The Editorial Team

Lauren McMahMorning homepage editor

Lauren has been a journalist for more than a decade, since graduating with a degree in communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. After completing her cadetship with NewsCorp, she worked at several of Sydney’s NewsLocal newspapers and as a senior reporter at mX, covering everything from national news and politics to travel, lifestyle and entertainment. She joined news.com.au as a news reporter in 2016, and is now the site’s Afternoon Homepage Editor.

@lauren_mcmah

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Travel Updates

Two American Airlines flights have arrived in Philadelphia with sick people on board.

More flights struck by mystery illness

DAYS after an Emirates plane landed with 100 people ill, two more flights have just landed in the US with sick passengers on board.

Travel Stories

Chilling Facebook post from scooter victim

TWO tourists were badly injured, stranded and in serious trouble in Bali. This is the Facebook update that saved their lives.

Europe

FLORENCE, ITALY - July 28, 2015: Piazza della Signoria, or Signoria Square, in Florence, Italy taken during the summer and showing tourists, the Fountain of Neptune, and other historic statues and buildings. The square is a focal point of the city and a meeting place for Florentines and tourists alike.

The city fining people for eating in public

THIS iconic destination has had enough of tourists’ bad ways — and from this week, it’s enforcing a new rule to keep us in line.

Travel Incidents

ONE TIME WEB USE ONLY - FEE APPLIES FOR REUSE - Grieving widow slams TUI after they refused to let her cancel Spain holiday as husband lay dying after crashKatie and Glen Badger were planning to take their two children for a summer break in the Spanish resort of Costa Dorada when Glen suffered a horrendous accident. Picture: Deadline News

‘Insult’ to grieving widow

WEEKS before a family holiday, Katie’s husband suddenly died. But the travel company’s response to the tragedy added insult to her pain.

Flights

Tigerair Australia is trialling a new system to weigh and check cabin bags for size. Picture: Tigerair Australia

End for sneaky luggage trick

OVERPACKERS, beware. There’s a new crackdown on luggage at Australia’s airports and you won’t be able to avoid it.

Travel Stories

ONE TIME WEB USE ONLY - FEE APPLIES FOR REUSE - A lion in Taigan Safari Park in Crimea jumped into a buggy full of passengers, hugging and licking them just weeks after woman was severely mauled at the same safari park. Picture: East 2 West News

Terrifying moment lion jumps on tourist

THIS incredible photo shows a lion barging into a tour buggy packed with tourists. But not everything was as it seemed.

Travel Incidents

Mystery death just days before Bali proposal

THEY were going to get engaged during their 10-day trip to Bali. But then a mysterious and heartbreaking tragedy struck.

Travel Stories

The original complaint about the caravan park on Trip Advisor. Picture: Daily Post

Owner’s ‘stupid’ response to bad review

A CARAVAN park owner has hit back at a negative review in an extraordinary comeback that’s left people scratching their heads.

Travel Incidents

Friends Kirra Drury and Raegan Heitzig are missing after two recreational boats collided on the Colorado River. Picture: @lil_rae_rae_

Final Instagram posts before tragedy

CHILLING photos have emerged of friends enjoying an end-of-summer boat ride, moments before a fatal crash.

North America

Heavy traffic on busy famous 7th Avenue near Times Square in New York City, USA in afternoon. Vast number of vehicles hit the streets and avenues of Manhattan every day. Almost half of cars are yellow taxis (well recognized city icon).

Surprising truth about New York City

AN UNHAPPY journalist has penned an epic 13,500-word tirade about his once-great city, branding it a ‘pathetic imitation of what it once was’.

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