The Art of Walking, The Joy of Garbage, Unusual College Classes How much can walking really teach you? Can you learn enough from walking to make an entire college class about it? Kenneth Keffer thinks you can, and he should know. Keffer has been teac...
Pro-independence parties have won a majority of parliamentary seats in the northern Spanish area of Catalonia. The results are a victory for supporters of the movement to break away from Spain. However, pro-independence parties won just two seats abo...
The Trump administration on Friday recognized the results of Honduras disputed presidential election, despite problems found by poll observers and calls from the U.S. Congress for a new vote. In a statement, the U.S. State Department congratulated Pr...
Darkest Hour is a new historical drama from filmmaker Joe Wright. The movie shows how Winston Churchill urged the British people to fight against Nazi Germany during World War II. Although the movie is based on facts, it seems more like a political a...
The American state of North Dakota is one of the leading destinations for refugees coming to the United States. Each year, about 400 refugees arrive in larger cities like Fargo. Their new lives in North Dakota are not easy. But some refugees themselv...
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it in the smallest pieces of money - pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables and meat. Negotiating until one's face...
Luciano Oliveira looks at the floor of the small poorly built wooden house where he lives. It is among thousands of similar poor homes in an occupation near the city of Sao Paulo. Oliveira was fired from his restaurant job at a few months ago, after...
The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday in an emergency special session to reject U.S. President Donald Trumps declaration of Jerusalem as Israels capital. The U.N. resolution was approved with 128 yes votes, nine no votes, and 35 abstenti...
Many Americans experience surprise (or disappointment) when they wake up on Christmas Day. They might be surprised or disappointed by a family member's actions. They might be happy or unhappy about a Christmas gift. Imagine a child expects to get an...
This is Whats Trending Today There is a saying in America that every vote counts. On Tuesday, in the U.S. state of Virginia, the saying appeared to come true. There were 23,215 votes cast in the city of Newport News on Election Day last month. Voters...
