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Illinois farmer Wendell Shauman is a Trump supporter, but he doesn’t agree with the president when it comes to limiting trade with Cuba. President Donald Trump plans to reverse former president Barack Obama’s efforts to ease restrictions on the Caribbean island nation. Shauman’s farming costs have increased, but the price for his crops haven’t. He’d hoped ending the US trade embargo with Cuba would boost his bottom line and continues to believe that ‘walking away from a Cuba market is just nonsense.’

There’ve been more cases of measles in Minnesota this year than in the entire rest of the country combined. The virus broke out in the mostly Muslim Somali-American community which, at one time, had the highest rates of vaccinations against measles in the entire state. But then anti-vaccination groups spoke out against the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, saying it could cause autism.

VIDEO EXPLAINER: Almost half of all US jobs are at risk of automation, according to Oxford University. Could a robot really do  your job? Experts say that could depend on what you do.

Making it in Hollywood might seem impossible to many, but that’s not the case for writers who dare to dream big at a shared work area on the edge of Tinseltown. The sprawling converted house offers writers a space for creative tasks in quiet surroundings or nooks to share ideas over coffee until they can turn out the next Hollywood blockbuster.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: Texas might be one of the most diverse states in the nation, but there’s one thing all Texans seem to agree on and that’s how special their state is. We asked folks to tell us what makes Texas great and their answers will make you smile.

Almost 40 years after the end of the Khmer Rouge regime, some residents near the Cambodian border with Vietnam are still waiting for electricity. VOA visited the Svay Rieng Province, where neighbors are taking matters into their own hands by going solar for their most basic needs.

Work hard. Learn hard. One-quarter of the population in Myanmar is impoverished. One-out-of-five children between the ages 10 and 17 works to help support their families. VOA is in Yangon, where many of these working young people left school years ago, but now the classroom is coming to some of them.