Music Prize 2025 is almost here. Check out Big Wy's Brass Band, one of the bands competing

Big Wy's Brass Band is an Austin, Texas-based group known for its mix of traditional New Orleans jazz and original funk music. The band found a welcoming audience in Shreveport, Louisiana, after performing at Prize Fest in 2024. The band's...

Malcolm- Jamal Warner remembered in final TV appearance: ‘We lost him far too soon’

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s final TV appearance is in Tuesday’s episode of the Fox show “Murder in a Small Town.” Warner, who starred as Bill Cosby’s on-screen son Heathcliff Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” from 1984 to 1992, tragically died of an...

Paris Fashion Week Embraces Inclusive Shift as Supermodel Elton Ilirjani Graces Runway for Recep Demiray x Hatun Tekstil

Paris Fashion Week witnessed a powerful stride towards a more inclusive future today as supermodel Elton Ilirjani, also known as HANKO, graced the runway for Turkish brand Recep Demiray x Hatun Tekstil on October 2. His commanding presence at the...

Costa Rican Congressman Faces Sexual Abuse Allegations from 2006

Fabricio Alvarado, a sitting congressman and presidential hopeful for the New Republic Party, now contends with a formal complaint accusing him of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl back in 2006. The claims surfaced in recent reports, pulling the...

Costa Rica Bets on Butterflies to Rewild Science—and Rural Livelihoods

In a nation the size of West Virginia, Costa Rica’s butterflies do more than decorate postcards—they pollinate, prune, feed food webs, and sustain rural incomes. Scientists warn that naming them is urgent; without names, conservation stalls and...

Costa Rican Envoy Highlights Diplomacy, Sustainability, and Cultural Exchange in the Gulf

Since taking up his post as Costa Rica’s Ambassador to Qatar, Juan Carlos Esquivel Favareto has sought to position his country as a bridge for dialogue, sustainability, and cultural understanding between Latin America and the Gulf. In an in-depth...

There are ‘A Hundred Moving Targets’ at this Dayton art gallery

“All the targets have writing on the back. It’s mainly stream of consciousness writing. I wanted it to feel kind of blues country on the back, the language I’m using.” The tone of the work mixes the melancholy of blues country with the...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Last Role, Remembering Ozzy Osbourne, ‘Red Alert’ on Israel’s Darkest Day, Dancing to Disney

Kailey Schwerman / FOXMurder in a Small Town The latest case for Gibson’s police chief Karl Alberg (Rossif Sutherland) takes on special poignancy, with the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner appearing in his final performance before his untimely, tragic...

Discover Costa Rica’s best beaches, from secluded shores to surf havens and spectacular natural wonders

With approximately 800 miles of coastline and two different oceans lapping at its shores, Costa Rica has beaches to suit every traveller, from secluded bays that invite laid-back living to rugged stretches of sand boasting a wealth of wildlife....

Why Did DHS Send a Russian Exile to Costa Rica?

Illustration: Patrick Leger On a rainy evening in March, a Russian man named Dimitry stumbled through the dark, looking for a hole in a fence. In a former life, Dimitry worked as a fitness trainer for cops and bureaucrats in St. Petersburg, so he...

U16 Belize Boys National Team open UNCAF FIFA Forward Tournament against Costa Rica Thursday

Views: 43 Views: 43 Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025. 11:56 am CST. Photo Credit: FFB By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🇧🇿 The U16 Belize Boys National Team (BBNT) begin their campaign today against Costa Rica in the 2025–2026 UNCAF FIFA Forward U16...

Belize fall 0–3 to Costa Rica in UNCAF U16 Tournament opener

Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025. 3:33 pm CST. Photo Credit: FFB By Rubén Morales Iglesias: 🇧🇿 The U16 Belize Boys National Team (BBNT) suffered a 0–3 defeat to Costa Rica on Tuesday in their opening match of the 2025 UNCAF FIFA...

Pura Vida Diplomacy: Costa Rica’s Vision for Sustainable Partnerships in the Gulf

GJIA: With the recent appointment of Your Excellency Ambassador Esquivel, what are Costa Rica’s key diplomatic priorities in Qatar and the broader Gulf region? Ambassador Esquivel: Costa Rica has been actively strengthening diplomatic relations...

Louis Tomlinson gives credit to 'Costa Rica' for the existence of upcoming album

One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson has left fans excited by announcing his third solo album, "How Did I Get Here?" Following the release of his 2022 record "Mildly Dark", the 33-year-old is all set to bring in a collection of music for his...

Louis Tomlinson reveals how Costa Rica inspired 'breezy' new solo album

Louis Tomlinson has explained how a songwriting trip to Costa Rica led him to his "breezy" third solo album How Did I Get Here?. The former One Direction star is set to drop the follow-up to 2022's "mildly dark" Faith in Nature on January 23,...

‘I didn’t want to live in an apartment in Moscow’

In early July, a Russian woman drew international attention after Indian police on a routine patrol discovered her living in a cave near Goa with her two young daughters. Because their visas had expired, the family was taken to a detention center,...

Learning Spanish Through Music in Costa Rica: Misheard Lyrics and Wins

One of the most challenging parts of learning a language is understanding songs in that language. In my early days of learning Spanish, I listened to the radio for hours daily. My favorite station was Radio Reloj. It was all news, read by...

Art by NW: Reinaldo Gil Zambrano carves bold explorations of home

Growing up as a kid with artistic inclinations, Reinaldo Gil Zambrano saw the world as his canvas — more specifically, he saw a canvas in the walls of his family home. “I was drawing around the house, on all the different walls, and my parents...

10 Reasons the U.S. Can’t Afford to Ignore Venezuela Anymore

Nicolás Maduro and his illegitimate, narco-terrorist Venezuelan government must fall — not just for the sake of the majority of law-abiding Venezuelans who deserve to have the government they voted for in the summer of 2024, but for every single...

How the US Shutdown Could Disrupts Travel to Costa Rica

As the US federal government enters a partial shutdown starting today October 1, travelers heading to Costa Rica face potential hurdles. The impasse stems from budget disputes in Congress, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers without...