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Atlas Obscura co-founder Dylan Thuras describes unbelievable, yet real islands from around the world. Don't forget your sunscreen.

On this date in 1933 President Roosevelt signed a new law into act. And in 1941, this major movie star was inducted into the Army.

Kim Ghattas grew up in Lebanon during the civil war and covered the Mideast for the BBC for 20 years. She says events in the region in 1979 set off waves of extremism and violence that continue today.

Due to a new Tennessee law limiting drag performances, many drag artists, as well as trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming musicians, worry about their prospects in Nashville and beyond.

Before beloved WNKU-FM vanishes into thin air at 6 p.m. Thursday Sept. 28, here's another installment of remembrances from loyal listeners and former...

Cuyahoga County Council is set to vote tonight on a plan to issue $140 million in bonds to pay for major renovations at Quicken Loans Arena. Principal and interest payments on the bonds are expected to add up to around $205 million, paid over 17 years, according to county financial advisor Tim Offtermatt. He said the cost of debt service will depend on the interest rate set when the county sells the bonds. Of that amount, the Cavs anticipate paying roughly $100 million, or about $6 million a year, in additional rent payments, according to Offtermatt.

The "Tell America It's Great" campaign, was started by a Toronto-based creative agency. It put out an open call for Canadians to share videos of what they like about America and what makes it great.

In 2016, a video of Pharrell Williams being floored by one of Rogers' demos went viral. She tells Lulu Garcia-Navarro how she arrived at a sound that marries acoustic folk to electronic production.

Water tests by the state environmental agency did not find dangerous levels of a corrosive chemical, after a leak from an asphalt plant led to a citywide drinking water ban beginning Dec. 14.

The Labor Department's latest report follows an especially robust survey for January that showed a gain of about 240,000 jobs.