The Latest: Biden heaps praise on Donnelly at Indiana rally

The Latest on dueling rallies former Vice President Joe Biden and current Vice President Mike Pence are having in Indiana to support Senate candidates : Former Vice President Joe Biden has brought his blue-collar appeal to a Democratic stronghold of Indiana, heaping praise on Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly as the kind of guy who keeps his word, puts country over party - and would have his back in a street fight. Biden told a crowd in the heavily industrial northwest corner of Indiana on Friday that, "Joe is as good a man as I know."

Group demands mass Kia and Hyundai recall after hundreds of fire complaints

An advocacy group is demanding for the recall of nearly 3 million Hyundai and Kia cars amid widespread reports of the vehicles catching fire. The group, the Center for Auto Safety, issued a release on Friday which said there have been more than 220 complaints registered with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over "non-collision fires" in 2011-14 Kia Sorento, Kia Optima, Hyundai Sonata and Hundai Santa Fe, as well as 2010-15 Kia Soul models.

The Latest: New Mexico Democrat defends role in Senate

In this May 18, 2016, file photo, then-Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson speaks with legislators at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Johnson wants to occupy a potentially powerful swing seat in the U.S. Senate, as Republican and Democrats jockey for the majority in November 2018 elections.

The Latest: 2 more deaths from Michael in North Carolina

North Carolina authorities say a car smashed into a tree felled by Hurricane Michael, killing two people and bringing the total death toll from the storm to 13. McDowell County Emergency Management Director William Kehle says the accident happened about 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Marion, located in mountainous McDowell County. State emergency management spokesman Keith Acree said the 64-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sen. Lindsey Graham tours Socastee neighborhood still recovering from Florence

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham spent Friday touring a Horry County neighborhood devastated by flood waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence last month. Many homeowners were able to get back into their homes on Sunday, nearly a month after the storm made landfall in the United States.

Biden, Pence rally Indiana voters in fierce Senate race Source: AP

Former Vice President Joe Biden brought his blue-collar appeal to a Democratic stronghold of Indiana on Friday, heaping praise on Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly as the kind of guy who keeps his word, puts country over party - and would have his back in a street fight. Biden told a crowd in the heavily industrial northwest corner of Indiana that "Joe is as good a man as I know," adding that if they'd grown up in the same neighborhood they would've been friends.

Blumenthal touts Americares’ hurricane relief effort

United States Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks at a press conference inside the Stamford headquarters and distribution center of Americares, one of the largest nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies, alongside Americares President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis and Americares Vice President of Emergency Programs Kate Dischino.

Correction: Border-Abandoned Migrant Families story

In a story Oct. 12 about immigrants in Arizona, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Smugglers in recent weeks have been abandoning large groups of mostly Guatemalan adult and child migrants near Arizona's boundary with Mexico, alarming Border Patrol officials who say the trend puts hundreds of children and adults at risk PHOENIX - Smugglers in recent weeks have been abandoning large groups of Guatemalan and other Central American migrants in Arizona's harsh cactus-studded Sonoran Desert near the border with Mexico, alarming Border Patrol officials who say the trend is putting hundreds of children at risk.

Hurlburt Special Tactics team opens Tyndall runway

Barely 24 hours after Hurricane Michael made landfall and virtually destroyed Tyndall Air Force Base, a Special Tactics team from the Hurlburt Field-based 23rd Special Tactics Squadron had opened a runway and begun bringing air traffic into the base.

The Latest: Scott, Nelson postpone Senate debate on CNN

U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long says he expects the death toll from Hurricane Michael to climb because teams haven't gotten to the hardest-hit areas in Florida. Long said Friday that he's worried people didn't evacuate along Mexico Beach or from other devastated locations and may not have survived.

The lessons after threats drive a black legislator to quit

Voters in this very liberal, very white state made Kiah Morris a pioneer when in 2014 they elected her as its first black female legislator. Not long after, another Vermont surfaced: racist threats that eventually forced her to leave office in fear and frustration.