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The son of a Nigerian farm laborer who rose out of poverty to earn graduate degrees in agricultural economics and spent his career improving the availability of seed, fertilizer and financing for African farmers is the winner of this year's World Food Prize announced Monday.

Warren Buffett's company is spending $377 million to pick up 9.8 percent of a real estate investment trust called Store Capital.

The focus is on the Supreme Court as the high-stakes legal fight over President Donald Trump's travel ban awaits action by the justices.

Senate Republicans skeptical about a GOP health overhaul bill are expressing some doubt about holding a vote this week as they await a key analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. President Donald Trump, making a final…

Gun rights advocates entered the Trump era with high hopes. After years of frustration they thought a gun-friendly president and Congress would advance their agenda. At the top of the list is a gun-owner's ability to bring a legal weapon across any state lines.

"We lived through our worst fear."        

Authorities in California are investigating two possible hate crimes against Islamic centers in Sacramento and Davis.

Toronto Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna says he is out of sorts mentally, feeling "anxious" and "weird." And that is why he was unavailable to pitch Friday.

Celebrating a decade at the creative helm of Dior Homme on Saturday, designer Kris Van Assche held court with Christian Slater, Jamie Bell and Kata Mara at his catwalk collection that paid homage to the iconic Dior…

A prominent independent newspaper in Bahrain earlier shut down by the government as part of a crackdown on dissent has laid off its staff.

A mother whose baby drowned in a running bathtub while she was on Facebook Messenger now faces a charge in the child's death.        

People are calling for a University of Delaware professor to be fired after she wrote on Facebook that Otto Warmbier "got exactly what he deserved."        

A federal judge in Denver has ordered the release of a man who has been detained for 5½ years after being accused of providing material support to an Uzbek terror organization.

An adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign who called for Hillary Clinton to be shot is visiting the White House.

Last year, a third of the nation's honeybee colonies disappeared, which is low considering the bigger die-offs of the last decade.