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Maryland’s Eastern Shore is known for its crabs, but fewer foreign worker visas could mean less crab meat in the months ahead. Since the 1980s, the crab houses have hired temporary foreign workers, mostly from Mexico, to extract meat from the crabs’ hard shells. But tighter restrictions left many businesses unable to obtain the temporary seasonal labor they need.

Most Americans seem to think it’s a good thing that President Trump plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month in Singapore. A new polls finds that 71 percent of respondents support the meeting, but that doesn’t mean they’re optimistic about the outcome.

A woman who flees the life of a gangster’s wife. The clash of the traditional versus the modern. A look at a rising new musical sound. All are showcased at a New York City film festival that explores universal themes from the African perspective.

VIDEO: Tessellated brownies anyone? Making homework edible is how one elementary school math teacher decided to help her students comprehend what they were learning. She’s now written books that make complicated topics more understandable by using food.

Ramadan began with funerals in Gaza as Palestinians mourned the dead after Israeli forces killed 60 earlier this week. Markets opened for the first time in days, but business was sparse. VOA is in Gaza where residents who suffer from extreme poverty and isolation worry about the lack of opportunity to get ahead.