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A tourist strolls along the white sand of Maya Beach in Thailand. The destination was once overrun by visitors, but thanks in part to the pandemic, its ecosystem has had time to recover.

In Thailand, the pandemic helped a famous beach recover from an onslaught of tourists

The Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach helped put Maya Bay on the "must see" list of every visitor to Thailand. But that proved too much for its delicate ecosystem. The pandemic helped change that.

Sen. Ted Cruz challenged a federal law that bars federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay a candidate's loans to his own campaign. He triumphed at the Supreme Court Monday.

Supreme Court sides with Sen. Ted Cruz in campaign finance case

At issue was a federal law that has been on the books for 20 years that barred federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay loans made to their campaigns.

People walk in a city park around a Soviet-era monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, in June 2020.

Kyiv will dismantle a Soviet-era monument and rename streets linked to Russia

The People's Friendship Arch was gifted to Ukraine by the Soviet government in the 1980s. Kyiv's mayor says the statue underneath is being dismantled, and the arch will be renamed and repainted.

Journalists conduct interviews on the doorstep of an hotel on Maidan Square on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Pulitzer Prize Board is honoring the courage and commitment of Ukranian journalists.

Ukrainian journalists win a Pulitzer citation for their courage and persistence

At least seven journalists have been killed while covering the war in Ukraine, while many face shelling, shooting and detention on the job. They were recognized by the Pulitzer Prize Board on Monday.

Cary Elwes, shown here in 2019, says he is recovering from a snake bite.

A rattlesnake bit Cary Elwes. Here's what to do if it happens to you

Don't apply a tourniquet or try to suck out the poison. Instead, call 911 and do your best to stay calm.

Angel Olsen's <em>Big Time </em>is big-hearted record that achieves thrilling grandiosity and cheek-warming intimacy.

For Angel Olsen, the shortest distance between loss and love is a country song

For the songwriter's sixth album, she leans into a retro country sound for a big-hearted set of songs about grief and burgeoning love.

Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharman playing a concert in Pune, India, in 2009. Sharma died Tuesday at age 84.

Celebrated Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharma has died at age 84

Reverentially known as Pandit ("teacher"), Shivkumar Sharma took the hammered dulcimer from humble folk instrument to classical concert stages around the world. He died Tuesday in Mumbai.

Tree planters walk into a cut block with no road access, carrying food, water and a full load of trees to be planted. Unpaid walk-ins of up to an hour are not uncommon in remote areas.

How planting trees fostered a sense of belonging and changed this filmmaker's life

Cinematographer Luc Forsyth documents the back-breaking manual labor and niche community of tree planting.

Part of the group forming the new organization (L - R): Maso Kibble, Diamond Anthony, Jessica Kallup, Manny Frank-Lampon, Rich Frank-Lampon, André Henson aka Alzei Barbei Mizrahi, Elicia Gonzales, Jamaal Henderson, Abdul-Aliy Muhammad.

Philly's Pride March returns this week with new organizers and focus

A new group of mostly Black and brown LGBTQ organizers are throwing the Pride March in Philadelphia on June 5, trying to rebuild the event into something more welcoming — and more revolutionary.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in a New York courtroom in 2020. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of forcible touching.

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleads guilty to forcibly touching a woman

She accused him of touching her at a Manhattan night spot. The court had ruled prosecutors could bring in testimony by two other women who allegedly would accuse him of sexual groping.

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