• Joseph Lovergive of Greeneville, Tenn., explained that his family loves to decorate early for Halloween after sheriff's deputies used a social media post to ask people to stop calling 911 to report a "body" trapped under a closed, bloodstained garage door at Lovergive's house.
• Melania Trump, a former model who's now first lady, wore sneakers and a red plaid shirt to promote healthy eating by planting, harvesting and washing vegetables with a group of children in the White House kitchen garden made famous by her predecessor, Michelle Obama.
• James Comey, the FBI director fired by President Donald Trump, carried on with a keynote speech at Washington's Howard University and encouraged students to listen to opposing views, even as he was interrupted repeatedly by protesters chanting "No justice, no peace," an apparent reference to his past comments about police and crime in black communities.
• Lukas Cavar, 19, an Indiana University freshman, said he felt lucky to be alive after members of his university caving club mistakenly locked him inside a gated cave where he spent 60 hours before two club leaders, hearing that he was missing, returned and freed him.
• Itir Esen, 18, was stripped of the Miss Turkey 2017 title over a social media post she made that pageant officials said insulted the memory of 250 people killed while opposing the country's failed 2016 military coup.
• James McCoy, school superintendent in Lee County, Ga., said he tried to find a way to let students continue leading prayers over the public address system before high school football games but ultimately had no choice but to ban the practice after a parent complained.
• Brian McGregor, a police lieutenant in Kenner, La., said a dump truck rolled over a portable toilet at a construction site, sending a worker who was inside to the hospital with fractures and a collapsed lung.
• Bradley Beamer, 40, an off-duty New York City police sergeant, faces charges after he made an illegal U-turn and nearly hit a bicyclist, then pulled a gun on the cyclist during a resulting argument, police said.
• Dustyn Jenkins, 36, and Micah Mercer, 41, neighborhood watch members in Delray Beach, Fla., face assault charges after police say Jenkins fired a warning shot, thinking they had caught a burglar, who turned out to be a lost Uber driver.
A Section on 09/23/2017