The odds of Maria Corina Machado winning the prize jumped from 3.75% to nearly 73% before the announcement was made.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and representative government.

Three scholars have been awarded the Nobel prize for economics for work that shows how societies become more prosperous over time, describing and modeling how technological innovation fuels growth. The big picture: The award comes at a moment of worry that some of the underpinnings of future growth — like biomedical research and science funding — are under assault in the U.