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Democrats are calling for new gun laws after a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, but gun-rights groups say the attack was ultimately stopped by an armed parent, not a government restriction.

Knox Kiffin, the son of LSU head coach Lane Kiffin, threw multiple touchdowns in University Lab’s 62-0 win over Collegiate, drawing both viral attention and comparisons to the scrutiny faced by Arch Manning.

Rain forced the postponement of ALCS Game 4 between the Rays and Guardians, setting up a potential run of four straight games with no day off before the World Series.

“Marshals” actress Ash Santos says she’d welcome a crossover with Taylor Sheridan’s “Dutton Ranch,” echoing hopes already expressed by Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser.

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham praised a dozen Camas, Washington high school girls who walked off a cross-country course in protest of a transgender teammate, as the state prepares to vote on a ballot measure restricting transgender participation in girls’ sports.

Bonnie Lou Gower was married to serial killer Richard “Marc” Evonitz for eight and a half years without ever suspecting his crimes; she and survivor Kara Robinson Chamberlain are now examining his past for possible other victims.

Yorkshire Ambulance Trust is investigating two staff members who accessed the medical records of William Chapman, 24, without proper cause after he was fatally mauled by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services received at least $62 million in government funds to resettle Somali refugees in Minnesota, as researchers raise questions about fraud, refugee status verification, and concentrated resettlement, while the Utah-based LDS Church has donated millions to national resettlement groups.

Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal defended transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports by saying teenagers’ brains aren’t fully developed until 25, after being pressed on a Camas High School cross country protest.

Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, Susan Collins and Mike Rounds all received envelopes containing a suspicious white powder on Friday, joining more than a dozen lawmakers’ offices targeted in a mailing spree now under FBI investigation.