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What we know about the Las Vegas shooter   Stephen Paddock’s background suggests no clue on why he would have been on the 32nd floor of a hotel with 17 guns, raining unparalleled slaughter upon an...

Amazon wildlife threatened by selfies   Animal rights activists say some of the Amazon's most endangered animals are under threat because tourists are taking selfies with them. The World Animal Protection said in a report that Instagram...

Southeastern Turkey's beehive houses: a thousand-year heritage left behind   The mud-brick houses of Harran used to protect many from the harsh sun. But they were gradually abandoned, along with traditional ways of making the structures. Made...

Florida's fruit orchardists lament Irma destruction   Hurricane Irma struck close to orange harvesting season with officials estimating total losses to be over $760 million. Farmers in Florida say Hurricane Irma has caused extensive damage to their...

The Cheirosyphon, the portable Greek firearm   Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire that was first developed c. 672. The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great effect,...

Morocco's long celebrated tradition of carpet weaving lives on   Morocco's carpet weaving industry employs around 20 percent of the country's 10-million workforce, mainly in small, medium sized businesses. The small town of Taznakht in the south...

Cleaning snails proves lucrative for Cameroon woman   A female entrepreneur in Cameroon ventures into cleaning and cooking snails and ends up making a fortune out of it.   Snails are mostly sold alive in West African markets...

Iraqi forces capture Hawija from Daesh   The town in northern Iraq was one of the group's last enclaves in the country. Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from Daesh, the...

Cheese Sticks or Tequeños Recipe  Make It Easy Recipes "How to make Tequeños" If you like Cheese Sticks then you are gonna love the Latin version of them called Tequeños. Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups flour 1 tsp...

Santa Salsa   When you get off the L train in Williamsburg, you know you’re in the right place for delicious food in Brooklyn and get ready to take bite out of local culture, and South...