Four days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a great amount of time to enjoy local beaches, explore neighborhoods, and see the ...

Marvelous museums, delectable dining, vibrant cultural heritage sites … there’s a lot to do in Downtown LA! As a Los Angeles local, I’ve spent years discovering the cream of the crop in many areas of ...

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The bomba is danced warmly and softly. The plena, as sung by El Trio Maravilla, comes from Ponce in the neighborhood of San Anton, and serves as both an improvised newscast and a murmur of güiros, ...

New research in the Congo Basin is revealing how this daily rhythm of the world’s second largest rainforest influences the globe. Within the dense canopy of the Congo Basin Rainforest ...

A new four-lane highway is being carved through thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest in Belem, Brazil, sparking outrage among locals and environmentalists just months before the city ...

Joe Wyatt, Will Burr, Andre Chevalier are succeeding as basketball coaches after standout careers at San Fernando Valley high schools. Hunter Manning struck out 16 batters during West Ranch’s 12 ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said. By Rebecca Dzombak When lightning strikes a tree in ...

President Trump has shown a willingness to fracture the trans-Atlantic alliance with his tariffs and demands for higher military spending. By Steven Erlanger The rise and fall of Yoon Suk Yeol ...