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Catherine Johannet’s last Instagram post at Red Frog Beach on Bastimentos Island, Panama. (Photo: Courtesy of Instagram)

Young World Traveler Found Strangled in Panama

A Columbia University graduate was found strangled to death in a popular Caribbean island destination off of Panama.

Catherine Johannet’s body was found along a wooded trail on Bastimentos Island, known as a tourist destination for its wildlife, beaches and hiking trails, February 5. Forensic analysis determined that she was strangled by someone with the strings of her pink pareo beach cover-up she had been wearing, reported Ensegundos.com.

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American Heather Parham was injured during the shooting at the Blue Parrot Club in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Photo: Courtesy of Borderland Beat)

Lone Gunman Opens Fire at Playa Del Carmen Nightclub

Five Dead, 15 Injured At A Playa Del Carmen Beach Nightclub by Heather Cassell Five festival goers were killed and nine others were wounded when a lone gunman opened fire at a music festival at a popular gay-friendly night club in one of the Yucatan Peninsula’s popular resort towns January 16. Electronic music lovers were […]

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Miami battles Zika virus. (Photo: Associated Press)

CDC Issues Historic Travel Warning For Miami

The Zika numbers starting to climb prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a precedent travel warning to pregnant women and couples for Miami on Monday.

This is the first time that a federal health agency has issued a travel warning within the United States CDC officials believe, Tom Skinner, spokesperson for the agency told the media.

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Tomales Farmstead Cheese (Photo: Courtesy of California Cheese Trail)

It’s The Cheese For The New California Cheese Trail App

It’s cheesy goodness along California’s Cheese Trail.

Now it’s easier than ever to find the more than 70 creameries in the Golden State with the California Cheese Trail’s new app launched July 19.

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San Francisco's Women's Building in the Mission District celebrates 45 years. (Photo: Super G)

Celebrating Women: San Francisco’s Women’s Building Hosts 45th Anniversary Gala

Walking into the Women’s Building in San Francisco earlier this month Girls That Roam felt like we were taken back in time to the politically awakened and turbulent 1970s of the civil rights, gay rights, and women’s movements.

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Diana Ventura, a recipient of the HI USA Explore the World Travel Scholarship, teaching at Light and Leadership Initiative in Peru. (Photo: Courtesy of HI USA)

Travel Scholarship Encourages World Exploration

Hostelling International USA plans to help 81 young people travel the world with its new Explore the World Travel Scholarship.

Launched in March, the scholarship was created to encourage Americans between the ages 18 – 30 years of age to travel outside of the United States in 2016 and 2017.

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Head of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge book club Lisa Johnson, foreground, and book club members were all smiles before boarding the Napa Valley Wine Train to celebrate Sandra Jamerson’s 63rd birthday and discuss Brenda Jackson’s bestselling romance A Man’s Promise. (Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Johnson)

Black Women Settle Lawsuit With Napa Valley Wine Train

Sistahs on the Reading Edge settled their race discrimination lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train April 18.

The Wine Train’s governing board still needs to approve the undisclosed settlement with the 11 women who were allegedly unceremoniously kicked off of the train for being loud and boisterous in August 2015, according to media reports.

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Ann Charon Rogers is assisted by rescuers on the White River Indian Reservation in Gila County, Arizona in this handout photo provided by the Arizona Department of Safety, April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Arizona Department of Safety/Handout via Reuters

Survival 101: Woman Lost In AZ White Mountains Did Everything Right

Ann Rogers and her dog were traveling to visit her grandchildren in Phoenix when her hybrid car ran out of gas and electric power in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona.

She was lost for nine days.

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Women vacationing on the beach. (Photo: Courtesy of q108.com)

US Workers Should Take A Cue from American Women Who Are Going On Vacation

US working women are more likely to go on vacation than their male counterparts.

The Alamo Family Vacation Survey’s in 2015 and 2016 found that during the past two years 63 percent of women took their paid time off in both years versus 54 and 52 percent men, each year respectively.

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Destinations on Google (Photo: Courtesy of Google)

Google Makes Turning Day Dream About Your Next Vacation Into Reality At Your Fingertips

Google is trying to make it easier for you to go on vacation.

Google launched “Destinations on Google” for mobile phones a new search feature that utilizes Google Flights and hotel search on Google and crowd sources using geolocation popular destinations to help you plan and book your next vacation.

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Women's Day Carnival in Cologne, Germany (Photo: http://events2016.com)

Cologne Police Pledge To Protect Women During Carnival

Cologne isn’t taking any chances during its popular Carnival following the New Year’s Eve fiasco where police failed to protect women from being sexually assaulted and harassed by gangs of young men.

Carnival kicks off today, Thursday, February 4, with the annual Women’s Day Carnival (Weiberfastnacht) and ends on February 9, Ash Wednesday.

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Woman traveling (Photo: Kate McNoulty)

UNWTO Says Tourism Worldwide Reached A Record 1.2 Billion In 2015

Travelers around the world are crossing boarders more than ever before rather than staying home, according to the United Nations World Travel Organization.

UNWTO’s world travel experts examined the number of international arrivals in countries around the world and determined that tourism globally grew 4.4% reaching a total of 1,184 million in 2015, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.

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