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The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima
Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photos from Iwo Jima helped the United States raise $26 billion for the war and served as the basis ...
How a country wiped out sleeping sickness – the ‘frightening’ disease that requires a deadly drug to treat
Dr Wilfriend Mutombo used to be the only doctor in a village of 11,000 ridden with sleeping sickness infections. He would ...
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
A group of frustrated Yosemite National Park staffers hoping to draw attention to the federal government’s sweeping workforce cuts hung an upside-down American flag Saturday thousands of feet off the ...