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Our nation’s fish and wildlife are one of its most valuable assets, and recently Congress took action to ensure future generations will experience a nation teeming with them.

Floating one of Nebraska’s water trails this summer is great for so many reasons.

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Tiny House Expedition

Alexis Stephens and Christian Parsons are a "go big or go home" kind of couple. When Alexis wanted to simplify her life and her surroundings in 2015, they removed the clutter, stashed their old photographs and Christmas decorations in a storage unit, and built the tiny home of their dreams.

Now, the couple is traveling the country making a documentary about tiny home owners finding community — in places big and small. They were kind enough to share some snapshots of the journey with us. Читать дальше...

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders said Sunday he would have preferred to see Hillary Clinton select someone like Senator Elizabeth Warren for the vice presidential spot over Senator Tim Kaine. "I have known Tim Kaine for a number of years...Tim is a very, very smart guy.

Instead, the IOC has called on sports federations to carry out assessments on individual athletes to determine whether they can compete, amid state-sponsored doping allegations.

DONAHUE, Iowa (AP) — The huge corn statue right out front might be the most photographed part of the Country Cupboard in Donahue. But it's not the most talked about.

DONAHUE, Iowa (AP) — The huge corn statue right out front might be the most photographed part of the Country Cupboard in Donahue. But it's not the most talked about.

AOC chef de mission confirms Australian athletes unable to move in amid serious plumbing and electrical problems, less than two week from opening ceremony.

The Jets closed one of their long-running offseason subplots when they signed defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson to a five-year contract on July 15, which left only the Ryan Fitzpatrick saga unresolved heading into training camp. The impasse between the team and last year’s starting quarterback has been well documented to this point and coach Todd…

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz heads the national party

She could take credit for a great convention

Or get blamed for any disunity

This weekend is set to be one of the hottest of the summer.

Our bodies can do a lot for us to help us deal with the heat, such as sweating to reduce our core temperature. But one thing that it can’t do is provide us with a self-made beverage to quench our thirst.

That’s right — even though saliva is made up of around 98% water, it simply can’t give us the same benefits as drinking a glass of water. This seems a little counterintuitive considering our salivary glands produce up to two liters of liquids a day. Читать дальше...

By Shadia Nasralla VIENNA (Reuters) - A global agreement on cutting the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - potent greenhouse gases used in aerosols, refrigerants and air conditioning - seems within grasp, delegates said on Sunday after ten days of talks on climate change in Vienna. A final deal is expected to be reached at a meeting in October in Kigali, Rwanda. If successful, it would be the biggest single measure to limit global warming since governments adopted the Paris Agreement last December... Читать дальше...

“I’m so overwhelmed with this province. I think it deserves a DA government to go forward.” DA leader Mmusi Maimanesaid during a party event in Nelson Mandela Bay.

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- "Train to Busan," one of the nation's most attention-getting films this summer, has set a new one-day attendance record of all movies ever screened in the country, data showed Sunday. The apocalyptic zombie thriller drew

The International Olympic Committee and local organizers held emergency talks Sunday just hours before the sprawling Athletes Village was set to open officially as thousands of athletes arriving for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics could find major plumbing and electrical problems in their rooms.

A 31-year-old father of three obsessed with fitness and sex, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel led multiple lives. His darkest side appears to have been his best-kept secret: a calculated, committed jihadi ready to kill scores of people in a French Riviera rampage.

KOKOMO, Ind. — The Howard County jail has seen a population increase of nearly 100 more inmates from this time last year, 40 of whom are the result of legislation meant to ease the Indiana Department of Correction’s burden. With an average of more than 390 inmates in June, the jail reached its highest monthly

Sunday will be sunny, with temperatures in the high 80s. And, forecasters say, expect similar conditions at least through the first half of the week.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not impose a blanket ban on Russia for next month's Rio Olympics over the nation's doping record but will leave decisions on individual athletes' participation with their relevant sports federations, it said on Sunday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Some of Nebraska's largest agricultural groups will push again for lower property taxes in next year's legislative session, but key senators say any proposal should be coupled with income tax cuts.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's prime minister resigned on Sunday shortly before he was to face a confidence vote in parliament that he expected to lose, further aggravating political instability in the Himalayan country. The Maoist party's major complaint was that Oli's government failed to take proper legislative action in favor of the Maoist cadres facing trials for wartime crimes.

MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — Author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams will speak Sunday at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora. [...] she said she purchased the lease rights to shine a light on the negative effects of climate change.