The ruins of a Mayan city were found buried under a forest in Guatemala. This Republic is a country in Central America.
It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean, to the east by Honduras, to the southeast by El Salvador, and the south by the Pacific Ocean.
It may seem like success for most Americans earning a six-figure salary, but it feels more like five figures at the end of the year.
Do you know how far your money goes? Well, it depends on where you live. In a central metropolitan area, that annual six-figure paycheck is reportedly worth just $36,000, after taxes and accounting for the steep cost of living.
According to an analysis of 76 of the largest US cities, that is, to see where $100,000 goes furthest.
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During a recent visit to Chinatown in Queens, NY, it felt like I was walking down a crowded street in Shanghai, China.
In the past, Yirong and I went with neighbors Elena and Bill to Flushing for shopping and to enjoy pleasant meals, but last time the street traffic was awful, and the pedestrian walkways were worse.
This tiny New York City community offers several unforgettable experiences that give visitors insight into the area's historic charm.
The Hotel Pennsylvania is falling slowly, and in a matter of a few months, it will be gone for good or bad, depending on your POV.
I attended events at hotel everyman PA65000 and even stayed there overnight at this grand structure once or twice, but not while Fidel was there, or else there would have been a much better story to tell.
Meanwhile, Castro, the leader of Cuba, was at the hotel in 1959 and a photo of the main lobby—the New York Times Image.
Santa Cruz del Islote in Colombia has got to be one of the most challenging and crowded islands to live on the face of this Earth.
I was born on an island known as the Pearl of The Antilles because Christopher Columbus claimed Cuba for Spain in 1492 when it was the realm of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people who had displaced even earlier inhabitants. It became the Spanish empire's most important source of raw sugar in the 18th century and later earned the name 'Pearl of the Antilles.'
Two collapses at the same construction site in less than two weeks.
The Sunshine State of Florida has become our American national bellwether, and certainly not in a perfect way, I should add.
Another shooting, this time a TV news crew has been shot while covering an earlier shooting. One journalist is dead. The other newsman is critical as of this posting. Fellow journalists rushed to help the crew that was shot. Then a mother and 9-year-old were shot. The 9-year-old didn't survive.
How will one shut Street Impact traffic on other roads? Where are the most extensive international bottlenecks during global rush hour?
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