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The rich scent of caramelized onions and peppery chicken lingers over a diner counter lined with postcards from around the world - Bali, Ukraine, Ohio.Customers drift in and out on a Tuesday morning, rain splattering the sidewalk outside, and a regular customer rises from their barstool to embrace the familiar fog of San Francisco's Inner Sunset neighborhood.

More than a month after heavy storms eroded a section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, work crews are still scrambling to complete repairs and shore up flood defenses in the face of a weeklong heat wave that threatens to trigger widespread snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada."We're doing as much as we can, as quickly as possible," said Paul Liu, of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Paris is buzzing with visitors and locals savoring the fine weather, convivial atmosphere and an amazing crop of new restaurants.We've rounded up some new additions to the Parisian dining scene for you to sample on your next visit.And don't forget to check out our other picks, including our favorite places for street food, Asian food, and our upcoming guide to budget eats.

Two years ago, when the Laurel District Association began to develop a new music series to be held in the Oakland neighborhood along MacArthur Boulevard, events planner Jody Colley had no list of local bands.In 2023, having launched the six-month Live in The Laurel music series May 19 and preparing for the second show June 24, Coffey's contact list boasts more than 170 local bands and solo musicians.

Mayor Brandon Johnson spent his first full day in office Tuesdayvisiting Chicago government facilities housing migrants, including a Pilsen police station and Little Village park center where he decried Republican governors who continue busing asylum-seekers to the city."It's wicked.It's unconscionable.

Pray join us, gentle reader, for a quick spot of time travel.It's the early 1700s, and you are a lady or lord attending a formal dinner at an English country estate.Dressed in voluminous skirts and petticoat or waistcoat and breeches, you sit at the dinner table to find yourself facing a mountain of melons and grapes, strawberries and oranges, all of which form an enormous throne for the most unlikely of fruits: a pineapple, a bright yellow slice of the tropics that radiates sunshine, despite the gray English chill outside.

Texas Public Radio; LAist Studios; KPBS; NPR; WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios; GBH and El Planeta Media Stories about Latinos and told by Latinos matter every day of the year.Here's a sampling curated by the NPR One team of several new and noteworthy shows created by Latinos from across public media that are worth checking out right now.

The Espinillo Indigenous community is 13 miles from the nearest polling station and no one in the village has a car.So two weeks ago, on the eve of Paraguay's election, Miguel Paredes, a retired ambulance driver turned local politician, loaded the Indigenous families onto a bus and brought them to the side of a highway, a short walk from the polls.

Migała and Đukić channelled their latest Semifinal performances into something to remember.Gabriela Migała (Individual Women) and Lazar Đukić (Individual Men) are the winners of the 2023 CrossFit Europe Semifinal.With a berth in the 2023 CrossFit Games locked in for this August, Migała will be looking to build on past performances.

Julia & Henry's, a much-anticipated, massive seven-story food hall featuring 26 vendors, has officially opened in Downtown Miami, showcasing various food and drink choices from highly-regarded local, national, and international chefs.Miami-based King Goose Hospitality operates the new food hall.

Bruce McCall, whose satirical illustrations for National Lampoon and The New Yorker conjured up a plutocratic dream world of luxury zeppelin travel, indoor golf courses and cars like the Bulgemobile Airdreme, died on Friday in the Bronx.He was 87.His wife, Polly McCall, said his death, at Calvary Hospital, was caused by Parkinson's disease.

Since February, searches for brick architecture have skyrocketed on Pinterest.The material is particularly popular in South America.We round up eight projects from the continent featured on our bricks board.Materials such as brick and concrete are commonly used in South America, due to their wide availability and resistance to harsh climates.

This week on Dezeen, independent United Nations Human Rights Council experts urged Saudi authorities not to carry out planned executions of three people for reportedly opposing the Neom mega project.The three men were sentenced to death after being "forcibly evicted and displaced to make way for the Neom megaproject", according to Saudi Arabia and London-based ALQST.

