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Like waves of immigrants before him, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat came here as a child, a stranger in a strange land. Now, after decades of hard work and political activism, he has arrived. Espaillat has a shot at unseating Rep. Charles Rangel...

The Brooklyn Academy of Music festival starts in September and continues until mid-January. It will provide an opportunity for BAM to showcase its new 250-seat black-box theater.

For iconic Denmark toymaker Lego, the sky may no longer be the limit. The world’s tallest Lego tower ever was constructed in South Korea this week at 105 feet tall to commerate the 80th anniversary of the of the founding of the toy maker[1] The...

An American moves to London and falls for soccer.

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A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off Chile's southern coast, but the authorities say it wasn't felt on land and discounted the possibility of a tsunami.

An estimated 100,000 students, parents and teachers in Chile have marched through central Santiago in protest at education reforms. For more than a…

Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant...

An 8-year-old boy died over the weekend when he was swept away by the current of a rain-swollen stream in the northern Dominican Republic, emergency services officials said.