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  • The presidential race is not the only closely fought battle in Florida. In that state's 22nd congressional district, 20-year incumbent Clay Shaw leads Democratic challenger Elaine Bloom by just 589 votes after a hand recount in six Miami-Dade precincts. Her requests for hand recounts in Broward and Palm Beach counties were rejected, as was her request for a full recount in Dade. The Florida race joins many other close races around the country, and will lead to the most divided Congress in decades. Phillip Davis reports.
  • According to the the LA County Coroner's report, the cause was inhalation and thermal injuries. The actor died on Sunday, after she crashed her car earlier this month.
  • Sheriffs' detectives in Inyo County, Calif., believe a one-time hideout of the notorious Charles Manson clan may be concealing the bodies of murder victims from nearly 40 years ago. The detectives are converging Tuesday on the Barker Ranch with shovels and high-tech ground-penetrating radar to search for graves.
  • One woman spearheaded a creative project to make health information easier to understand and more engaging.
  • In recent days OPEC+ — a group of oil exporting nations — announced plans to scale back oil production.
  • A new casino could be built less than 20 miles west of Washington D.C. More than 100 former spies and intelligence officers oppose its construction due to concerns it could jeopardize state secrets.
  • Republicans on Wednesday tried to tie an indictment of a longtime lieutenant of former House Speaker Michael Madigan to the Democrats’ effort to redraw legislative district lines ahead of the General Assembly’s May 31 adjournment.
  • More than 20 states and many major cities have mandated vaccines for public employees, but police unions are pushing back, warning of staffing shortages amid a nationwide uptick in violent crime.
  • The smoke from nearly 100 large Western wildfires has public health officials worried. Air quality managers are warning this is the new norm for the region, given climate change.
  • America's foremost farmer-philosopher, Wendell Berry, is the subject of a new documentary. It celebrates the writer's work, and the rural community in Kentucky in which he's rooted.
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