A Ukrainian immigrant who fled to America after Chernobyl has grown the world's tallest sunflower in his Indiana backyard, reaching 35 feet and 9 inches as a tribute to his war-torn homeland.

I’m going to die someday, but the stories of this flower will live on,” Babich said. “My kids will be telling this story to ...

At 35 feet tall, Alex Babich's sunflower is now the tallest sunflower ever measured. The title holds special significance for Babich since sunflowers are Ukraine's national flower.

Alex Babich, a Ukrainian immigrant who came to the United States after the 1991 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, began growing ...

When Ukrainian immigrant Alex Babich stands in his Indiana backyard craning his neck to look 35 feet (11 meters) into the sky, he isn’t just staring at a sunflower. He is looking at his roots — and ...

Cluster munitions have killed or injured more than 1,200 civilians in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion began, a monitor said Monday, decrying "troubling setbacks" in global efforts to ...

When Alex Babich looks up at the 35-foot sunflower towering over his Fort Wayne, Indiana, backyard, he sees more than just a plant ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — When Alex Babich, 47, stood in his backyard in Fort Wayne, Indiana, craning his neck to look 35 feet into the sky, he wasn’t just staring at a sunflower. He was looking at his ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — When Ukrainian immigrant Alex Babich stands in his Indiana backyard craning his neck to look 35 feet into the sky, he isn’t just staring at a sunflower. He is looking at his ...