Pope helps guide U.S. voters
Pope Francis has some advice for American Catholics struggling to choose a president: Study the issues, pray and then vote your conscience.
VP candidates to face off
With the first presidential debate complete and its spin cycle nearly over, the two understudies are getting ready to take the main stage. The vice presidential debate Tuesday will be the one and only time Mike Pence and Tim Kaine will have the nation’s attention all to themselves.
Crooked street causes problems
San Francisco’s Lombard Street, known as the “Crookedest Street in the World,” has become so thronged with gawkers that residents say it’s like living in an overcrowded amusement park. Transit leaders are considering solutions, including a toll.
How to inherit digital property
A number of states are trying to solve the problem of how people can pass along photos and other personal information from Google, Facebook and other online accounts after they are dead.
‘Peculiar’ works at box office
Tim Burton’s latest fantastical oddity, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, debuts with a hefty $28.5 million to lead North America ticket sales, while Peter Berg’s well-reviewed disaster movie Deepwater Horizon fails to tap moviegoers, opening with an estimated $20.6 million.
End of an era in baseball
Vin Scully broadcasts his last game for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 67-year career. The 88-year-old is in the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.