Anti-Israel rioters descended upon an airport in Russia, breaking into buildings and clashing with police. At least 60 were arrested. Hamas terrorists release a new video of a hostage. What did she say, directly addressing Israel’s prime minister, and why did he call it cruel propaganda? Released on a $4 million bond, the man charged […]
HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms). Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota, won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, with an enormous, lumpy, orange pumpkin that could […]
CAPE TOWN—When Tapiwa Guzha first started making ice creams 12 years ago, he never imagined he would one day be whisking pumpkin puree and milk together to make an African-flavored ice cream at a cafe in Cape Town. Hailing from Zimbabwe, 36-year-old Guzha says he wants to educate locals and visitors alike on African-flavored experiences […]
KASTERLEE, Belgium—Hundreds of competitors, many dressed up as pirates, nuns, animals, or vegetables, climbed into carved-out pumpkins and paddled them around a pond in northern Belgium, in an annual relay race. The race in Kasterlee started in 2008 after local growers decided they needed to find a different use for their 400-plus kg (880-pound) pumpkins […]
PayPal came under fire recently for a controversial policy update that sought to censor misinformation. The company has since rescinded its stance. Los Angeles’s city council president stepped down on Monday. The decision came after recordings of her making derogatory remarks leaked to the public. Some Californians are tired of the widespread crime throughout the […]
HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pounds. Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota set the new record and won an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California. “Minnesota has a great midyear, but our spring in our parts […]
HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—A Northern California pumpkin hobbyist has won first place at the 46th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off, setting a record for the largest in California. Leonardo Urena of Napa won $15,000 on Monday when his pumpkin logged 2,175 pounds. Weigh-off spokesman Timothy Beeman says Urena’s pumpkin is the second largest […]
