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In 2013, Ukraine was the world’s fourth-largest corn exporter and sixth-largest wheat exporter.

The outbreak of the virus in West Africa captivates the public’s imagination, but people should fear it less than HIV and other diseases.

Fears that the killer Ebola virus will spread beyond areas already affected by an ongoing outbreak are overblown, experts say.

Monsanto's second-quarter growth outpaced Wall Street's expectations as the company's seed business continued to boost revenues.

Crimea and Guinea have an unexpected connection in their relationships to hemorrhagic fevers.

A new campaign called "Wages For Facebook" has some activists demanding that the social media giant pay its users for their activity.

Reports suggesting that the polar bear at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has been forced indoors due to the so-called polar vortex have been exaggerated.

A Brooklyn man has been charged with committing five "knockout game" style attacks targeting women across the borough.

Read the full autopsy report on the July 25, 2013, death of Barnaby Jack, who died of an accidental drug overdose, according to the San Francisco medical examiner's office.

The New York Times columnist's piece admitting that he smoked pot but balking at legalization lit up the comment threads Friday.

As Hercules blankets the northeast, Bill de Blasio needs to prevent the kind of mess that came with 2010's snowstorm.

Denver Int'l Airport has banned possession of marijuana, despite Colorado's approval in November 2012 of a law legalizing it.

The new year is finally here, so take a moment to check out what the 2014 calendar and learn about key dates, holidays and more.

A major outage at Endurance International Group caused the company's website-hosting outfits including BlueHost and HostGator to go down Tuesday.

A photo that soccer star Nicolas Anelka seems to think is of President Obama doing the gesture has sparked controversy.

Google Trends data show that LeBron James' name is a more popular search term in Ohio than Florida, despite the fact that he left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat in 2010.

A viral photo supposedly of a $181 million lottery winner who "found the love of his life" has been exposed as a hoax.

Officials in France are pursuing a legal way to ban the controversial comedian Dieudonné from performing material they have dubbed "anti-Semitic" in the country.

Here are 10 reasons to be happy that Michael Bloomberg's 12-year reign as New York City's mayor is finally drawing to a close.

What's the real story behind the so-called knockout game in Brooklyn, New York?

The NAACP has condemned Phil Robertson for "racist" remarks the "Duck Dynasty" star made in a controversial interview with GQ.

Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding that A&E lift its suspension of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson over his anti-gay remarks.

"Duck Dynasty" fans and conservatives took to Twitter Wednesday to express outrage over A&E's suspension of star Phil Robertson after anti-gay remarks he made were published in GQ magazine.

Millions of customers' credit and debit card information has reportedly been stolen in a massive data breach at Target department stores.

Georgia 56-year-old Ira Curry is one of two Americans who hold winning tickets in Tuesday's $648 million Mega Millions drawing.

Find out how Akinator, the online genie program that asks you 20 questions and guesses which character you have in mind, works.

Officials are looking into claims that the Wall Street giant tried to impede the investigation of its ties to the swindler.

Food and public health advocates say the FDA's new plan to reduce the overuse of antibiotics on food animals isn't restrictive enough.

Watch a livestream of the ongoing protests in Kiev, Ukraine, which appear to be reaching a breaking point as police officers move in.