Month: October 2022

The Coast Guard says two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person. (Oct.…

Tending to a giant pumpkin is a lot of work, a fact that Todd Kogut experienced first-hand when he grew a “monster” pumpkin for the first time this year. Encouraged by…

Douglas Diamond of the University of Chicago shared the Nobel Prize in economic sciences with two other American economists, including Ben Bernanke. (Oct. 10) (AP video: Teresa Crawford)       

Here’s the latest for Monday, October 10: Russian missiles strike Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities; Major search for Florida hurricane victims ends; Former Fed chair gets Nobel Prize for economics; Coast…

Former Federar Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences along with two other U.S.-based economists Monday. (Oct. 10)       

Despite the federal government giving states and school districts billions of dollars to combat student learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, student achievement is on the decline across the nation, and the money to…

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.(Oct. 10) (AP Video by Haven Daley)       

American economist Philip Dybvig was visiting relatives in Massachusetts when he discovered that he was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. (Oct. 10) (AP Video: Rodrique Ngowi)       

The U.S. Supreme Court Justices sit for their 2022 formal portraits.       

Highlights of this day in history: Congress OK’s U.S. military force against Iraq; Former President Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Peace Prize; Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court pick Clarence Thomas; Second…