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“Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It,” by Tom Philpott (Bloomsbury Publishing) Americans long have taken abundant and cheap food for granted, blessed as we are by millions of acres of fertile farmland,

In a crisis, long-term planning may lose out to quick and dirty solutions — regardless of the consequences.

Neither evening stocks nor jasmine tobacco are particularly worthy plants by day. But as darkness falls, the petals of each of these flowers unfurl to release a delicious, heavy scent.

Helen Humphreys first learned about a 1947 murder committed by a man called "Rabbit Foot Bill" after she was approached at a book reading over a decade ago.

Can I use a face shield instead of a mask? No. Health officials don’t recommend the clear plastic barriers as a substitute for masks because of the lack of research on whether they keep an infected person from spreading viral droplets to others.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

SACO, Maine — Aquaboggan Water Park says “strict and inconsistent state regulations” have forced it to close for the season.

CBS Sports will devote five hours of programming Sunday to examining racism in sports.

Comedian John Oliver upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to name its sewage treatment plant after him.

NEW YORK — Pipo is a young girl in a new book for kids who insists that pizza is the best food on Earth. Prompted by her mom to prove it, Pipo goes across her neighbourhood testing alternatives: tagine, red beans and rice, bibimbap and dumplings.