NEW YORK -- Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are "outdated," and it's time to change them, federal regulators said Thursday, drawing immediate howls of protest from flight attendants, airline officials and others. Tom Wheeler, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said in a statement that the commission was proposing greater in-flight access to mobile broadband. The proposal will be considered at the commission's Dec. 12 meeting. "The time is right to review our outdated and...

Elsa Bailey, 100, pictured with Natural Habitat Adventures staff member Andrea Reynolds. The adventurous centenarian was able to cross 'seeing wild polar bears' off her bucket list after going on the Tundra Lodge and Town Adventure tour. (Credit: Natural Habitat Adventures) It took 100 years to make her dreams a reality, but centenarian Elsa Bailey was finally able to see polar bears in the wild and the experience was just as exciting as she'd hoped it would be. Bailey is...

Jimmy Nelson has spent the past three years traveling to some of the most remote places on Earth capturing the lives of indigenous people, from the frigid mountains of Mongolia to the endless sandy deserts of Namibia. But the most extreme climates, Nelson said, are the ones that he prefers. "For the worse climatic conditions you gain on two points," Nelson said in an interview with Weather.com. "One, you yourself are focused. You're surviving. Secondly, the weather and the environment...