The avocado survived a series of ecological and cultural close calls that could have easily relegated it to extinction ...

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By Erin O'Toole, High Country News, July 22, 2025 Summer heat has many people dreaming about escaping to the cool air of the ...

A growing wave of African Americans are relocating to Kenya, citing the need to connect with their history and culture, or ...

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Complete Guide to World War I Memorial in Washington DC, including things to do, history, nearby lodging and camping, di ...

Collectively, we as people like to look back at our personal and shared history to understand where we are today. Sometimes ...

The United States team at the swimming world championships in Singapore is battling a case of “acute gastroenteritis” that ...

The American author and playwright first set foot in Istanbul in 1961, at the age of 36. Turkey was then alive with an ...