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Park rangers have found human bones in a remote areas of Southern California’s Joshua Tree National Park December 23, 2019, 1:26 PM 1 min read JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Park rangers found human bones in a remote areas of Southern California’s Joshua Tree National Park, the park service said. There are no initial […]

Beethoven’s trail is around every corner in Vienna. Citywide celebrations next year include “Fidelio” in all three versions: The State Opera will present a new staging of the original score (“Leonore”) by the director Amélie Niermeyer (Feb. 1-14) and revive its classic Otto Schenk production in the final 1814 edition (April 22 to May 2).

Let’s just say absence makes the hikes grow longer. When I was 22 and in the best shape of my life, I used to hitchhike into the mountains of Réunion Island every weekend to take in the dizzying views and moss-draped forests of the highlands. I spent a year there after college, teaching English in

Australia’s embattled Prime Minister defended his government’s climate policy Monday, as authorities warned the wildfires crisis ravaging the country’s most populous state could fester for months December 23, 2019, 3:27 AM 3 min read PERTH, Australia — Australia’s embattled Prime Minister defended his government’s climate policy Monday, as authorities warned the wildfires crisis ravaging the

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologized for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as deadly bushfires rage across several states, destroying homes and claiming the lives of two volunteer firefighters December 22, 2019, 1:19 AM 3 min read SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday apologized for taking a family vacation in

The remains of three people were uncovered during excavation work at the Alamo in San Antonio, and the discovery has reignited longstanding disputes over how to tell the full history of one of the most fabled battle sites in the United States. The findings, announced by state officials last week, came in the early stages

“Travel experiences create opportunities that force you to interact with — and cooperate with — strangers. In day-to-day life, we don’t have so many of those moments,” said Jiyin Cao, a Stony Brook University College of Business professor who studies how multicultural experiences influence psychology. “Multicultural experiences provide those experiences; after experiencing them, we tend

Brian Orter has always understood the importance of setting the mood and the power of lighting to transform a space or a moment. As a child, he would put colored bulbs into his lamps and read books with a variety of colored lights. “When I would read ‘101 Dalmatians,’ when Cruella de Vil came on,

In the cobbled old town of Sibiu, an ancient Transylvanian city in the heart of Romania, a small Christmas market is in full swing, with the sweet scent of mulled wine filling the air and a tall spruce, a tiny ice rink and children’s attractions spreading the holiday spirit. While Germany’s Christmas markets — and

Joshua Tree National Park is gearing up for the huge crowds drawn to the Southern California desert during the holidays December 20, 2019, 7:58 PM 1 min read JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Joshua Tree National Park is gearing up for the huge crowds drawn to the Southern California desert during the holidays. The