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Residents of Arecibo love the 350-foot-tall statue, which they hoped would bring tourists to their region. But they aren't fond of the conquistador who people say discovered the island and America.

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago for his pioneering work in behavioral economics. The announcement was made in Stockholm.

David Greene talks to Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, who has denounced the Trump administration's rollback of the Affordable Care mandate to cover birth control.

A food bank in Wales was given a can of Heinz kidney soup that was 46 years old. There's also a price tag in an old currency. The food bank reminded people to check dates.

It was created by a 24-year-old Pakistani woman who wants to avoid an arranged marriage at all costs. But she definitely has a sense of humor about it all.

Jonathan Eig's exhaustively researched new book paints a complex picture of Muhammad Ali, from his Kentucky childhood to his brilliant fighting style, his kindnesses, cruelties and eventual decline.

Trump wants sweeping immigration changes as part of any legislative fix for the program that allows DREAMers to stay in the U.S. Top Democrats say this "fails to represent any attempt at compromise."

Rupi Kaur came to Canada from India when she was four years old and didn't learn English well for years; she says her raw, minimalist poems are tailored for readers like her, with limited English.

At least 12 people are dead and 30 others missing, many of them children. Meanwhile, the situation in refugee camps in Bangladesh grows dire.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says Madrid will "do everything that legislation allows" to prevent Catalonia from acting on an Oct. 1 referendum that overwhelming went for independence.