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Also: The Justice Department's chief environmental crimes officer is stepping down; a House panel holds a hearing on Benghazi; a ship hits a tower in a deadly Italian port collision; and a Grammy-winning rocker is arrested in an alleged plot to kill his estranged wife.

Also: there's deadly flash flooding in Colorado; fewer homes entered foreclosure in August; and more than a million people form a human chain in Spain to demand independence in Catalonia.

Also: Five oil rig workers are missing after an Oklahoma blast; Vice President Mike Pence says without changes, the U.S. will leave the Iran nuclear deal; and jazz musician Hugh Masekela dies.

After traveling nearly 300 million miles, NASA's rover is about to land on the Red Planet. It's aiming for a crater that was home to a lake 3.5 billion years ago.

Efforts to pass other federal voting rights legislation have stalled in the closely divided Senate, as Democrats try to counter voting restrictions enacted in Republican-led states.

In Tokyo, a stylish new department store receptionist isn't a human at all. It's a lifelike silicone robot with movements so real, it's fooling some customers.

Two Eastern North Carolina cities are among 25 communities in the United States to receive grant funds to improve local air service options.

Gov. Ralph Northam is being called on to resign after a racist photo surfaced. The two Democratic officials in line behind him to assume the governorship are both embroiled in scandals of their own.

In a year filled with gripping health stories, here are the ones that were the most popular with Shots readers. Think beauty pageant queens, pronouns and Ebola.

President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for U.S. attorney general seems to be Eric Holder. Holder was the No. 2 official in the Justice Department under President Clinton. The Obama team says no final decision has been made.