Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited the Jakarta port where bodies and debris from the Lion Air crash are being unloaded. (Oct. 30)
Nation
After a week when violence exploded across America, hope battles hate at our national memorials
After another week when hate took over the national conversation, Americans sought solace at places where in the past the U.S. has confronted disaster
Gun injuries send over 8,300 children and teens to hospitals every year, study finds
Johns Hopkins University medical school researchers analyzed thousands of gunshot wound cases in kids. Here’s what they found.
Rabbi invokes Jesus’ name at Pence rally, setting off social media firestorm
Vice President Mike Pence set off a firestorm after a rabbi from a Jewish sect that believes Jesus was the messiah invoked his name at a campaign stop.
The story of Jimmy Page’s legendary guitar, ‘Excalibur’
Musician Jimmy Page recalls ‘Excalibur’ – the guitar he wielded through the wildly eventful year of 1968, in his last work with his old band, The Yardbirds, and his first work with his new band, Led Zeppelin. (Oct. 30)
Engineers at NASA apparently take pumpkin carving very seriously
Carving pumpkins on Halloween is something almost everyone does… even engineers at NASA.
Trump targeting end to US birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump is intensifying his hardline immigration rhetoric declaring that he wants to order the end of the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born in the United States. (Oct. 30)
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How Led Zeppelin was formed
Half a century on, guitarist Jimmy Page recalls how he put legendary rock outfit Led Zeppelin together. (Oct. 30)
ShowBiz Minute: Rush, Markle, Duff
Actress accuses Geoffrey Rush of touching her breast; Duke and Duchess of Sussex take part in a ‘welly-wanging’ contest; Hilary Duff and boyfriend announce birth of their daughter. (Oct. 30)
Cobie Smulders launches ovarian cancer PSA
Actress Cobie Smulders, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer aged 25, is heading a push to spread awareness of the disease in the U.S.. (Oct. 30)