who have never vaped. More than 64 million people globally are affected by heart failure — a cardiovascular condition where the heart muscle is not able to pump enough blood for the body. Heart failure can occur if the…

Last updated: April 26, 2024 11:59 EDT | 2 min read A depiction of the Ethereum blockchain meant to symbolize CryptoPunks’ latest sale of CryptoPunk 635. NFT art collection CryptoPunks has sold another record-breaking piece entitled CryptoPunk 635 on the Ethereum blockchain for $12.38 Million ETH, the collection announced Thursday in a statement to X.Alien CryptoPunk NFT Sees Record Price In Latest Groundbreaking SaleAs one of only nine alien punks, CryptoPunk 635 is an ultra-rare entity. It was sold as the fourth highest-value piece in the entire collection.According to Thursday’s statement, the piece was previously owned by CryptoPunk’s parent company,…

Remember when you used to slap on a coat of lipstick as you dashed out the door — and still managed to look great? If you’re anywhere north of 50, it’s likely those days are over. You may have already noticed how lipstick tends to run into even the finest lines around your mouth, leaving you with a smeary mess that can’t be blotted away with tissues.Fortunately, there are smart, savvy makeup artists who have shared their expertise with us. They offered some insight on why our lipstick seems to suddenly turn on us.Michelle Wong, the cosmetic chemist behind the…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! There are still plenty of cooler times left throughout spring and summer, and though most of them happen to be at night when the sun goes in, that means you’ll want to have at least a few pieces that can keep you warm. If you put up all your long-sleeved tops and wear spaghetti tops all the time, you won’t have anything to rely on when things get a little chilly. We found a great, affordable pick at Walmart that’s…

After charming her targets as a “master manipulator,” Aliia Roza is breaking her silence.The former Russian citizen who claims to be an ex-spy is revealing her tales of sexpionage in a new podcast from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts, “To Die For.” The podcast claims to be the first time an alleged Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)-trained “seduction agent” is speaking out about her “training, techniques, targets and missions,” Deadline.com reported.MASSACHUSETTS MAN’S DEATHBED CONFESSION RATTLES FAMILY AFTER DECADES ON THE RUN: ‘IT WASN’T A WEIRD DAD JOKE’ It was launched by Neil Strauss, author of “The Game” who also wrote “The Dirt” about rock band Mötley Crüe.”It’s been over two decades that I’ve stayed silent,” Roza told Fox News Digital. “But…

Almost two years after her death, the estate of late actress Anne Heche is not yet “in a condition to be closed.” The “Six Days, Seven Nights” actress died on Aug. 11 of “inhalation and thermal injuries,” and the manner of death was listed as an accident, according to the LA County Department of Medical Examiner.More than $6 million in outstanding creditor claims are still pending on Heche’s estate, according to court documents obtained by FOX Business. The administrator of the estate, Heche’s oldest son, Homer Heche Laffoon, is “cautiously optimistic that the creditor claims can all be resolved fairly…

LOS ANGELES () — About 13.4 million current and former Kaiser Permanente members and patients were potentially impacted by a privacy breach, the health care provider said.Kaiser says it’s alerting past and present customers and the health organization wasn’t aware of any misuse of members or patients’ information.The data possibly collected included IP addresses, members’ names and how members navigated on Kaiser’s website or mobile apps due to code embedded on those sites.A cyber expert told 7 that this case is more of a privacy breach than a data one, in which criminals break into a system to steal and…