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The Wisconsin Republican received 236 votes, well above the 218 he needed to become speaker.

Lawmakers failed to pass a farm bill this year, and the current one expired on Monday. With this season's harvest underway, farmers are worried about getting crop insurance for the next cycle of planting.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley found the part of the brain that enables good decisions gets hazy after an all-nighter. The part that craves rewards is revved up for more.

The official MENA news agency denies reports that Mohammed Badie, who was arrested by Egyptian authorities earlier this month, has died.

The large glass windows at Artpace’s 445 North Main facility features an unusual new exhibit, with legs ascending from sand piles in the floor, swirling…

Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Christian Democrats party fell five seats short of an absolute majority in the national parliament. That may lead to changes in some economic policies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule that would require publicly traded companies to disclose the difference in pay between the company's CEO and its employees.

What tradition do you think really exists: "burning the devil" in Guatemala or leatherback turtle races in Barbados? Figure out whether holiday traditions from around the world are real or fake.

Candidates running in next year's Republican and Democratic primaries are hoping to win the lottery. But instead of winning millions of dollars, they…

A British teenager won the men's U.S. Amateur Golf Championship in Massachusetts on Sunday. In a way, it makes up for what happened on the same golf course in 1913.