There's a slight chance of showers in Phoenix on the evening of Aug. 15, but the weekend outlook is for dry conditions, the weather service says.

Today’s savvy travelers are chasing something deeper, more adventurous. Luxury now means meaningful, not material when it comes to “challenge travel”, an emerging trend.

In our travel roundup this week: the Japanese city firebombed by the US just hours before the end of World War II, ...