Start Here

With hours until polls open, FiveThirtyEight's Galen Druke explains what he's looking for on election night. Sources say Donald Trump is planning to announce a new candidacy for president in the days following the midterms. And thousands of women are looking elsewhere for abortions -- sometimes by ordering medications from abroad.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

North Korea has fired at least 30 missiles in recent days, including an intercontinental ballistic missile. Florida's medical board could ban gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18. And more families are struggling with teens addicted to sports betting.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Capitol Hill police admit they didn't see a break-in at the Pelosi house unfolding on camera, lawmakers ask for more protection. Experts weigh in on how election-deniers could affect the future of voting. And Stanford University admits a man was able to live in dorm after dorm, despite not being a student.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her first on-camera interview, a woman stands by her claims that Senate candidate Herschel Walker pressured her to get an abortion. RSV infections soar, overwhelming children's hospitals. And Russia tries to convince Kherson residents that Ukraine retaking the city will be a humanitarian disaster.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a tense five-hour hearing, Supreme Court justices appear poised to strike down a decades-old policy in college admissions offices. Brazilians await a concession speech from Jair Bolsonaro. And after years with no suspects, police in Delphi, Indiana say they've made an arrest in the killing of two teen girls.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The husband of Nancy Pelosi undergoes surgery for a skull fracture after an intruder broke into his home and hit him with a hammer. Twitter's new owner Elon Musk immediately confirms some critics' fears. And a stampede in Seoul leaves more than 150 dead.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2019, a young Black man named Miles Hall was experiencing a mental health crisis at his home in Walnut Creek, California. His mother called 911 for help - and he was shot by police shortly after their arrival. The Treatment Advocacy Center says one in four deaths caused by police brutality involved victims struggling with their mental health. On this special episode of Start Here, producer Madeleine Wood meets Miles’ family, and goes on a ride-along with Oakland’s MACRO program, which was created to prevent people experiencing mental illness being criminalized.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A second woman claims Senate candidate Herschel Walker encouraged her to have an abortion. A report on the nation's GDP could show positive numbers, but economists aren't necessarily encouraged. And shrinking glaciers in Switzerland prompt new worries -- and potential solutions.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As survivors recount how they fled a St. Louis high school, police reveal new details about the gunman. Republicans hammer home crime as a defining factor in midterm campaigns. And a Greenpeace report estimates that only small fraction of our plastic ever makes it through a recycling process.

If you are experiencing suicidal, substance use or other mental health crises please call or text the new three digit code at 9-8-8. You will reach a trained crisis counselor for free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also go to 988lifeline.org or dial the current toll free number 800-273-8255 [TALK].

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In perhaps the most anticipated debate of the midterms, Pennsylvania candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz prepares to debate John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke earlier this year. Los Angeles officials express concern about racist attacks after Kanye West's anti-semitic statements resonate with white supremacists. And in an exclusive interview, Uvalde school aide Emilia Marin describes how false accusations that she allowed a killer to enter have upended her life.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices