Pompeii: Italy’s frozen-in-time Roman city

I love exploring the world of ancient Rome, with its grand architecture, fascinating culture, and stories of larger-than-life leaders. But since many of the 2,000-year-old empire’s landmarks are reduced to ruins, it can be hard to make sense of the stones and rubble left behind.

Xi vows to work with Trump team as he meets Biden in Peru

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to work with the incoming U.S. administration of President-elect Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on key conflicts from cyber crime to trade, Taiwan and Russia.

North Korea deploys a new weapon against the South: Unbearable noise

DANGSAN-RI, South Korea — Loud, crackly noises that sounded like an ominous, giant gong being beaten again and again washed over this village on a recent night. On other nights, some residents described hearing wolves howling, metal grinding together or ghosts screaming as if out of a horror movie. Others said they heard the sound of incoming artillery, or even a furious monkey pounding on a broken piano.

Malcolm X’s daughters sue FBI, CIA and police

Nearly 60 years after Malcolm X’s assassination at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, his family filed a federal lawsuit Friday claiming that the New York Police Department, CIA and FBI played a role in his killing.

Troops, armored cars and patrol boats protect G20 summit

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — Brazil has deployed troops, armored vehicles and naval ships to reinforce security around the summit of leaders from the Group of 20 major economies who meet on Monday and Tuesday at Rio de Janeiro’s bayside Museum of Modern Art.

The MLB agent who holds the keys to the offseason

Scott Boras’ sports agency is based in an office complex in Newport Beach, California, but in the afternoons during the baseball season, the headquarters shifts location. Sometimes he holds court in a suite at Angel Stadium. When the Los Angeles Dodgers are in town, he stands behind the backstop, where current and future clients, and suitors of those players, can visit.