Pope Francis had lived in the Santa Marta guest house in the Vatican, not far from St Peter's Basilica, since his election in ...

The family of a London scientist followed his travels across Colombia using location-sharing on Google Maps before he ...

Local authorities discovered several pieces of a human body lying on a path in the coastal city of Santa Marta on Sunday.

Alessandro Coatti's remains have been found scattered around a town in Colombia, the torso found miles away from the ...

The body of Alessandro Coatti, 42, was discovered bundled into a suitcase and dumped in a stream in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta, Colombia. The London-based molecular biologist had been working ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 92 °F (33.3 °C). Winds from NNW to N at 9 to 11 mph (14.5 to 17.7 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 2 to 11 mph (3.2 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 78 ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from ... With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how ...

WHAT is the world’s most beautiful airport? Our recent piece on the topic argues that some of them are in India, whose slick new terminals evoke the country’s past. In last Sunday’s edition ...

CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara County and the rest of the state, showing land in moderate, high or very high hazard zones. There was a big expansion of zones ...

The City of Santa Maria is seeking public input on a new fire severity map. For the first time, the state has designated parts of the city as fire hazard risk areas. Cal Fire updated its fire severity ...

This Spanish-colonial city on the Caribbean Sea is Colombia’s #1 draw for foreign visitors and home to a sizeable expat community. But just 150 miles up the Caribbean coast is another Caribbean town ...