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Long gone are the days when pawn shops were considered seedy places, where only people down on their luck went to make a quick buck. Today’s pawn shops, mostly independently owned, look more like a brightly lit, welcoming second-hand store.

Deal or no deal? Trade talks between the U.S. and China — the world’s two largest economies — have reached a critical phase. Yet mixed signals coming from the White House and Beijing are causing analysts to question whether President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, will be able to finalize an agreement to end a costly trade war by early April as originally predicted.

VIDEO: U.S. scientists say they are using a unique method of analyzing DNA and researching genealogy to help investigators solve decades-old murder cases. VOA visited Parabon Nanolabs in Reston, Virginia to learn more.

VIDEO: The crash of the Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 early Sunday, less than five months after the same model aircraft crashed in Indonesia, has raised questions about its safety. Some airlines around the world have grounded their fleets of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft following Sunday’s crash, but airlines in the United States have not. Experts say the new 737 Max 8 has a different operating system from previous 737 models. 

VIDEO: One of the biggest concerns for university graduates in Iraq is finding a job. Young graduates often seek the government’s help to find employment, but in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq’s Kurdish region there’s another alternative. An organization called 5-1 Labs helps train and fund young graduates who want to start a small business.