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The Swedish Academy said it was awarding Thaler the prize in economics for his pioneering work in incorporating "psychologically realistic assumptions into analyses of economic decision-making."

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.

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.

Wildfires forced residents in the wine country north of San Francisco to flee. At least 10 people have died and Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in eight counties.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum explains how Stalin killed millions in the '30s by orchestrating a famine to suppress the nationalist movement and strengthen Russian influence in Ukraine.

Spanish flags suddenly adorn Madrid balconies. Many Spaniards are rallying behind their government as it cracks down on Catalonia's independence push. Some accuse Catalonia of threatening democracy.

Investigators still have not identified a motive in last week's mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas. The Clark County coroner will announce new findings in a press conference.

Those who favor lower levels of immigration have been effusive in their praise of the proposals the president released Sunday. Immigrant rights activists are outraged.

A lockdown at the university was lifted Monday night after a student accused of fatally shooting a campus police officer was apprehended. The suspect has been identified as 19-year-old Hollis Daniels.