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A Very Royal Scavenger Hunt
In a time when global 24-hour news coverage can engender feelings of powerlessness, the sense of control that online sleuthing generates is potent. But those same impulses can take a dark turn.
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Should Wildlife Advocates Help Set Hunting Rules in Vermont?
A bill that would add people who don’t hunt to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board has stirred an outcry in a state known for both progressive politics and rural traditions.
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Britain Is Cutting Taxes Again. Why Now?
The government announced a budget as a national election looms. Here’s what you need to know.
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U.K. to Cut Taxes Again as Election Nears
The Conservative government, trailing badly in the polls, proposed the second tax cut in four months.
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‘The Climate’s No Good’: The Hunt for White Truffles Gets Pricier
Primo and Scilla led the way deeper into the woods near Amandola, in central Italy. Across a gurgling brook, up a muddy slope, over mossy tree limbs, through a tangle of brambles and vines, the dogs covered acres of terrain. For nearly three hours ...
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Her Livelihood? Hunting Pythons in the Dead of Night.
An unexpected chill can fall over the Florida Everglades late at night. Stars speckle the sky. Frogs croak and croak, their mating calls echoing in the air. It is all peace and wonder until you remember why you are out at this hour, on the flatbed of ...
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The Butterfly Net and the Magic of Attention
If you have ever gone bird watching, or looked for wildflowers or mushrooms, or hunted for deer or rabbits, you will know the strange enchantment of searching for nature’s hidden treasures. I myself first knew it in childhood, hunting for butterflies ...
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The Fight Over Fox Hunting: A Cold War on England’s Muddy Fields
Some groups still ride out even though the hunting of foxes using dogs was banned in 2004. They are confronted by anti-hunt activists in a very British clash of class, tradition and town versus country.
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What to Know About the U.K. Budget Proposal
LONDON — The British government on Thursday unveiled its much-anticipated budget proposal as the country sinks into recession after months of ...
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