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Facebook Tweet Email Link The United States will require international visitors to pay a new “visa integrity fee” of at least $250, added to existing visa application costs, according to a provision in the Trump administration’s recently enacted domestic policy bill. The fee will apply to all visitors who are required to obtain nonimmigrant visas to enter the United States. This includes many leisure and business travelers, international students and other temporary visitors. In fiscal year 2024, the US issued nearly 11 million nonimmigrant visas, according to State Department figures. Tourists and business travelers from countries that are part of…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:55 AM ET, Mon July 21, 2025 Perillo Tours has added two new tours to its Italy portfolio for next year, offering longer stays in Florence and Sorrento. “This style of itinerary is something we’ve found our guests really value,” said Steve Perillo, third-generation owner of Perillo Tours. “By anchoring the itinerary in just two Italian cities, our guests can settle in and explore each destination, and its surrounding region, in more depth.”  Gems of Italy The new Gems of Italy tour is a nine-day trip exploring Northern Italy, with three nights in Genoa visiting Portofino,…

“My whole life has been preparing me for this moment,” Ben Sanders said when asked about why he launched his emergency response startup Hyper. The company announced Monday a $6.3 million seed round led by Eniac Ventures, as well as an official emergence from stealth.  As a child, he so wanted to become a police officer that he had his mother sew yellow stripes on his navy sweatpants. He wore that with an officer’s rain hat for an entire year. As he grew up, he worked at the intersection of tech and government and once ran for federal office.  Around…

Yuri is a 16-year-old orphan who lives simply with her religious aunt in a big, old house in Communist Cuba in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.Yuri’s parents had named her after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin, hoping that one day she would grow up to be a famous female astronaut. Yuri now has vague hopes of being accepted into the Lenin school, Cuba’s prestigious preparatory.Yuri and her Aunt Ruth’s quiet lives are suddenly turned upside down when an unexpected visitor from “la Yuma” — slang for the United States — shows up at their Havana home…

As the restaurant industry aims to lure frugal consumers with discounts and deals, Domino’s Pizza thinks it can steal diners from its competitors.”I think the industry headwinds are actually tail winds for us. Meaning, of course, they’re headwinds, but we’re going to gain [market] share during this time frame,” CEO Russell Weiner told CNBC on Monday.Domino’s on Monday reported second-quarter U.S. same-store sales growth of 3.4%, topping StreetAccount estimates of a 2% increase. The chain’s first-ever stuffed crust pizza, which was introduced in March, boosted sales, but so did the deals Domino’s offered. Executives said that Domino’s grew sales across…

U.S. News & World Report has announced its highly anticipated rankings of the Best Travel Rewards Programs for 2025-2026.The journalism leader analyzed 23 total airline frequent flyer and hotel loyalty programs to reveal the most rewarding for today’s travelers. Experts weighed a variety of factors such as membership benefits, network coverage, the ease of earning and redeeming points or miles, hotel property diversity and airline quality.Best Hotel Rewards ProgramsCambria Hotel Burbank Airport (Photo Credit: Choice Hotels)In the hotel loyalty program category, uber-consistent Choice Privileges reigns supreme, coming in at number one after spending the past decade in the top five.…

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! A little bird Image Credits:Bryce Durbin If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now. Uber wants a big piece of the autonomous vehicle technology pie. The ride-hailing company has spent the past two years locking in partnerships with just about every AV company you can think of, and across every sector, including delivery, robotaxis, and trucks.  And yet, I wasn’t totally prepared for the amount of money Uber invested in its latest tie-up…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on social services for immigrants in the country illegally, including the federal preschool program Head Start, health clinics and adult education.Individual public benefits, such as food stamps and college financial aid, have been largely unavailable to people in the country without legal status, but the new rules and guidance from the administration curbed their access to community-level programs that receive federal money. The lawsuit led by New York Attorney General Letitia James argues the government failed to follow the rulemaking…

CNN  —  The foreign ministers of 25 Western nations have slammed Israel for “drip feeding” aid into the Gaza Strip, as the health ministry in the territory said that more than 1,000 people have been killed seeking humanitarian relief there since late May. The Palestinian health ministry did not specify the location of the deaths, but according to the United Nations, most casualties occurred while people were making their way to aid distribution sites operated by the controversial Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which began operating on May 27. Palestinian officials and witnesses have said the Israeli military…

LONDON (AP) — A routine moment of crowdwork at a Coldplay concert went viral last week when a couple tried to avoid the spotlight after they were caught hugging on the jumbotron. Internet sleuths quickly figured out that they were the CEO and chief people officer of a little-known tech company called Astronomer. The snippet of video set the internet alight, fueling a wave of memes and drawing attention to the erosion of privacy in public spaces. Here are some things to know: What happened at the concert During the concert on Wednesday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, lead…