NASCAR drivers brawled in the pit lane Saturday after a number of feisty incidents on the track, throwing the sport into the headlines for all the wrong reasons once more. Kevin Harvick was celebrating his victory in the Sprint Cup in Concord, North Carolina, but all the attention was quickly diverted elsewhere as running battles erupted.

Enhanced passenger screening for signs of the Ebola virus has begun at JFK International Airport in New York. Passengers arriving from West Africa will have their temperatures taken with no-touch thermometers. They will also be required to fill out a questionnaire from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upon landing.

13-year-old Alyssa Carlson is the first person to complete NASA’s Passport Program, and is setting her sights on being the first human to step foot on Mars.

A woman is dead after being struck by a bus near Lawrence West subway station at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Paramedics said the pedestrian died on scene.

A boy was hospitalized Friday following a fall of at least 15 feet into a “Big Cat” exhibit at the Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas. According to reports, a family member was holding the 3-year-old on a railing when he fell. The boy sustained injuries from both the fall and from two jaguars.

Police in Slocan Lake are issuing an appeal to the suspect in the Slocan City manhunt to turn himself in. RCMP say Peter DeGroot, 45, exchanged gunfire with police and he is considered armed and dangerous. Police have been searching for him since Thursday.

A Spokane Valley man died after being struck late Friday by a vehicle at a Halloween attraction near Hauser Lake. Jeremy T. McSpadden, 18, was acting as a role-player at the Incredible Corn Maze, 3404 N. Beck Road, at the time of the incident. He was struck by a bus inside the zombie attraction shortly before 10:30 p.m., reports the …

Misty Upham, best known for her work in the movie August: Osage County, has been reported missing by her family.

A rural area northeast of Saskatoon is being evacuated after an explosion at a natural gas pumping station.

A report released by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office sheds some light on the possible motive behind the deadly shooting at Arapahoe High School in December 2013. Karl Pierson, 18, walked into the school on December 13. He fired six rounds and in about two minutes time, the attack was over. Claire Davis was shot and she died eight days …

AMANDA Bynes has been placed in a psychiatric routine for the second time. US sources have reported that the actress landed in Los Angeles and was taken to a unit straightaway.