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Would you believe your eyes, if 10 million fireflies lit up the night? Local residents may be asking that question this weekend during Amherst's Fireflies Night at Walton Woods Park.

There are more than 2,500 varieties of apples grown in the U.S., not to mention the countless number of heirlooms — or antique apples — that grow in smaller numbers on orchards dotted across the country.

For one brief era, Buffalo, or at least one part of it, was an integrated place where people of different races and ethnicities mixed freely and…

The department says Florida Career College broke the rules to help students qualify for federal student loans, many of whom later dropped out with steep debts and no certificate to show for it.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera about the increasing volume of criticism surrounding the NCAA and its governance of college sports. Nocera will be in Atlanta, covering the start of the Final Four tournament.

The Scotch whisky is the ninth best-selling brand of distilled spirit in the world. Journalist Afshin Molavi says it has grown globally by appealing to the expanding middle classes in places like Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and India.

An all-female car race team from Rochester Institute of Technology finished third place in the electric category in its first global event. In early May...

It's been confirmed that Brandon Mroz of the U.S. did something no one else ever had in competition — four complete revolutions, and a one-foot landing, on a Lutz jump.

The 22-year-old gymnast led Team USA to their fifth consecutive world championship. She is now just three medals away from becoming the all-time world leader.

Uber has agreed to buy Postmates, bolstering its food-delivery business at a time when it is booming and many fewer people are hailing rides.