
DOJ Set to Announce Criminal Charges Against Raúl Castro
The Justice Department is expected to announce criminal charges against former Cuban president, Raúl Castro, based on a 1996 incident in which Cuban jets shot down two planes, killing four Cuban Americans. Castro was the defense minister at the time, making him the nation’s highe
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UN-designated on the birthday of Anton Janša, a Slovenian beekeeper. Pollinators are responsible for a third of global food production — bees punch well above their weight.
National Strawberry Day
The garden strawberry is a hybrid first bred in Brittany, France in the 1750s by crossing a Chilean variety with a North American one. The resulting fruit spread across Europe and eventually produced the modern commercial strawberry. The US now grows 1.4 billion pounds per year, 90% of it in California.