Cultures
Biden to protect Native American heritage site, boost safety
President Joe Biden says his administration will help improve public safety and justice for Native American communities
Hopi at crossroads of maintaining language for elected posts
Members of a small northeastern Arizona tribe are voting Thursday for their next chairman
US park service, tourism group partner to highlight tribes
The National Park Service has partnered with a tourism association to ensure the contributions of Native Americans are incorporated into exhibits and programming at sites across the country
Elephant kills South African man in Zimbabwe's Mana Pools
A spokesman for Zimbabwe's national parks says a 71-year old South African tourist was trampled to death by an elephant “in full view” of his son at Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park
Flooding sends bus into river in China; 120,000 evacuated
A bus fell into a river in northern China, leaving at least two people dead and 12 others missing after flooding from heavy rains destroyed homes and covered farmland
Terror & tourism: Xinjiang eases its grip, but fear remains
Four years after Beijing launched a brutal crackdown that swept up to a million or more Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities into detention camps and prisons, its control of China’s far west Xinjiang region has entered a new era
Archaeologists find skeleton, evidence of Greek in Pompeii
Archaeologists have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations in the ancient city of Pompeii
After delays, construction on Obama Center begins in Chicago
Five years after Barack Obama chose a Chicago site for his presidential center, construction has officially begun in the historic lakefront park
Legal group backs US review of Indigenous boarding schools
The American Bar Association’s policymaking body is supporting the U.S. Interior Department as it works to uncover the troubled legacy of federal boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous youth into white society
Madrid's Retiro park, Prado avenue join World Heritage list
Madrid’s tree-lined Paseo del Prado boulevard and the adjoining Retiro park have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list