Congress earlier approved the legislation in a rare, bipartisan move, signalling how pressing the housing issue has become for American voters.

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Once called the "wildest woman in America", this fearless knife-wielding naturalist has lived off the land for 53 years, fighting to preserve Cumberland Island for future travellers.

Vincent van Gogh transformed an ordinary city square into something special with his first "starry night" painting in 1888. Here's how he did it, and what it means.

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Danish adventurer Thor Pedersen set himself a challenge to visit 1,001 regions around the world in his lifetime.

From a Soviet-era sanatorium to a floating market in Bangladesh, this year's World Food Photography Awards capture the many ways food shapes daily life around the world.