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Tonight’s vice presidential debate takes place in the tiny town of Farmville, a community that illustrates why Virginia is a key swing state this election season. The latest polls show Democrat Hillary Clinton has a seven-point lead in the state, but the proliferation of pro-Trump campaign signs in the area suggests Farmville might be Trump country.

This will be the only televised debate between the two U.S. vice presidential candidates. The faceoff between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence comes a week after the first of three presidential debates between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, a debate that energized Democrats and disappointed some Republicans. Here’s what to look for in the vice-presidential debate.

U.S. Republicans haven’t won a presidential election since 2004, prompting plenty of gloom-and-doom talk about the future of the Grand Old Party. But dig a little deeper and you’ll discover where Republicans are leaving Democrats in the dust.

Forget politics and religion. Men who are viewed as terrorists instead talk about their fears, hopes and regrets — and participate in art therapy — while incarcerated in a Lebanese prison. Two pioneering social worker sisters help the men explore why they turned to radicalism; it all pretty much comes down to this.

Migrants in Calais can see the promised land — the white cliffs of Dover, England — from their sprawling tent camp. That view will become even more distant after French authorities close the camp and the British-funded ‘great Wall of Calais’ — conceived to deter asylum-seekers — is completed.

It’s time to rethink the North Korean nuclear threat, according to members of a U.S.-based task force that includes former high-ranked U.S. military and political leaders. They’re pushing for a new strategy that could re-invigorate the peace process on the Korean Peninsula — an approach that calls for change, but not necessarily regime change.

VIDEO: The hottest ticket in town right now is the Smithsonian’s newest offering, the African American Museum of History and Culture. Inside, you’ll see relics of the past and a celebration of contributions to American culture. But here’s what you might not know.