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Eugene Levy accepts his award for lead actor in a comedy series for Schitt's Creek as his son (and creative partner) Dan Levy looks on at Sunday night's Emmy Awards.

The Emmys Pull Off A Good Show As 'Schitt's Creek' And 'Watchmen' Shine

Sunday night's Emmy Awards, which featured neither a large crowd nor a red carpet, managed to achieve a charming intimacy as Watchmen, Schitt's Creek and Succession all won major awards.

The National Book Foundation released its annual book award longlists on Friday.

Here Are The 50 Books Nominated for 2020 National Book Awards

There are writers on the longlist in five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation and young people's literature. Two debut novels are in the running for the fiction prize.

Esther Duflo of France waves after receiving the Princess of Asturias award for Social Sciences from Spain's King Felipe VI at a ceremony in Oviedo, northern Spain. She is only the second woman to win the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing it with Abhijit Banarjee and Michael Kremer.

3 Win Nobel Prize In Economics For Work In Reducing Poverty

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer will share the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

President Trump holds a Constitution Day proclamation after speaking Thursday during the White House Conference on American History at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Trump Announces 'Patriotic Education' Commission, A Largely Political Move

Trump decries what he says are a "twisted web of lies" being taught in U.S. classrooms about systemic racism in America. But the federal government does not have jurisdiction over school curriculum.

Imperial Beach's Wildcoast Honored For Efforts To Combat Climate Change

Wildcoast was one of 10 recipients of the 2019 Keeling Curve Prize which provides $250,000 to projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or increase carbon uptake.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, shown at a news conference on general elections in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in August, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work toward a peace initiative with neighboring Eritrea.

Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

The Ethiopian leader received the award for his efforts to bring an end to 20 years of war with neighboring Eritrea.

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk (left) won the postponed 2018 Nobel Prize for literature and Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke won the 2019 award. The Swedish Academy did not hand out a prize last year due to scandal.

Nobel Prizes In Literature Go To Olga Tokarczuk And Peter Handke

The Swedish Academy made the unusual move Thursday of recognizing both Handke, an Austrian writer, and Tokarczuk, who is Polish, after scandal prevented the committee from awarding a prize last year.

After The Big Explosion In Beirut, Volunteers Are Helping Out

In Lebanon, volunteers have stepped in to do the aid work still needed after the blast that ripped through Beirut a month ago. Many blame the government for inaction.

The 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Akira Yoshino (left), M. Stanley Whittingham and John B. Goodenough for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

3 Share Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Development Of Lithium-Ion Batteries

An American, British and Japanese scientist have jointly received the award, according to an announcement from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

An artist's impression shows the planet 51 Pegasi b. Discovered in 1995, it was the first planet ever found orbiting a Sun-like star outside our solar system.

3 Scientists Win Nobel Prize In Physics For Work On Earth's Place In The Universe

The Royal Swedish Academy of Science made the announcement Tuesday in Stockholm that a Canadian-American and two Swiss scientists had won the prize.

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