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European nation tightens travel restrictions on U.S. travelers. The Netherlands, a
European Union member state, is moving the U.S. into its “very high-risk” category Saturday, which will prohibit entry
among unvaccinated travelers from the U.S. and require testing and a quarantine period for those who are vaccinated.
That means, starting Saturday, vaccinated U.S. travelers must quarantine for ten days but can cut the isolation period short if they test negative for coronavirus on day five. Children 12 and under are exempt, according to the Government of the Netherlands’ website.
The changes come on the heels of the European Union’s decision to move the U.S. off its safe travel list, which signaled to members that they should no longer ease restrictions on nonessential travel for people from the U.S. as COVID-19 cases spike. Bulgaria announced it would move the U.S. into its “red zone” and prohibit travel from the U.S., and Italy has added testing and self-isolation requirements for U.S. travelers.
Week 1 of the
college football season is here, with many significant programs taking the field Saturday. On a weekend that
features five Top 25 matchups, the most notable is No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 5 Georgia in the Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte,
North Carolina (7:30 p.m. E.T., ABC). Today,
defending champion No. 1 Alabama faces a stiff test when they take on No. 16 Miami in Atlanta for the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game (3:30 p.m. E.T., ABC).
With the NFL not beginning their season until next weekend, the first week of the college football season often gets extended with key games also played Sunday. This year , No. 9 Notre Dame will begin its season Sunday night with a trip to Tallahassee to play Florida State (7:30 p.m. E.T., ABC). Although Week 1’s slate of games marks the beginning of the college football season at large, a handful of programs got an early start with their “Week 0” matchups on Aug. 28. Djokovic continues their chase of history with the third-round match at the U.S. Open.
Men’s No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia continues his pursuit of the calendar
Grand Slam when he faces Japan’s Kei Nishikori in a third-round match at the U.S. Open in New York Saturday.
Djokovic stands five wins from the first men’s singles calendar-year Grand Slam since Rod Laver accomplished the feat in 1969, 52 years ago. A U.S.
Open win would also give Djokovic a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title.
He is currently tied with rivals
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Also, on Saturday, women’s No. 1 and 2021
Wimbledon champion Ash Barty of Australia will try to reach the U.S.
Open quarterfinals for the first time when she plays Shelby Rogers. In a significant development
Friday night , Naomi Osaka lost her third-round match to unseeded Canadian Leylah Fernandez. Later, she cried while articulating how she processes winning and losing and ended her press conference by saying she thinks she’ll take a break from playing “for a while.”
When not to hit the road this weekend Taking a trip over Labor Day weekend? You might be facing long lines of traffic. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises unvaccinated Americans to stay home this Labor Day weekend, traffic in specific corridors is expected to spike between Sept. 2 and 7 as travelers take advantage of the three-day weekend, according to transportation analytics company INRIX. For the long weekend, including Monday, the best time to drive would be early morning, and the worst times are in the afternoon, according to INRIX.
