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October 15, 2024

Pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins California contest

With his winning gourd this year weighing in at 2,471 pounds, Minnesota horticulture teacher Travis Gienger remains the reigning champion of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in California.

October 15, 2024

Canada-India ties could take a long time to recover

India and Canada have expelled each other's top diplomats over the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and allegations of other crimes.

October 15, 2024

North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road and rail links in a symbolic display of anger

In a move that underlines North Korea's growing anger with South Korea, North Korea has blown up sections of unused rail routes and roads that once connected the two countries.

October 14, 2024

Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of Fair Pay Act, dead at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, the former Alabama factory manager whose discrimination lawsuit led to the passage of watershed Obama-era legislation, died Saturday. She was 86.

October 13, 2024

NASA spacecraft to scour Jupiter's icy moon in search of life-supporting conditions

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft, named Europa Clipper, will determine if conditions there could support life.

October 13, 2024

Indian politician with Bollywood ties shot dead in Mumbai weeks before key state election

Baba Siddique, 66, a senior politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai, has been fatally shot weeks before a key state election, according to authorities.

October 13, 2024

Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69

Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland and a prominent advocate for Scottish independence, has died at the age of 69 in Ohrid, North Macedonia.

October 12, 2024

1 person killed and at least 12 wounded in shooting at Oklahoma City party

One person is dead and 12 are wounded after a shooting occurred during a party at an event in Oklahoma City. Several people were detained and witnesses are being interviewed.

October 9, 2024

Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest winner finishes ahead of the bear that killed her cub

After fans cast their votes online for their favorite chunky bear in tournament-style brackets, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest on Tuesday, defeating the behemoth that killed her cub.

October 9, 2024

North Korea vows to block border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures

To cope with 'confrontational hysteria' by U.S. and South Korean forces, North Korea said it will block its border with South Korea permanently and will cut off railways and roads to the country.