MEXICO CITY — Mexican composer María Leonora prepares for each concert as if she’s gearing up for battle. Her makeup has a tribal edge. Her clothes are arranged in layers she sheds as the show unfolds ...

Mexican composer María Leonora relies on fire, ritual and Mesoamerican tradition to shape her immersive concerts ...

Narrated by frequent Burns collaborator Peter Coyote, “The American Revolution” starts well before that fateful July day in 1776 when the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration ...

It was a busy Sunday for the Mariners, who announced late in the day that they had completed a swap of minor-league pitchers in a trade with the Dodgers. One of Seattle’s goals this offseason is to ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

A Miami Lakes attorney was arrested on Saturday after being accused of attacking a passenger while on board a cruise ship, records showed. Phillip Ortiz, 38, was arrested Saturday and charged with ...

As America's 250th birthday approaches (with the grim reaper looming large), the distinguished documentarian's 12-hour series on our country's first — and, he argues, ongoing — revolution aims to ...

"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American ...

The attorney, 38, allegedly shouted, ‘Who the f--- are you to tell me what I can and can’t do,’ at the person who told him an area was closed to passengers Miami-Dade County Corrections and ...

A Florida attorney was arrested after allegedly attacking a senior on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. An unnamed man told police that Phillip Ortiz, 38, tried to enter an area that was not yet open to ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Firefighters battled for a second day to extinguish a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 94 ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has examined some of the most defining moments of American history. He's delved into the Civil War, dissected America's response to the Holocaust and chronicled the evolution of ...