Adorned with glistening artwork and only built for a few months before it melts away, Sweden's Icehotel has opened its chilly ...

This unique documentary series sheds light on eight of Sweden's queens. Each episode is dedicated to one of our queens and her fascinating life story, from childhood to the last breath - always one ...

Five years ago, several masked vandals waged a violent attack on downtown Atlanta’s immigration field office and then scattered into the summer night. The group hurled rocks, cinderblocks and bottles ...

Looking to escape? Here’s a recent trip local readers took to Japan. Check it out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were ...

An armed mob arrested for shooting up a Texas immigration detention center last month are reportedly members of a secretive network of far-left “anti-fascists” trained in self-defense and firearms. An ...

Ever slept on a plane? Some people swear by it, but others find it hard to do and would rather just sleep at their hotel. But since 2009 at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport, that hotel could actually be a ...

As an initial matter, Sweden, like the other Nordics, was much less vulnerable than most countries to a respiratory pandemic that hit the elderly the hardest, because of its household structure.

Five years ago, the Black Lives Matter protests became the broadest and most sustained social movement in recent U.S. history by multiple measures. Coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the 2020 ...

This summer marks five years since the 2020 uprising for Black lives — an anniversary that feels especially resonant right now, as protesters in cities like Minneapolis, where George Floyd was ...