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FILE - In this May 1, 2016 file photo, Asian elephants perform for the final time in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Providence, R.I. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end "The Greatest Show on Earth" in May 2017, following a 146-year run. Declining attendance combined with high operating costs, along with changing public tastes and prolonged battles with animal rights groups all contributed to its demise. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File) (AP)

Nowhere left to run away to: The final days of the circus

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FILE- In this Nov. 25, 2016, file photo, the Cuban community in Miami celebrates the announcement that Fidel Castro died in front La Carreta Restaurant early in Miami. For the hundreds of thousands of children born of Cuban exiles, some who are two and three generations removed from the island, Fidel Castro’s death potentially opens a door to a world previously off-limits. (David Santiago/El Nuevo Herald via AP, File) (AP)

After Fidel: Cuban-American millennials anticipate role in evolving Cuba

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