A chicken farm in Australia. Such farms can be a source of avian influenza outbreaks.

Fred Valla's farm was the target of Department of Agriculture quarantine because

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred is a freelance journalist based in Minneapolis. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, the Washington Post, and Sahan Journal.

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred is a freelance journalist based in Minneapolis. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, the Washington Post, and Sahan Journal.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

U.S. Presidents

From religious and patriotic holidays to celebrations of ethnic pride, explore the history of Easter, Passover, New Year's Day, Veterans' Day, Memorial Day and more annual observances.

Annual Observances

Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.

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