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Tony Scott stands with the pumpkin he grew in his Wappingers Falls, N.Y., backyard on Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science

8:57 AM on Saturday, October 4

Every year, growers raise giant pumpkins and compete in annual weigh-offs against other colossal fruits

FILE - The group Phish, drummer Jon Fishman, guitarist Trey Anastasio, center, and bassist Mike Gordon, perform in this Dec. 31, 2002 file photo at New York's Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

Nectar's, the Vermont venue that launched Phish, closes on a quiet note after 50 years

8:26 AM on Saturday, October 4

The iconic Vermont venue known for launching the jam band Phish and fostering a variety of music and musicians has closed its doors after 50 years

People observe as security forces detain a man taking part in a youth led protest calling for education and health reforms, in Casablanca, Morocco, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Gen Z protests are shaking Morocco. Here's what to know

8:21 AM on Saturday, October 4

Protests have erupted in Morocco, driven by young people demanding change

In this photo made with a slow shutter speed, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review

8:10 AM on Saturday, October 4

Now it's five federal courts that have rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end automatic citizenship for the children of people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily

Bishop Yehiel Curry, who was recently elected as the first Black presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), poses for a photo, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Talia Sprague)

Largest US Lutheran denomination to install Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop

7:54 AM on Saturday, October 4

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installs the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop on Saturday, marking a historic moment for the predominantly white denomination

More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

6:50 AM on Saturday, October 4

More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says

Models wear creations during the First Look as part of the Courreges Spring/Summer 2026 collection presented in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

A look at the latest styles and trends at Paris Fashion Week, in photos

6:10 AM on Saturday, October 4

A large lithium battery energy storage system operated by Key Capture Energy that can power 15,000 homes for two hours during outages or high demand sits surrounded by a fence in Blasdell, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects

6:02 AM on Saturday, October 4

Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly being used to store power for electrical grids, but some localities are concerned about fire risks

Iran executes 6 death-row inmates it alleges carried out attacks in the country's oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel

3:05 AM on Saturday, October 4

Iran executes 6 death-row inmates it alleges carried out attacks in the country's oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel

A Syrian woman passes in front of posters showing Syrian-American Jew Henry Hamra, a candidate for the Syrian Parliamentary elections, in the Jewish neighborhood of old Damascus, Syria Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Many Syrians are unaware of the first parliamentary election since Assad's fall

2:11 AM on Saturday, October 4

The streets of Damascus show little sign a parliamentary election is set to take place

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become country’s first female prime minister

1:56 AM on Saturday, October 4

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become country’s first female prime minister

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Couples should never go to bed angry, right? It might be time to rethink that

12:07 AM on Saturday, October 4

Couples should never go to bed angry, right

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The GOP says it's winning the shutdown. Some fear Trump's cuts may change that

12:03 AM on Saturday, October 4

President Donald Trump is using the federal shutdown to push deep spending cuts in states that backed Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024

FILE - President Donald Trump silences his mobile phone in the Oval Office of the White House, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump's 'paper tiger' jab at Russia echoes Mao's propaganda against the US

12:01 AM on Saturday, October 4

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have been trading barbs using the term "paper tiger," a phrase popularized by the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong

Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM

9:45 PM on Friday, October 3

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister

Trader Michael Conlon works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the rate decision of the Federal Reserve is announced, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

DC’s shutdown hasn't stopped the stock market. Here’s what may

5:34 PM on Friday, October 3

The U.S. stock market continues to rise despite the government's latest shutdown

Police guard the scene of a stabbing incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, following Thursday's attack. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

What to know about the attack at a synagogue in England on Yom Kippur

8:16 AM on Thursday, October 2

A man drove a car into people and stabbed them outside a synagogue in northwestern England on the holiest day of the Jewish year

Today in History: October 4, Soviets launch Sputnik, spark the Space Age

12:10 PM on Friday, September 5

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