Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games

The flame will depart Greece for the French city of Marseille, a former Greek colony founded 2,600 years ago. MARSEILLE, France — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted … Read more

Belgian carnival town celebrates again after COVID hiatus

BINCHE – On a sunny winter morning heralding a radiant Mardi Gras, Beatrice and Karl Kersten don’t have a minute to spare. In their warm workshop decorated with ancestral photos, the couple bend over their sewing machines. They are busy putting the finishing touches to the delicate lace details adorning the carnival costumes that will … Read more

To curb violent crime, San Antonio police are trying something new

The San Antonio Police Department is using a new strategy to curb violent crime. The plan’s first prong simply requires officers to sit in their cars. SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police are using a new strategy to reduce killings, robberies, and assaults.  The comprehensive method, designed by UTSA criminology professor Michael Smith, cut violent … Read more