Cultivating the next generation of American farmers is the mission of a Virginia winemaker who worries about the future of the rural economy. He’s opened a free school to help students learn specialized skills and develop an understanding of the joys and fulfillment farming can offer. As urban sprawl swallows farm fields and pastureland, more young people are leaving city life behind to give working the land a try.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On April 16, 1818, the US and Canada agree on a border between the two countries. The Rush-Bagot Agreement provides for an unarmed border between the US and Canada, and no naval vessels on the Great Lakes. (A marker indicates the official border between the US and Canada in Richford, Vermont.)

Negative news drives party affiliation for a large number of Americans who identify as Democrat or Republican because they think the other party is harmful to the country. A new survey also finds that negative motivation is also prompting more Americans to call themselves independent.

VIDEO: Love and murder bind two Rwandan families more than 20 years after the genocide that left at least 800,000 people dead. Silas Bihizi joined other ethnic Hutus in killing five Tutsi neighbors — close relatives of Valens Rukiriza. Today, Bihizi and Rukiriza are not only neighbors, they’re also family whose children chose to marry each other.

Dreams of casino riches could lead to ruin for a Native American tribe in Massachusetts. After the federal government officially recognized the Mashpee Wampanoag in 2007, about 130 hectares of land were designated to be the Mashpee’s reservation. However, the tribe’s effort to build a casino on their new reservation has landed them millions of dollars in debt and could end up costing them their land.

Will France replace Britain as America’s BFF? French President Emmanuel Macron led the charge for the Western military strike on Syria, but as far as the British are concerned, he did so by shoving them out the way. The French aren’t disguising their ambition to replace Britain’s ‘special relationship’ with the US with an even stronger one of their own.

VIDEO: Many people view bullets as lethal projectiles or a potent symbol of protection, but a Miami artist sees them wearable art with a cause.