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The Switzerland-based Balzan Foundation on Monday announced four awards of nearly $1 million for excellence in the humanities and hard sciences.

A new mural by the elusive street artist Banksy has appeared outside a London court. It shows a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel.

At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power.

President Donald Trump is swiftly implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for his policy goals.

Doug Wilson was once a fringe pastor in Idaho and is now a significant voice in the Christian right.

The housing market is becoming more buyer-friendly after years of sharply rising prices. Many Americans still can't afford homes, but those who can are finding that they have leverage to press sellers for better deals, such as lower prices and cash . ...

The NFL's two No. 1 seeds last season are off to 0-1 starts, and the Baltimore Ravens blew a 15-point fourth-quarter lead. Let the overreactions begin.

Actor Emily Osment is divorced and single. A judge's order dissolving the marriage of Osment and musician Jack Anthony Farina took effect Monday.

Israeli police and paramedics say that a shooting attack in Jerusalem injured least 15 people. Paramedics said six people are in serious condition after the Monday morning attack.

Josh Allen led Buffalo to three scores in the final four minutes, the last a 32-yard field goal by Matt Prater as time expired, and the Bills rallied from 15 points down to stun the Baltimore Ravens 41-40 in a season-opening thriller.