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A harvester works through a field of corn near Santa Rosa, Calif. This corn has been genetically modified, and contains bacterial genes that kill certain insects, but the genes have become less effective.

As Biotech Crops Lose Their Power, Scientists Push For New Restrictions

Some of the first GMOs – corn and cotton plants that have been genetically modified to fend off insects – are running into problems. Bugs have become resistant to them because they've been overused.

President Donald Trump presents the "President's Cup" to the Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament winner Asanoyama, at Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium on Sunday.

PHOTOS: From Sumo Wrestling To Grand Parades, How World Leaders Try To Impress Trump

President Trump is in Japan this weekend, the latest country to try to get in his good graces with a good show.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn takes part in the funeral of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand.

Royal Cremation In Thailand To End Year Of Mourning For Beloved King

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was the world's longest-reigning living monarch when he died last year at the age of 88, will be cremated in an elaborate ceremony in Bangkok today.

The emergency water distribution center on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation serves as many as 900 people a day. People without transportation carry what they can, organizers said.

No Safe Drinking Water On Reservation Leaves Thousands Improvising

The Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon has been without safe drinking water since late May, and some people don't have any running water at all.

Shown from left to right: Tom Hughes as Prince Albert and Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria.

VICTORIA Season 3 On MASTERPIECE (Finale Encore This Sunday!)

Airs Sundays, Jan. 13 - March 3, 2019 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesdays, Jan. 15 & 22 at 9 p.m., Jan. 29 at 9:30 p.m., Feb. 5 at 10 p.m., Feb. 12 at 9:30 p.m., Feb 19-March 5 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Japan's Emperor Akihito (right) leaves after a ritual to report his abdication to the throne at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Japanese Emperor Akihito Abdicates Throne; New Crown Prince To Ascend

The 85-year-old emperor is the first to retire in more than 200 years. His son, the Crown Prince Naruhito, will become emperor on Wednesday.

Julia Alvarez: Literature Tells Us 'We Can Make It Through'

Julia Alvarez returns to adult fiction with Afterlife, which she calls her first novel as an "elder." It's about a newly retired woman whose comfortable life is upended when her husband dies.

A white-tailed deer emerges from the brush. The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge has some of the richest biological diversity in North America--with 1,200 plants, 300 butterflies, and 700 vertebrates, of which 520 are birds.

Border Wall Threatens National Wildlife Refuge That's Been 40 Years In The Making

Construction of the Trump administration's border wall has been slowed by difficulties acquiring private land, so the government is prioritizing construction inside federal nature sanctuaries.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh last month. "We are returning to what we were before — a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world," he said at the economic forum.

With Saudi Arrests, Crown Prince Shows He Can Force Change. But It's Not Democracy

The weekend's arrests don't mean Saudi Arabia is opening up to democracy. The rulers are unelected monarchs with a record of jailing critics and minorities. But the sweep of arrests marks a change.

Eric Carle and his most famous creation, during a 2009 appearance on the <em>Today</em> show.

A Very Happy 50th Birthday To 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'

Will author and artist Eric Carle's famously peckish creation be munching his way through some birthday cake? (Along with the salami, the pickle, the watermelon and the slice of Swiss cheese.)

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