Cultures

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Sep 14, 2016

'Trombone Shorty,' 4 others receive $250,000 Heinz Awards

A musician known for his work to preserve the musical heritage of New Orleans and a civil rights attorney who has written about the mass incarceration of blacks in America are among five people being honored by the Heinz Family Foundation

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UK lawmakers told to vacate crumbling Parliament for repairs

Sep 8, 2016

Britain's creaky, leaky Parliament buildings face "an impending crisis," and lawmakers will have to move out for the first time since World War II so repair work can be done, a report on the structure said Thursday

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Indian-Americans, 'Horsetown USA' clash over building plans

Aug 31, 2016

A Southern California city striving to preserve its rural, equestrian lifestyle has denied a proposal for a Hindu cultural center

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Wildfire blocking Yellowstone entrance smolders on

Aug 28, 2016

Firefighters working on steep hillsides are chopping down trees and searching for hotspots as they battle a wildfire that's blocking one of the entrances to Yellowstone National Park

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National Park Service 'astonished' by scandals at Iowa site

Aug 11, 2016

A National Park Service report says the agency is "astonished" that superintendents at a Native American burial site in Iowa were able to break the law and damage its resources over two decades