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Wing Gourds: Phil Rupp of Rupp Seeds says that, many years ago, an Amish woman from Pennsylvania sent Phil's father, Roger Rupp, photos of an interesting gourd she'd developed. Roger hadn't seen anything like it, so he agreed to market the variety. The woman sent in some seeds, and from there, Rupp's popular line of wing gourds was born.

Good Gourd! What's With All The Weird-Looking Squash?

Cinderella pumpkins just don't cut it for fall decor anymore. Squash and gourds come in all sorts of colors and sizes — and as far as consumers are concerned, the stranger, the better.

Portrait of sexual assault survivor. KPBS agreed to protect her identity and change her name to Jennifer.

Justice Elusive In SDSU Sexual Assault Case

Jennifer was a 20-year-old junior at SDSU when she reported that her boyfriend sexually assaulted her. She is one of the few victims of sexual assault to report the abuse and to battle in the university judicial system.

Waiter carriers pass food to passengers on a train stopping in Gordonsville, Va., in this undated photo. After the Civil War, local African-American women found a route to financial freedom by selling their famous fried chicken and other home-made goods track-side.

'The Fried Chicken Capital': Where Racial Progress Began Along The Rails

Fried chicken is a racially fraught food. But for African-American women in Gordonsville, Va., the dish became a route to financial independence after the Civil War.

Glen Larson, the writer and producer behind TV series such as the original Battlestar Galactica, 'Knight Rider, Magnum, P.I. and Quincy, M.E., has died. He was 77.

Producer Of 'Knight Rider' And 'Battlestar Galactica' Dies At 77

Glen A. Larson, who was responsible for some of the most iconic television shows of the 70s and 80s, succumbed Friday to complications related to cancer, his son says.

The Beauty And Calm Of 'Thinking In Numbers'

Daniel Tammet is a savant who experiences his world through equations and calculations. His new book, a collection of essays called Thinking In Numbers, explores language, history and even love through numbers.

Ornette Coleman performs during the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2010.

Ornette Coleman, Jazz Iconoclast, Dies At 85

The American jazz saxophonist and composer who liberated jazz from conventional harmony, tonality, structure and expectation, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Manhattan at age 85.

The police force for protection of Italy's cultural heritage is headquartered in Rome's Piazza Sant'Ignazio.

For Italy's Art Police, An Ongoing Fight Against Pillage Of Priceless Works

Italy is an art theft playground. An elite police squad combats the illicit trade in antiquities and art, but the chase is still on for a stolen Caravaggio painting — No. 1 on the most-wanted list.

Sara Kelly Jones of Charlotte, N.C., says she is terrified she will lose her health insurance if lawmakers repeal the Affordable Care Act.

As Obamacare Repeal Heats Up, Newly Insured North Carolinians Fret

Over half a million people in North Carolina rely on insurance made available under by the Affordable Care Act. Many are concerned about what happens if the federal health law is dismantled.

After a day in the Finnish woods, berry pickers from Thailand weigh the day's bilberry harvest into 22-pound piles, and tally up their earnings. They will get 12 euros ($14) per pile.

Asian Countries Have Nordic Berry Fever, And Finland Can't Keep Up

Japan, China and South Korea have discovered bilberries, lingonberries and cloudberries, which grow wild in Lapland. Exporters want to find a way to cultivate them to better control the supply.

A woman in front of Mrs. Stahl's knish shop in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood where author Laura Silver went as a child.

The Humble Knish: Chock-Full Of Carbs And History

The knish is a classic Jewish comfort food — a pillow of dough filled with savory fillings like mashed potatoes. Author Laura Silver says that the New York knish is also filled with stories.

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