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As a young lawyer, Mohandas Gandhi wasn’t especially interested in politics—until 1894, when a law set out to disenfranchise Indians in South Africa. This is the story of how he became a global icon ...

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Two wooden posts sunk into a hillside three miles east of Stonehenge may have been the earliest known solar alignment on that ...

Ocean air and open sand can be found less than two hours from the Big Apple. Here are six of the best coastal escapes.

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