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A couple months after celebrating their group’s first anniversary, NOWADAYS changed their name to NOWZ, indicating that they’re ready for a fresh start. This summer marks an important time for the five-man K-pop group. They recorded a new song, "Fly to the youth,” which features their label mate YUQI, from the girl group i-dle. And the ...Read more

Sevilla, the capital of Spain’s southern Andalucía region, is as soulful a place as I’ve ever been. It’s a wonderful-to-be-alive kind of town, buzzing with festivals, heat, color, and guitars.

The gateway to the New World in the 16th century, Sevilla boomed during Spain’s golden age. The explorers Amerigo Vespucci and Ferdinand ...Read more

President Trump’s new travel ban has sparked widespread outrage and fear in New York’s sprawling Haitian community, by far the biggest local diaspora group impacted by the edict aimed at 12 nations.

Pastors, shopkeepers and community leaders worried out loud that their community would seek to stay out of sight to avoid any contact with ...Read more

Let’s hear it for ambitious kids! A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was struggling. For years, he’d been searching unsuccessfully for the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the “boy king,” who died as a teenager.

His patron, ...Read more

For Venezuelans in the United States, a new White House proclamation has reopened old wounds and deepened fears that exile in the U.S., once a certain path to safety, will now mean permanent separation from their loved ones.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced sweeping travel restrictions on nationals from more than a dozen ...Read more

Ahead of his upcoming headlining tour this fall – which will kick off in Chicago – alternative rocker Gunnar is promoting his new album, “Sun Faded.” Full of contemplative lyrics set to taut, guitar-based melodies, the Los Angeles-based artist reveals his fears and hopes on songs just as “Upside Down.” “I’m really proud of this ...Read more

Few cities can even come close to Paris when it comes to cultural, artistic, and historic heritage. And few residents are as confident as Parisians in their expertise in good living. While that uniquely French joie de vivre can be enjoyed throughout the year, I’d like to talk about Paris in the summer.

An old travel mantra tells you to avoid ...Read more

A bill pending on Beacon Hill that looks to set a statewide vehicle miles traveled reduction goal as part of the decarbonization push has ignited national backlash, with critics calling it governmental overreach.

Under the so-called Freedom to Move Act, an interagency coordinating council would be tasked with crafting a “whole-of-government ...Read more

I get it now. I get why so many people keep returning to all-inclusive resorts and cruises.

That’s especially true for families traveling with adult kids, honeymooners, those celebrating anniversaries and those on girls’ trips. They keep returning to all-inclusives like Sandals Dunn’s River...Read more

As a performer, Shannon Lewis has appeared in 10 Broadway musicals, including “Fosse,” over a career that spans 25 years. Now, the dancer has made her Broadway debut as a choreographer in the musical “Just in Time.” “It is a new musical based on the life and music of the great Bobby Darin, starring the magnificent talent Jonathan Groff...Read more

“A fisherman, a priest, and a student” sounds like the beginning of a crude joke. But on my latest trip to Europe, these three characters weren’t punchlines. Instead, they were reminders of the value of travel, and examples of the spirit-boosting people-to-people moments that are waiting for you in Europe.

Travel has always been, and ...Read more

Where to this summer? Sure, the economy is worrisome as is the prospect of getting detained when you fly back from overseas.

But that doesn’t mean you should give up on summer fun. Your kindergartner will only be entranced by Di sney princesses for so long; same with your 8-year-old and dinosaurs. As to your young teens, well, who knows what ...Read more

Growing up as the daughter of the late Bill Kimpton – the founder of the Kimpton Hotels – Marcia Kimpton was accustomed to staying in some of the world’s nicest hotels. But the filmmaker and author also remembered staying in youth hostels, just like other twentysomething adventurers looking for ways to save money. Since then, she has ...Read more

When Jean Monnet brainstormed the modern European Union, he based his peace-driven idea on America’s model of independent states, united by a greater goal. With the help of the US, Monnet planted the seeds for a bloc that has not only established today’s European peace and prosperity – but also impacts how we experience Europe.

When ...Read more

On the NBC series “Found,” Gabrielle Walsh portrays a woman who had been kidnapped as a child. “Lacey is an optimist who has a heart of gold, a strong sense of justice and would do anything for those missing and her crisis-management family,” Walsh said in an interview from her Los Angeles home. “[And] after the team succeeds in ...Read more

Last week, a Parisian bench in Washington, DC, got me thinking about how the European Union was created as a peace project. But it’s grown far beyond just sharing coal and steel resources to avoid war among its countries.

Now 75 years old, today’s European Union oversees common political policies while also funding infrastructure projects, ...Read more

When Maria Haddad wanted to honor her grandmothers’ cooking lessons, she didn’t figure on being ahead of international travel trends.

Fifteen years ago, Haddad, then just 23, and her sisters, decided to honor their memories – and those of other women in the family who had shared recipes – by starting a cooking school in...Read more