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The exact number of children who’ve gone through the Islamic State’s child soldier boot camp is unknown, but a recent video showing IS child executioners has prompted growing concern about what will happen to the children forced to live under IS, some of whom may have been severely brutalized.

‘The most corrupt enterprise in political history’. That’s what Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls the Clinton Foundation, yet he’s listed as a donor who’s given $100,000 to $250,000. Just what is the Clinton Foundation and what does it do?

UnAmerican? There’s probably no spectator sport in the United States that’s more popular than America football. So when one of the sport’s big stars refuses to stand for the national anthem, calling the action a protest against racial inequality, people notice.

She cooks. He mows. Even though America might elect its first woman president in November, a recent survey finds most Americans still believe in a traditional division of household and family duties, with mom in the kitchen and dad out in the garage.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: If you don’t understand the phrases ‘FOMO’ or ‘JOMO’, you’re probably too old, or too young, to be in the know. Here’s a sampling of the new millennial lingo.

A number of America’s national parks cover ground considered sacred by Native Americans. One explorer, who’s determined to visit all 400-plus of America’s national parks on their 100th birthday, is also discovering the continent’s rich Native American history.

VIDEO: VOA is in Kenya during a rite of passage ceremony for young girls transitioning into womanhood. Some communities are slowly embracing new traditions that don’t include female genital mutilation. You might be surprised to hear what a woman who performed female circumcisions for 20 years thinks of this new approach.

Recycling is big business in the construction industry but concrete — the most widely used building material on Earth — has mostly been left behind. That poses a problem for the environment because concrete has a huge carbon footprint. However, recycling concrete might finally be an idea whose time has come.