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Travel may be off the table, but this virtual cooking experience brings Mexico City’s tacos to you

Chef Graciela Montaño hosted classes at her family’s cooking school. When the pandemic came, she pivoted to Airbnb Experiences.

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Nashville’s music scene features more than country, if you know where to look

The venue 3rd and Lindsley is just one spot where you can catch R&B, alternative rock and more

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How Santa Claus packs for his trip around the world

To fly across the world on one special night, he reveals he has a secret machine and tries to combat “cookie breath.”

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Visiting Washington, D.C.? Here are 5 tips for riding the Metro like a local.

Public transportation can be an efficient and inexpensive way to navigate an unfamiliar place. Washington, D.C. is easy to explore by its system, whose trains are called the Metro (formally: Metrorail, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority).

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Why North Carolina Mom Believes Newborn Saved Her Life

After planning for a natural birth, doctors at a North Carolina hospital told Shelly Cawley they would need to perform an emergency Cesarean section.

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Facebook Pages Purporting To Represent 'White Student Unions' Spark Backlash On College Campuses

College students across the country are speaking out in response to Facebook pages purporting to represent “White Student Unions” on their campuses.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture: What to know

More than a million visitors have gone to the new National Museum of African American History and Culture since it opened in September in Washington, D.C.

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See Parachute Save Crashing Small Plane in Arkansas

Dramatic video captures the moment that passengers and the pilot of a small plane that had engine trouble were saved by a parachute that deployed from the aircraft.

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Neighbors Help Neighbors With Habitat Building Projects

The normally quiet suburban street in Rosenberg is filled with sweat, nails, loud drills, and excited anticipation in the air. Volunteers of all racial, religious, and economic backgrounds are lending a helping hand to those in need.

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Visiting Tokyo? Here’s how to ride the train like a local.

Our city expert shows tourists how to ride from Narita International Airport to Tokyo Station, step by step.

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Unlocking the world’s first true penitentiary, a place designed to inspire regret

When Matthew Murphy began working at Eastern State Penitentiary, in Philadelphia, in 2013, most visitors to the famous former prison were seeking out “something morbid — pain, suffering, trauma, death, dying.”

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How to pack like Washington Mystics center LaToya Sanders for road games

When Washington Mystics center LaToya Sanders travels for her sport — domestically and overseas — the WNBA player “rarely forgets anything.” Sanders packs two days in advance, even though her team travels for only a day and a half at a time. She goes light on weight and extra on comfort, with touches from home like specific foods and gadgets.

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Former President Jimmy Carter on the 2016 Presidential Race, Confronting Cancer and Staying Busy

On the eve of 39th anniversary of the election that swept him into the White House, former president Jimmy Carter weighed in on this year’s presidential campaign and the growing popularity of political outsider candidates like Donald Trump.

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Oberlin College Students Claim Campus Food is Culturally Insensitive

Oberlin College students say college food is culturally insensitive.

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Family Prevails in Fight to Bury Female World War II Pilot in Arlington

Elaine Harmon answered her country’s call during World War II, serving as part of the Army's Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) program.

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Strange Clouds Form Over Cape Town, South Africa

After an unarmed missile test-fired off the California coast Saturday evening, creating a disturbance in the night sky, the next day, Cape Town, South Africa, also reported strange sightings.

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Lifesize Stonehenge Replica 'Foamhenge' Needs New Home

On a historic plot of land in a small Virginia county rests a life-sized styrofoam replica of England’s most famous Stonehenge monument – “Foamhenge.”

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