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High in fiber and protein, chickpeas are playing a starring role on menus. They’re also good for soil health — and growing demand could help restore soils depleted by decades of intensive farming.

Torn developed an unpredictable and stubborn reputation, both on camera and in his personal life, but his performances also proved influential on scores of successful television shows.

It could boost the economy, but experts say that not all plans to wipe out student debt increase racial and economic equity.

Expanding health benefits to more undocumented immigrants was praised by state Democrats, but some Republicans worried about California becoming a “magnet” for migrants in search of coverage.

About 104,000 migrants were taken into custody after crossing the Southwest border — a 28% drop from May. The hot-weather drop “outpaces last year’s decline by 11 percent,” DHS said.

Defense Department officials released their tally on Tuesday after mounting pressure to detail the costs for taxpayers, but they say personnel participation was part of the training budget.

Certain circles of the Internet are aghast that the ingenue — actress and singer Halle Bailey — is African American. “Spoiler alert … the character of Ariel is a work of fiction,” Disney said.

Oman has emerged as a quiet facilitator of dialogue, including between Iran and the U.S. “We always keep a focus not on the negative, but on the positive,” says Oman’s incoming U.N. ambassador.

The judges upheld a lower court decision that found Trump used the platform for official purposes, which precludes him from banning users because they disagree with his views.

President Trump said Alexander Acosta has done a good job leading the Labor Department but will look into his involvement in a decade-old plea agreement with the financier accused of sex trafficking.

Billionaire Richard Branson is partnering with a group of investors to take his space tourism company public. The stock market debut is expected later this year.

Jeff Guinn weaves in a portrait of America’s burgeoning love affair with the automobile. But his book rests heavy on the men’s positive attributes, while shying away from their “unfortunate flaws.”

The National Museum of American History said it has a long commitment to documenting “history as it unfolds.” It reached out to pediatricians who shared images made by children after their release.

The baseball commissioner’s charming, informative memoir is about the best you can hope to read from a powerful professional sports insider — even if Selig is too defensive on steroids.

“In business and in life, Ross was a man of integrity and action,” his family said in a statement. Perot, who had battled leukemia, died Tuesday at his home in Dallas.

Some borrowers default on their student loans at much higher rates than others — and they’re not the borrowers with the highest debt.

The songs tell women they are “more than a mother” — then promote the pharmaceutical company’s fertility treatment programs. But the music videos raise some concerns.

It’s the most diverse field ever, and the largest in at least 40 years. Potentially two dozen Democrats are entering a long, drawn-out primary process to take on President Trump in 2020.

The billionaire hedge fund manager, who has focused on impeaching the president, launched his presidential bid — with no mention of impeachment.

The backlash to the bill has prompted the most serious challenge to the Beijing-controlled government of Hong Kong since the former British colony was returned to China in 1997.

Club music is often grounded in bass and rhythm, but electronic and dance songs that feature wind instruments explore innovation as well as connections with histories of jazz and indigenous music.

The rule, which had support from the Trump administration and consumer rights advocates, is a blow to the White House searching for ways to pressure pharmaceutical companies to lower prices.

Congressional leaders say they want to pass a budget deal that would avoid deep spending cuts for at least a year. But talks have stalled, and many blame the White House’s acting chief of staff.

Fresh off its fourth Women’s World Cup title, the U.S. Women’s National Team has its eyes set on another prize: more money. The women make less than their male counterparts.

Alabama officials tell NPR that if the FBI had shared its case file, they would have investigated the James Reeb murder case while one of the assailants was still alive.

The ACA is again being put to the test, after a lower court judge ruled the massive health law unconstitutional. The case might yet ricochet back to the Supreme Court ahead of the 2020 election.

Prosecutors have not accused the shipping company of any wrongdoing, but at least three of the company’s ships have been subject to drug raids this year.

Two new reports from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have found widespread problems in hospice care and say the government needs to open its scorecards on hospice care to the public.