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‘Magic’ CT attraction is ready to blossom. How a couple created a farm visitors joyfully flock to.
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (1108+ words) The season is short at Wicked Tulips Flower Farm, but the joyful feeling vibrant tulips bring is likely to stay in the hearts of visitors for a long time. The popular you-pick farm with two locations, one in Kingstown, R.I. and…...
Uganda reintroduces rhinos into a protected area where they have been extinct since 1983
2+ week, 2+ day ago (290+ words) On Tuesday, two southern white rhinos from a private ranch in the East African country were reintroduced into Kidepo Valley National Park in the country's northeast. Two more rhinos in metallic crates arrived there on Thursday. There have been no…...
Women in South Africa take up guns and martial arts for protection against gender violence
4+ week, 23+ hour ago (892+ words) The group, some as young as 13 and others up to 65, are looking for ways to protect themselves in a country where gender-based violence is such a critical problem that it was declared a national disaster by the government in November....
US lawmakers limp to global security summit trailed by political crises at home
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (14+ words) US lawmakers limp to global security summit trailed by political crises at home'Hartford Courant...
Paris wine show reflects surging demand for zero- and low-alcohol drinks
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (99+ words) Paris wine show reflects surging demand for zero- and low-alcohol drinks'Hartford Courant "People are convinced that you can't have fun if you don't drink alcohol in France," she says. Which is one of the reasons that Bobin trekked up to…...
Mining giant Anglo American faces class action appeal over alleged lead poisoning in Zambia
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (381+ words) The class action by women and children asks South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal to overturn a judgment by a lower court that dismissed their case against Anglo American South Africa. They allege that a mine in the Zambian city…...
Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods reaches 86
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (394+ words) Senzo Mchunu, the country's top law enforcement official, spoke to police rescue teams that have been searching for missing people and recovering bodies in and around the town of Mthatha since the floods hit in the predawn hours of Tuesday....
Opinion: Thoughts on making amends in the CT town built on slaughter of elephants
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (424+ words) Tucked into the historic river town of Essex in southeastern Connecticut, the village of Ivoryton is a quiet, quaint, abundantly wooded, generously flowered and friendly place. It has a lot more going for it, too, including the storied Ivoryton Playhouse,…...
Photos capture South Africa’s emotional WTC final victory over Australia at Lord’s
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (148+ words) By The Associated Press South Africa has upset Australia by five wickets to win the World Test Championship on the fourth day of the final at Lord's. The South Africans celebrated their first major trophy in 27 years on Saturday. Here…...
AP PHOTOS: A street parade lights up South Africa’s tough Hillbrow district
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (78+ words) By JEROME DELAY JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) " The streets of Hillbrow, a tough downtown Johannesburg district more famous for its hijacked buildings, poverty and raging crime, came alive on this sunny Saturday morning as hundreds joined in a joyful street…...