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European travel guide Rick Steves, stuck at home

For four decades Rick Steves has introduced many to the pleasures of international travel, through his popular PBS series, specials and guidebooks. During the pandemic, correspondent Conor Knighton learns, the man who has canvassed Europe’s best- and least-known tourist sites has learned the simple pleasures gained in an unfamiliar destination: his own kitchen. Source

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Travel photographers on capturing images close to home

During the pandemic, photographers who are used to working in exotic locations have been focusing on more local subject matter, opening up new avenues of creativity. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with Ami Vitale, whose work frequently appears in National Geographic magazine, and lifestyle photographer Gray Malin, about how the lockdown forced them both to reach a new understanding of their work – and their purpose. Source

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Search for clues in deadliest U.S. mass shooting

ISIS is claiming responsibility for the terror attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando. We’re learning the names of some of the 50 people who were killed early Sunday morning. Fifty-three people were wounded in the attack, and one surgeon warned the death toll is likely to rise. Josh Elliott reports from Orlando. Source

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Suspected gunman’s ex-wife speaks to reporters

Speaking from her home in Boulder, Colorado, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen, the suspected gunman in the deadly Orlando mass shooting, said that Mateen wanted to be a police officer and had a license for a gun in Florida. Vladimir Duthiers and Elaine Quijano have more. Source

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