What if you spent most of your life in near  darkness, surrounded by the same walls,   eating the same food, all alone? That's life inside a Mexican jumping bean…  and that’s just how these creatures like it. They’re the same jumping beans you find in  markets all over Mexico and exported worldwide. But they're not something you'd want  to eat. They aren’t beans at all. They’re seeds of this scraggly shrub.

When Ukrainian forces sunk Russia’s Black Sea flagship, the Moskva, in April, they sent it to join a veritable fleet of ghost ships stranded below. The Black Sea — bordered by Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania and, of course, Russia and Ukraine — has been central to the conflict between the last two of those nations. But the region has also borne witness to centuries of other struggles, many of which resonate with the battles being fought on its shores today.

Explore More There is nothing she does better than revenge. Taylor Swift dropped her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” last week, and fans are analyzing the lyrics to every song to try to figure out whom they could be about. One woman on TikTok who claims she went to high school with the 32-year-old artist is confirming what the fans know to be true — “Everything Ms. Swift does is intentional.”

LaToya Tonodeo is an actress who got her start on the TV show Noches Con Platanito. She is also well-known for her portrayal of Diana Tejada in Power Book II: Ghost (2020), The Fosters (2013), and The Oath (2013). (2018). Her commitment and hard work have led to her achievement. From her first television appearance, LaToya caught the attention of the audience. She has had almost ten TV/movie credits since then.

With little ceremony, City Hall announced Friday it is nixing two Brooklyn thoroughfares that border the borough’s landmark Prospect Park from the popular Open Streets program. The move will again allow cars on Prospect Park West from Garfield to Third streets and on Parkside Avenue from Park Circle to Ocean Avenue. Those stretches had been converted for pedestrian and bike use during the daytime following a chorus of complaints that crowding on Prospect Park’s paved loop and walking trails made social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic difficult.