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Professor Bill Sutherland, of the University of Cambridge, talks about his foray into Mesopotamian cooking during lockdown.

For centuries, Venice maintained strong economic and social ties with the Islamic world. The city's art and architecture bear the mark of this vibrant exchange.

Efforts to restore the National Museum in Kabul are not unlike the struggle to rebuild Afghanistan itself. Two and a half years after reopening, the three-story building at the edge of Kabul has more scaffolding than exhibits.

Terry Boring was working a dead-end job at a Pittsburgh convenience store when he had a remarkable encounter. Now he's a vice president at a bank.

Maple sap is being gathered to make maple sugar. A crew in Keene, N.Y., has been working in an 80-acre sugar bush. They will tap 10,000 maple trees in the next few weeks.

After a dominant performance over Holy Cross in the first game of the season, 14th-ranked Syracuse men’s lacrosse has dropped three straight contests to ranked opponents. WAER’s Ben Spector details the latest loss to 13th-ranked Army.

Oil surged past triple-digit prices for the first time since 2014. The breach of the psychologically significant milestone is bound to reinforce fears about inflation.

This is gold medalist Kaillie Humphries first medal for the U.S. The champion previously won gold and bronze medals for her home country of Canada.

Goldman Sachs says it's "winding down its business in Russia in compliance with regulatory and licensing requirements," two weeks after the country first invaded Ukraine.

To mark the 100th anniversary of composer Aram Khachaturian's birth, NPR's Tom Huizenga profiles the man behind "Sabre Dance".