Tag: Cultural preservation
200 years: Remote St. Helena island marks Napoleon’s death
Getting to the remote South Atlantic island where Napoleon died 200 years ago got even harder during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Burkinabe fighters seek protection with spiritual traditions
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Antoine Ouedraogo didn’t run when Islamic extremist fighters killed his colleagues only feet away from him in northern Burkina Faso....
Hail collapses roof over Mexico City’s main Aztec temple
MEXICO CITY — The pre-Hispanic ruins of Mexico City’s Templo Mayor archaeological site suffered minor but reparable damage when large sections of a corrugated...
Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands tug-of-war
SALT LAKE CITY — For decades, a public lands tug-of-war has played out over a vast expanse of southern Utah where red rocks reveal...
Lawmaker seeks to end Louisiana’s ‘slavery exception’ clause
BATON ROUGE — A Louisiana lawmaker has put forward legislation to amend the state’s Constitution to abolish forced labor as punishment for those convicted...
Historic Houston movie theater closes due to pandemic
HOUSTON — A historic Houston theater that director Richard Linklater called his “film school” and that for decades was the place to catch hard-to-find...
One very jumbled year: Glimpses of AP’s pandemic journalism
Hugging loved ones. Shaking hands. Going to school. Grabbing dinner at a restaurant. Visiting elderly family members.
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Indiana circus barns built by `Lion King’ set for demolition
PERU, Ind. — Historic barns that a man once known as “The Lion King” built in northern Indiana to house circus animals are set...
Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history
Associated Press — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories...
