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Feds: Navy Scam Suspect Is Harvard-Trained Lawyer

A former fugitive suspected of running a $100 million cross-country scam collecting donations for Navy veterans has been identified as a Harvard-trained attorney wanted on unrelated fraud charges since 1987, authorities said this week.

Despite recent gains, Virunga's endangered mountain gorilla population is still under threat from poaching.

How Africa's First National Park Can Benefit Both Gorillas And Locals

Virunga, a new documentary on the Congolese park, premieres today on Netflix. We spoke to the chief warden about endangered mountain gorillas, oil speculators and the power of tourism.

People shop at a Target on Thanksgiving night November 22, 2012 in Highland, Indiana.

Double Pay Proposed For California Workers On Major Holidays

A San Diego lawmaker is proposing a bill to take the sting out of working on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

A sign posted Wednesday on the box office window at the Sunshine Cinema in New York. The New York premiere of The Interview, a Sony Pictures comedy about the assassination of North Korean President Kim Jong Un, has been canceled.

Major Theater Chains Won't Screen 'The Interview' Amid Threats

News reports say Regal, AMC, Cinemark, Carmike and Cineplex will not screen the comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. The decision deals a blow to the film, which cost $44 million to make.

Sometimes the Lincoln Highway itself (pictured) is just a beautiful site as it stretches out toward the horizon, all along its coast-to-coast route. It doesn’t matter if you’re in Utah (or anywhere on the route) when you take "A Ride Along The Lincoln Highway."

A Ride Along The Lincoln Highway

Airs Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 (not available to stream on demand)

Members of the Brazilian Matis tribe compete in a blowgun competition in 2002. Do not try this at home.

Note To Teen Boy With Blowgun: It's Exhale, Not Inhale

Parents would like to think their teenage sons are spending the summer reviewing calculus. Unfortunately, at least a few of them may be manufacturing homemade blowguns, with unexpectedly painful results.

Turkeys sit in a barn in Sonoma, Calif. An estimated 46 million turkeys are cooked and eaten during Thanksgiving meals in the U.S.

Did Your Thanksgiving Turkey Take Any Antibiotics?

In our series Pharmed Food, we've been looking closely at how the livestock industry in the U.S. uses antibiotics, and what that might mean for human health.

$0 Profits Couldn't Hold Back This Year's Tech Darlings

Zero. That's the total amount of revenue created by Snapchat in 2013. It's the total profit collected by Twitter. And it's roughly how much Apple's stock price has increased between early last December and now.

Customers can get a tactile experience trying on glasses at Warby Parker's shop in New York City.

It's Boom Times For Pop-Up Shops As Mobile Shopping Clicks

One-click online shopping is changing how we shop. Stores with leases as short as a day are proliferating — meaning a storefront can be a designer clothing store one day and a test kitchen the next.

Hill staffers and PGA professionals mingle Wednesday at this year's National Golf Day event on Capitol Hill, which included an annual Democrats versus Republicans putting challenge.

On Links As In Life, D.C. Bipartisan Relations Are Deep In The Rough

Golf is a sport that's been enjoyed by both Democrats and Republicans through the decades, but bipartisan golf outings may be disappearing like a shanked tee shot into a water hazard.

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