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This lesser-known African safari destination offers fewer crowds, rare wildlife, deep cultural connections and impressive ...

Wyoming’s most enduring symbol is our license plate featuring the bucking horse named Steamboat. But who is the rider? In ...

The Exchange Club of Milledgeville announces the theme for this year’s annual Christmas Parade: “Stars, Stripes and Christmas Lights.” The parade will take place on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. in ...

Flu and seasonal infections can be effectively controlled through a structured yoga routine that boosts lung capacity, clears ...

We spend Sh5,000 on rent and divide the rest on groceries and shopping. I have recently heard of an opportunity to go to Saudi Arabia as a housemaid and I am considering it. If I worked there for two ...

The Azteca Indoor Bazaar Swap Meet in West Valley City stands as a monument to the art of the deal, a place where savvy shoppers transform modest budgets into impressive hauls. My journey to this ...

Taiwan’s social and political structure are facing greater division and confrontation as the US-China conflict intensifies. During the course of this confrontation, the successive administrations of ...

Sylvan Goldman was just like ambitious businessmen everywhere. He was always on the lookout for ways to take a good idea and ...

From their first days in the Pacific Northwest, trappers, soldiers and settlers wanted to eat beef. The Spanish brought the first cattle to the region.

There's one thing that many baby animals have in common. It's that there are times when these small animals are happy or ...

Shelly Burman of Austin, Minnesota, has adopted 18 children with special needs. Burman, says one caregiver, is not a quitter.