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  • Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania have a turbulent history. But they've created a joint bid to secure world heritage status for a food with deep roots and cultural meaning across the region.
  • The U.S. president kicked off a trip to London this week in a test of the countries' "special relationship."
  • For three decades, Christian Gerhartsreiter claimed to be someone else. After fleeing his German hometown, he developed a series of false identities, moving up the social ladder as he moved across the U.S. Ultimately, he married a lawyer who believed he was a Rockefeller. Journalist Mark Seal talks about the mystery man at the center of his new book, The Man in the Rockefeller Suit.
  • Melissa Block talks with Don George, global travel editor for Lonely Planet, and Laura Kidder, editorial director for Fodor's travel, about travel hot spots. With the Euro worth about $1.30 and the summer travel season upon us, where people should go to find good international travel bargains? Argentina and Southeast Asia are two non-European alternatives offered by George. Kidder says there's plenty to see in Canada, and Latin-America. She also raves about Portugal as a cheaper European destination. George adds that travelers can have a great time in Eastern Europe -- and don't forget about Latvia and Estonia.
  • The new Vietnamese leader's pragmatic approach to ideology and diplomacy may see Vietnam become more confident in pursuing its national interests. But preserving the anti-corruption campaign is paramount.
  • Lawyers representing 22 states and a coalition of research organizations were in federal court Friday trying to retain science funding the Trump administration wants to cut.
  • After 11 seasons on ER, Wyle thought he was finished with medical dramas: "I spent 15 years avoiding — actively avoiding — walking down what I thought was either hallowed ground or traveled road."
  • Bad Bunny's 30-concert residency in Puerto Rico this summer has become an immense source of local pride unlike any cultural event in the island's modern history.
  • In Lesotho, a style of traditional accordion music called Famo has become entangled with deadly gang rivalries. Once the soundtrack of shepherds and migrant workers, today it's linked to killings, government bans — and a fight over cultural identity.
  • Far from the glitz of South Beach or the tourist mecca of the Magic Kingdom is northern Florida. Information about the Affordable Care Act can be hard to come by for residents, many of whom are working poor and could benefit from the law.
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