A toddler riding in a "popemobile" dressed as the pope caught the attention of President Barack Obama at the annual White House Halloween event. Obama declared the mini-pope had won the "top prize."

The president and the first lady handed out cookies, fruit bars, kettle corn and other candies and fun prizes like baseball cards starring their dogs Bo and Sunny.

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Plenty of free activities for kids are part of the Peachtree Corners Festival on Saturday and Sunday, including bubble fun, sand art and face painting. (Courtesy of Peachtree Corners Festival)

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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