Today is Saturday, Nov. 17.

Thanksgiving brings out the squash-stuffer in me — and in plenty of other cooks who welcome plant-based eaters (or just plain vegetable lovers) to the table. Last year, I filled small pumpkins with biryani. This year, I'm drawn to a more highly constructed (or at least stacked) approach — roasting a butternut squash in two lengthwise halves and then layering multiple filling elements between them.

I haven’t made stuffing at Thanksgiving for many years. But I make dressing every year.

It is the first time in history scientists have had a real shot at addressing one of humanity’s deepest questions: Are we alone? But first they must decide where to look.

President Donald Trump recognized seven "extraordinary Americans" with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday at the White House. It's the highest honor America gives a civilian.

“I’m just really proud of our species,” Maryland metrologist Jon Pratt said.

There's a lot of potential for stress at Thanksgiving. Perspective, if you can manage it, helps.

One celebration involves matching T-shirts and takes place in a different city every year.

With Thanksgiving coming, it's time to stock up on a variety of wines for the holiday table. This week's recommendations include a "nouveau" bubbly from Maryland, a frothy way to toast the end of the rainy 2018 vintage.

It is extremely uncommon for a popcorn movie to be made with this level of care, craft and intelligence. Every aspect of the filmmaking is superb. Every performance brings something to the table.

The family of a North Carolina teacher missing in a remote part of Mexico received the news on Thursday that Patrick Braxton-Andrew was killed by drug cartel members in late October.

A roll call of notable people who have died in 2018:

This dark, over-stuffed and uneven but gorgeous-looking, beautifully scored and richly costumed sequel may be embraced by Potterverse fans, but it may also be losing those with something less than an allegiance to all things Rowling.

This no-cook relish lends a beautiful color and interesting textures to the turkey plate. It's great for sandwiches, too.

One week after Florida voters overwhelmingly chose to ban greyhound racing — eliminating 11 of America's 17 remaining dog tracks by the end of 2020 — new battle lines are being drawn over who will eventually handle adoptions for the dogs that are now coming up through breeding and training kennels.

"Our animal control officers are pretty good, but he has some ninja-like moves," Ashwaubenon Public Safety Commander Randy Tews told The Post. "They have a hard time getting him."

Today's top pics as selected by The Associated Press:

If you're looking for something a little different to serve for dessert at Thanksgiving, here are two ways to go that offer a lot of adaptability. The first involves only a little effort and a little oven time. The second is pudding-like, so there are a few steps involved. But it is luscious and can even be frozen, which means it's a dessert gift to you, the cook, throughout the holidays.

Today is Friday, Nov. 16.

Today is Friday, Nov. 16.

Organisms may bear the effects long after the initial exposure - in the form of reduced lifespans, reproductive challenges and other defects passed to offspring.

Every year when November rolls around, I find myself reminiscing of Thanksgivings at home. Not my grown-up home — the childhood one. The funny thing is, I remember more about being in the kitchen with my mom than I do the actual meals themselves. As a teenager and even throughout my college years, I loved knowing I would be getting up that day and my to-do list would consist solely of helping mom in the kitchen. We made a wonderful team, and I followed her lead, chopping this and that.

A feel-good tale of a homeless man using his last $20 to help a stranded New Jersey woman buy gas was actually a complete lie, manufactured to get strangers to donate more than $400,000 dollars to help the down-and-out good Samaritan, a prosecutor said Thursday.

“He’s doing great!,” announced the Make-A-Wish foundation, which helped make his crime-fighting dream come true in 2013 when thousands of people watched him lock up The Riddler.

We don't have to tell you how much we love cookies — and we're guessing you do, too. Ready? Let's bake.

Last time I checked, summer had just left us and we were looking forward to cooler weather and the onset of everything that fall brings. Now, here we are, with Thanksgiving at our doorstep — and Christmas a little over a month away — and I wonder, where did this year go?

When it comes to Thanksgiving, most of us are looking for a way to make things faster and easier. Enter the Instant Pot or its electric multicooker cousins.

Small birds are having a big moment.

Check out Clark’s career in music and TV when he was the co-host of “Hee Haw.” Clark died Thursday, Nov. 15, at the age of 85.

WASHINGTON — Daniel Gorman knows what it's like to return from war, and he wants to help fellow veterans come home, too: The former sailor turned New York National Guardsman is finishing a graduate degree in social work at Fordham University.

The star-studded show had some high moments and low moments. Here's where they rank:

NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — An inmate fled a Georgia jail with the help of his mom and then went out for pancakes.

A Trail of Tears commemorative rifle on display at the Rogers, Arkansas, Bass Pro Shops sets off a Twitter storm about racial insensitivity. The store said the single item, taken on trade, was pulled and Native American groups were contacted for advice.

Although they're often described as wormlike creatures, pyrosomes are actually more closely related to humans. Some of the earliest reports of pyrosomes came from sailors in the 1800s who noticed their bright glow while sailing.

Today's top pics as selected by The Associated Press:

The apprehended animals were held in custody and allowed to sober up in what can only be deemed a raccoon drunk tank.

The best photos from the 2018 CMA Awards show held Wednesday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee:

Today is Thursday, Nov. 15.

Today is Thursday, Nov. 15.

Photos from the Red Carpet:

Global warming packs storms with more rain, and cities themselves can make storms worse, research shows.

Marvel directors have teased forthcoming pop-ups by Lee, who died Monday.

Bailey Richardson, one of Instagram's original 13 employees, says the company has lost its identity.

At first, 14-year-old Brett Corbett told his mom he was sent to the principal's office sopping wet because the kids dared him to swim in the creek behind the school, in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

Take your pick: holly-jolly or hoity-toity. The holiday movie season is arriving, and it’s balancing blockbuster hits that will entertain the whole family with prestige films seeking Academy Award nominations in the near future. Here are the ones to be watching and when to expect them in theaters.

If Monica Lewinsky were to ever come face-to-face with Hillary Clinton, she knows exactly what she would do: apologize.

Alexa might have been listening, as she almost always is, when Christine Sullivan was stabbed to death in the kitchen of the Farmington, New Hampshire, home.