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Massive fire closes Ohio River bridge near Cincinnati and damages its steel structure

November 1, 2024, 8:56am Nation & World

A massive fire underneath a bridge spanning the Ohio River closed a heavily traveled route between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky on Friday and damaged part of the steel structure. No injuries were reported. Read story

Voters cast their ballots at the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building during the first day of Wisconsin&rsquo;s in-person absentee voting Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Milwaukee.

Trump and Harris will both visit the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin

Voters cast their ballots at the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building during the first day of Wisconsin&rsquo;s in-person absentee voting Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Milwaukee.

November 1, 2024, 8:54am Nation & World

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will host dueling rallies within seven miles of one another on Friday night in the Milwaukee area as part of a final push for votes in swing-state Wisconsin’s largest county. Read story

FILE - Author Jodi Picoult attends the world premiere of &lsquo;My Sister&rsquo;s Keeper&rsquo; on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 in New York.

Jodi Picoult’s ‘Nineteen Minutes’ tops PEN America of books banned in schools

FILE - Author Jodi Picoult attends the world premiere of &lsquo;My Sister&rsquo;s Keeper&rsquo; on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 in New York.

November 1, 2024, 8:54am Entertainment

Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes,” a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in schools. Read story

Tom Kaulitz, from left, Heidi Klum, and Leni Olumi Klum attend Heidi Klum&rsquo;s 23rd annual Halloween party on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Hard Rock Hotel New York in New York.

Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe wear elaborate E.T. costumes for their Halloween parties

Tom Kaulitz, from left, Heidi Klum, and Leni Olumi Klum attend Heidi Klum&rsquo;s 23rd annual Halloween party on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at Hard Rock Hotel New York in New York.

November 1, 2024, 8:45am Entertainment

Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe opted for out-of-this-world Halloween costumes this year — both choosing to dress as the stubby alien E.T. for their parties on opposite coasts. Read story

Shootings kill 2 and wound 6 during Halloween celebrations in Orlando

November 1, 2024, 8:45am Nation & World

Two people were killed and six others were wounded in two shootings by a single gunman that took place among thousands of costumed revelers during a Halloween street celebration in downtown Orlando early Friday, authorities said. Read story

A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024.

North Korea boasts of ‘the world’s strongest’ missile, but experts say it’s too big to use in war

A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024.

November 1, 2024, 8:41am Nation & World

North Korea boasted Friday that the new intercontinental ballistic missile it just test-launched is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation. Read story

People and rescuers gather at the scene of an outdoor roof collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

At least 8 killed in roof collapse at Serbian railway station

People and rescuers gather at the scene of an outdoor roof collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

November 1, 2024, 8:38am Nation & World

A concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, killing at least eight people. Read story

A man takes pictures by his mobile phone for his destroyed apartment attacked by an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

Death toll from Israeli strikes in central Gaza rises to 25 as 13 people are killed in Lebanon

A man takes pictures by his mobile phone for his destroyed apartment attacked by an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

November 1, 2024, 8:38am Nation & World

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children, as more bodies were recovered, while officials said that 13 people were killed in airstrikes in Lebanon on Friday. Read story

A woman rests as residents and volunteers clean up an area affected by floods in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

Death toll from Spanish floods climbs to 205 as shock turns to anger and frustration

A woman rests as residents and volunteers clean up an area affected by floods in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

November 1, 2024, 8:37am Nation & World

The death toll from historic flash floods in Spain climbed to least 205 people Friday, with many more believed to be missing, as the initial shock gave way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity. Read story

A woman walks in a cemetery on the occasion of All Saints Day, in Rome, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

Spiritual, not spooky. After Halloween, Christians observe All Saints’ Day

A woman walks in a cemetery on the occasion of All Saints Day, in Rome, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

November 1, 2024, 8:35am Churches & Religion

It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted. Read story