As It Is

2020-09-29 Coronavirus Changes South Korean’s Thanksgiving Traditions

The coronavirus forced 84-year-old Chung Seong-ran to do something new to celebrate South Korea's Thanksgiving holiday. This year, her daughter…

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2020-09-28 West Coast Wildfires Cause Grapes to Taste of Smoke

Smoke from wildfires burning in the western United States has changed the taste of grapes in some of the country's most celebrated vineyards.…

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2020-09-28 ‘Hero’ Rat Receives Award for Searching out Landmines

For the first time, a rat has won a British aid group's top award for animal bravery. The animal is…

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2020-09-30 France to Ban Wild Animals from the Circus

France says it plans to ban the use of wild animals in traveling circuses as part of new rules set to take…

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2020-09-25 Troublesome South African Baboon Sent Away for Raiding Homes

Kataza had a long record of criminal activity with Cape Town officials. So, when he organized a group of others…

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2020-09-27 Australia Promises to Protect Native Culture After Destruction of Holy Places

Proposed legislation in Western Australia could cost companies millions of dollars for destroying heritage sites of native peoples. The fines would be…

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2020-09-25 Airlines Seek Quick Coronavirus Tests for Passengers

European airlines are aiming to give passengers quick, pre-flight coronavirus tests in an effort to get more travelers to start…

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2020-09-24 Census Workers Search Camps, Shelters to Count Homeless Americans

This week, workers for the United States Census Bureau will try to count homeless Americans. The U.S. Constitution requires that…

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2020-09-19 Is India Undercounting Its COVID-19 Dead?

Narayan Mitra died on July 16 in India's northeastern Assam state. His death came one day after going to the…

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2020-09-23 British Mayflower Exhibit Centers on Native American History

Much has been written about the 102 Europeans who crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower ship in 1620. Much less has…

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2020-09-23 One Officer Charged in Breonna Taylor Case, But Not for Her Death

A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday charged one of three police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.…

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2020-09-22 Lightning and Wind: How the West Coast Fires Got So Bad

The lightning began in the skies over Northern and Central California one weekend in mid-August. It landed on grassy areas…

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2020-09-23 Archaeologists Find 27 Coffins at Egypt’s Saqqara Pyramid

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 27 coffins inside a large burial ground in an ancient city south of Cairo. The coffins have remained unopened since…

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2020-09-20 In Beirut Tragedy, Doctor Finds Renewed Sense of Purpose

Dr. Bassam Osman says his life changed on August 4. At around 6 p.m, he was getting ready to leave…

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2020-09-22 Botswana Blames Poisonous Algae for Elephant Deaths

The deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana earlier this year may have been the result of the animals drinking…

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