8 injured, 1 critically, as car ploughs into revelers in downtown Tokyo

A car has rammed pedestrians on a busy Tokyo street that was closed to traffic for New Year festivities. A 21-year-old man initially confessed to a terrorist act but later recanted, leaving investigators puzzled about his motives. The car, which was driving in a wrong lane, bulldozed into revelers in Japan’s capital city as it […]

Downtown Denver shooting: 1 dead, 3 wounded, suspect at large

Four people have been shot in a busy downtown area of Denver, Colorado. One of the persons that were shot has died at the scene. Police are still looking for the armed attacker. The shooting took place in Lower Downtown just after 4 pm local time on Monday, Denver police said. Three victims were transported […]

3 killed in downtown Mexico City shooting

Three people have been killed and at least seven wounded at Plaza Garibaldi in downtown Mexico City on Friday evening. Police said that three men dressed as mariachi musicians opened fire with pistols and rifles before fleeing the square on motorbikes. Plaza Garibaldi is a popular tourist spot, but borders on the neighborhood of Tepito, […]

Fascinating Art and Ephemera from Downtown NYC in the ’70s and ’80s

We’re big fans of Marc H. Miller’s Gallery 98, which documents vintage art and ephemera from the once thriving downtown New York art scene in the 1970s and ‘80s. From posters by a young Keith Haring to DIY exhibition flyers and more, Gallery 98 captures the scene as it really was, no romanticizing whatsoever (see: […]

First Look: The InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown

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Take virtual tour of downtown Pyongyang thanks to this brave Finnish reporter (VIDEO)

Published time: 30 Apr, 2017 17:19 A Finnish journalist has braved North Korea’s notoriously intense and paranoid security regime to smuggle out some extremely rare footage of Pyongyang without any of the pomp and propaganda. Mika Makelainen, the Asian correspondent for Finland’s state broadcaster and news agency Yle, was in Pyongyang to cover the reclusive […]