News of the Day From Across the Nation, Nov. 1
San Antonio police say an uninvited guest dressed as fictional serial killer Freddy Krueger shot five people at a Halloween party.
2 Florida shootings: A man in Hollywood, Fla., carrying a rifle and a six-pack of beer stationed himself at an intersection and opened fire at passing cars, hitting one driver in the head, police said.
Authorities said Monday that three people found shot to death outside a rural home near the town of Hesston, Kan., were targeted and not victims of a murder-suicide.
At least seven workers were injured Monday when an explosion occurred along the Colonial Pipeline near Helena, Ala., not far from where it burst last month, authorities said.
The explosion sent flames soaring over the forest about a mile west of where the pipeline burst in September, Gov. Robert Bentley said in a statement.
5 Robber killed: A Pizza Hut employee in Charlotte, N.C., used his own handgun to fatally shoot one of three armed robbers holding up the store.
Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania man accused of fathering two children with a 14-year-old girl gifted to him by her parents also sexually assaulted five other girls in that family, calling them his wives.
Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub on Monday announced new child sex abuse charges against Lee Kaplan of Feasterville.