OREGON SCHOOL SHOOTING

ROSEBURG, Oregon — The 26-year-old killer who gunned down classmates at an Oregon college spared a student and gave the "lucky one" something to deliver to authorities, according to the mother of a student who witnessed the rampage. Others weren't as fortunate. Parents of students in the classroom said the gunman shot one after saying she could save her life by begging. Others were killed after being told to crawl across the floor. By Gosia Wozniacka and Tami Abdollah. 

TROPICAL WEATHER

NASSAU, Bahamas — An intensive, dawn-to-dark search turns up a life ring but no other sign of a cargo ship with 33 people on board that lost power and communications off the southeastern Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin. 

UNITED NATIONS-SUMMIT-WHAT JUST HAPPENED

UNITED NATIONS — Russian airstrikes launched in Syria during the U.N.'s 70th anniversary gathering of more than 150 world leaders stole the spotlight and highlighted deep divisions on how to end that conflict and deal with the many thousands of people fleeing to Europe in search of safety. There were also some bright spots during the U.N. General Assembly's nine-day gathering that ended Saturday. 

VATICAN-RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

WASHINGTON — An openly gay former student of Pope Francis' who visited with the pope during his recent trip to Washington said Saturday he was surprised Francis had met with the Kentucky county clerk who gained attention for refusing to issue same-sex couples marriage licenses. The pope's meeting with Washington resident Yayo Grassi, his boyfriend and a few others came to light Friday as the Vatican was distancing itself from claims the pope's meeting with the clerk, Kim Davis, was an endorsement of her stance on same-sex marriage. 

GUATEMALA-MUDSLIDE

SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala — Rescue workers using shovels and pickaxes recovered more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed hillside on the outskirts of Guatemala City as an official said the death toll had risen to 69 with another 350 people believed missing. 

MORMON CONFERENCE-NEW LEADERS

SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church didn't go far to select three new members for a top governing body that sets policy and runs the worldwide faith's business operations — choosing two former business executives and a cardiologist from Utah who had already been serving in lower church leadership positions. Ronald A. Rasband, 64, is a former CEO of the Huntsman Chemical Corporation. Gary E. Stevenson, 60, was the co-founder of an exercise equipment manufacturing company. Dale G. Renlund, 62, was a cardiologist and directed a cardiac transplant program. 

EAST COAST RAINSTORM

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — While spared the full fury of Hurricane Joaquin, parts of the U.S. East Coast still saw record-setting rain Saturday that shut down roads, waterlogged crops and showed little sign of letting up. Much of the drenching was centered in the Carolinas, but coastal communities as far away as New Jersey were feeling the effects of unrelenting rainfall. Rain and flood warnings remained in effect for many parts of the East Coast through Sunday.