ORLANDO, Fla., March 19 (UPI) -- Climate change, craft brewing and local food trends are powering greater interest in a new Florida crop, hops, and some initial attempts to grow barley in Florida.

March 18 (UPI) -- Former president George W. Bush used a naturalization ceremony Monday at his library in Dallas as an opportunity to call for bipartisan immigration reform.

March 18 (UPI) -- A Colorado ski resort launched 21 homemade works of art on a big jump for the 2019 Dummy Downhill Competition.

March 18 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a gunman in the 2002 Beltway Sniper case should receive a new sentence because he was a teenager at the time.

March 18 (UPI) -- Fidelity National Information Services said Monday it's buying a major payment processing company for $35 billion -- the sector's largest acquisition to date.

March 18 (UPI) -- An escaped cow running loose in New Jersey was caught on video running to a Chick-fil-A restaurant.

March 18 (UPI) -- Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday a knife attack that killed two won't deter his government from building more settlements in disputed territory.

March 18 (UPI) -- Animal rescuers in New York state rushed to a college where a deer was found with its antler caught in a soccer net.

March 17 (UPI) -- A new study shows that people who drink two or more sugar-filled beverages, such as soda, have a 31 percent greater chance of dying early from a cardiovascular event.

March 18 (UPI) -- Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke raised more than $6 million in the first 24 hours of his campaign as he flexes his grassroots strength.