$2 million in preservation grants aim to highlight diversity

Twenty sites that show the country's diversity and the fight for equality are vying for $2 million in preservation grant funding
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The Latest: Rain, winds from Gordon lash Alabama coast

Gusty winds and heavy rains have started on the Alabama coast as Tropical Storm Gordon nears
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Gordon may hit Gulf Coast as hurricane after nightfall

Tropical Storm Gordon could hit Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane after nightfall
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The Latest: Alabama barrier island empties as Gordon nears

A barrier island on Alabama's coast is virtually abandoned as Tropical Storm Gordon moves toward a landfall on the northern Gulf Coast
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The Latest: Coast Guard closes ports as Gordon approaches

The U.S. Coast Guard has closed three Gulf Coast ports as Tropical Storm Gordon approaches and is moving and helicopters out of the path of the storm
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The Latest: Louisiana governor says Gordon is dangerous

Louisiana's governor is urging his state's residents to remain vigilant for Tropical Storm Gordon, though the worst of the weather is forecast to hit east of th
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Gordon, moving fast, aims to hit Gulf Coast as hurricane

Tropical Storm Gordon is continuing to strengthen and is expected to become a hurricane late Tuesday when it hits the central U.S. Gulf Coast, including coastal
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New Louisiana Film Trail website; state plans more

Louisiana's new film trail runs from New Orleans and Elvis Presley's "King Creole" to northwest Louisiana's Bonnie and Clyde museum by way of the home of "Steel
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Frog symphony and ancient trees in a verdant Louisiana swamp

Frog symphony and ancient trees greet you in a verdant Louisiana swamp
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History, Hollywood and voodoo all in a New Orleans cemetery

If you've heard about New Orleans' famous cemeteries with their above-ground tombs, you've probably heard about the tomb of voodoo queen Marie Laveau in St. Lou
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9 animals dead after jaguar escape at New Orleans zoo

Officials at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans say nine animals have died after being attacked by a jaguar that escaped its enclosure
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The Latest: Zoo cites break in steel cable barrier in escape

Officials at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans say a break in a stainless-steel cable barrier may have provided enough space for a jaguar to escape its enclosure o
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Airside airport hotels

At several dozen major world airports, you can find overnight accommodations airside-- post security and post immigration. Airside hotels cater to two groups: T
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A geezer in Germany

Many years ago, I wrote that Germany should be "off limits" to economy travelers because of its high costs. Now, however, the cost of traveling in Germany compa
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Smile: Some airliners have cameras on seat-back screens

Some planes have cameras in their seat-back entertainment systems
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Correction: Travel-Portugal-Black History Month-Lagos

Correction: Travel-Portugal-Black History Month-Lagos-Slavery story
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Portuguese town opens window to its slave-trade history

Lagos, a Portuguese beach town of charming coastlines and sandstone cliffs, is also the birthplace of the African slave trade in Europe
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New York museum exhibit marks Jackie Robinson centennial

Exhibit on Jackie Robinson opens at Museum of the City of New York on centennial of birth of man who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier
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Seeking the mystery of vortexes in Sedona, Arizona

The sleepy Arizona town of Sedona has long been a quiet refuge for hikers, romantics and soul searchers
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US Border Patrol Museum opens a world on the evolving agency

A museum dedicated to the U.S. Border Patrol looks at how it has evolved along with the nation's views on immigration
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White deer have unusual home in upstate NY _ old Army depot

Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region is home to the largest white deer herd in the world; a tour of the grounds of the old military storage facility that is t
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White deer have unusual home in upstate NY _ old Army depot

Upstate New York's Finger Lakes region is home to the largest white deer herd in the world; a tour of the grounds of the old military storage facility that is t
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Trump to visit Florida, Georgia; search ongoing for missing

Upon touring the damage in several towns along Florida's Panhandle, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long called the destruction left by Hurrican
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Latest: 25 hospitalized, 5 serious, after LA highway crash

Authorities say 25 people were transported to hospitals with mostly minor injuries following a crash on a Los Angeles highway involving a bus and multiple cars
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Officials fear Hawaii hotel worker strike could go into 2019

Officials worry a strike of some 2,700 Marriott hotel workers in Hawaii could continue well into next year
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Investigators close case in fatal Alaska plane crash mystery

Federal investigators have closed their investigation into a decade-old fatal plane crash mystery on an Alaska island
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Heavy snow blankets Colorado, Wyoming in early season storm

Residents in Colorado and Wyoming woke up Sunday to find that an early season snowstorm blanketed their homes and roadways with up to a foot of snow and sent te
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Wind, rain nixes Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta farewell launch

Bad weather has cancelled the farewell launch on the final day of this year's Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
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Boy, 13, expected to recover from California shark attack

Hospital officials say a 13-year-old boy is expected to recover after a shark attacked him while he dived for lobsters for lobsters in Southern California
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As immigrants flow across US border, American guns go south

Gun-control advocates and some experts say the very violence that immigrants are fleeing is carried out by American guns that are smuggled over the border
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Southern California beach still closed after shark attack

A stretch of Southern California beach is still closed to surfers and swimmers a day after a 13-year-old boy was attacked by a shark while diving for lobsters
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The Latest: Volunteers plant flowers at Las Vegas memorial

Survivors of last year's mass shooting in Las Vegas are reuniting this weekend ahead of the anniversary of the tragedy.
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