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"There are so many checks and balances on this system. It continues to prove itself on a daily basis," said Karen Osborne, the director of elections in Maricopa Country, Ariz.

While Mexico's Día de los Muertos is better known in the U.S., the day is observed widely through Latin America, with customs as diverse as the people. In Ecuador, it's Dia de los Difuntos.

Norwegian singer AURORA talks about her love of heavy metal, Leonard Cohen and how intuition guides her songwriting.

The comic initially avoided joking about politics on The Late Show for fear that he would fall into his Colbert Report persona. He says, "Now, I have no qualms about being sharp and satirical."

The candidates diverge sharply on Obamacare but both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump see opportunities to improve health care through the tax code.

In some corners, it's being panned like so much scampi. Others say they can't wait to buy a team jersey. An anti-shrimp petition has been started.

"There's an obligation for authorities to show restraint" in their handling of people protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, President Obama said in an interview with the news organization Now This.

The final score in Game 7 was Cubs 8, Indians 7. The Cubs came back from a 3-1 game deficit in the Series and became baseball's champions for the first time since 1908.

An Arab hip-hop group has lyrics that say the Jewish state has "raped the Arab soul." The group sees it as free expression. Israel's culture minister says it could incite violence.

Next week voters will weigh in on everything from marijuana to minimum wage laws to campaign finance. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Caroline Cournoyer of Governing magazine about state ballot measures that voters will see at the polls.