Taller Mauricio Rocha's fearless, heartfelt, and original" extension of Juan O'Gorman and Diego Rivera's Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City has won the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize.The biennial prize, which is awarded by the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, was given to the Anahuacalli Museum for the sensitive addition to a historic building and its landscaping.

Lauren Shanley, who has died aged 66, was a pioneer of sustainable fashion, recycling vintage fabrics to create vibrant new textiles, clothing and accessories.She arrived in the UK from her native New Zealand in 1985, yet to find her creative niche.London was the catalyst she needed.A self-taught artist, she set about improving the dress-making skills first learned from her mother, along with embroidery and applique techniques.

1. A new poll reveals that a majority of voters in the UK now prefer to have closer ties with the European Union. 2. The poll found that more than half of those surveyed wanted the UK to remain in the single market and customs union. 3. The findings of the poll suggest

Watch Lionel Messi: Destiny on BBC One on Saturday, 3 June at 22:20 GMT, and on BBC iPlayer
In an hour-long film, the BBC delves into that success with input from some of those involved - including players Emiliano Martinez, Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez, and manager Lionel Scaloni.Here are a few takeaways from Lionel Messi: Destiny...

Supermarkets may have sold rotten meat for years after claims a supplier falsely labelled foreign meat as British.The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said it is investigating allegations, reported by trade publication Farmer's Weekly, that pork products from the company ended up in items such as ready meals, quiches and sandwiches sold by UK shops.

The Mexican president wanted cherry trees.It was 1930, and President Pascual Ortiz Rubio had seen them lining the streets of Washington and desired the same beautiful spectacle for his country's capital.To try to fulfill the leader's request, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs tapped Tatsugoro Matsumoto, a Japanese immigrant who tended the gardens of Chapultepec, then the presidential residence in Mexico City.

Mother's Day manages to sneak up every year, rife with potential for sibling one-upmanship and last-minute searches for the perfect Mother's Day gift.But don't worry-Frenchly has you covered with a roundup of the best French-inspired Mother's Day gifts for your mom, from Mother's Day gift boxes, French cosmetics, French books, French wine, and more.

Gov. Hochul said Monday that Jordan Neely's death in Manhattan a week ago offered a "wake-up call" to government officials on the urgency of the mental health crisis gripping New York and the nation.Hochul said the fate of the homeless 30-year-old - who found himself in a Marine veteran's deadly chokehold on an F train's floor last Monday - underscored that people like Neely need more help.

Jodie Ginsberg remembers an important lesson from her decade as a Reuters foreign correspondent and bureau chief: there simply is no substitute for being at the scene.The first and most important source is what journalists see in front of them their ability to give a firsthand, eyewitness account, says Ginsberg, now the president of Committee to Protect Journalists, the non-profit advocacy organization based in New York City.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that the department's investigative operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffickers on the dark web resulted in a record number of arrests and seizures.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it's made a record number of arrests and seizures in a coordinated international effort to target fentanyl and opioid sales on the dark web.

When he took the stage on the first day of the 2023 NFL Draft, having just been selected 17th overall by the New England Patriots, cornerback Christian Gonzalez wore a shiny white suit.The outfit had a deeper meaning hidden underneath, however.Before receiving the Patriots jersey with the obligatory No. 1 on it, Gonzalez briefly unbuttoned his jacket to show off the colors yellow, blue and red.

Panama City, the perpetually flowering capital of Panama the small tropical country that bridges North and South America has been fought over since its founding.The city and commercial hub, famous for the engineering marvel that is its canal, is among the unsung cosmopolitan capitals of the Americas.

Age: Anywhere from one to 15 years.Appearance: In London.What is it, a plant?No, it's an actual skunk.The animal, you mean?Yes, the black-and-white striped mammal from the family Mephitidae.I thought skunks came from France.You may be thinking of Pepe Le Pew, the cartoon character.That's right.He was charming, but he had some kind of personal hygiene problem.