How does your state compare to others when it comes to Halloween? ConsumerAffairs is out with their rankings of the most festive states for the spooky holiday. Alexis Curls, content marketing director for ConsumerAffairs, joins CBS News to unpack the metrics. Source

Activision’s highly-anticipated “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” debuted on all major gaming consoles at midnight Friday. But even on day one, the company already expects online cheaters to be an issue. Gene Park, reporter for The Washington Post covering video games and gaming culture, joins CBS News to explain how Activision hopes to use artificial intelligence to kick cheaters off its platform. Source

Being able to buy a home — or afford to rent one — is an important issue for millions of voters this election year. Both candidates for president have ideas to make the American dream a reality for more people. But whose plan will help more? Carter Evans hears from voters in the battleground state of Nevada. Source

Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Iran come after Secretary of State Antony Blinked arrived in Israel to make another push for a cease-fire with Iran’s proxy groups. Journalist Courtney Kealy discusses how the counterstrike could affect looming peace talks in Doha this weekend. Source

CBS News’ Omar Villafranca has spent the week touring towns along the U.S.-Mexico border from Texas through California. On Friday, he reached the final leg of the trip at Imperial Beach, California — a coastal city directly above Tijuana, Mexico. Villafranca has more about Imperial Beach and what he has learned from this border journey. Source

When Hurricane Helene hit, 459 schools in 28 North Carolina districts were affected. Schools in five of those districts remain closed. Source

According to the CDC, the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has spread to three new states. CBS News Colorado reporter Karen Morfitt has the latest. Source

Israel conducted what it described as precise strikes on military targets in Iran in retaliation for Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack on Israel, the IDF said. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett leads a special report. Source

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that North Korean troops could begin fighting alongside Russia as early as this weekend. The Biden administration confirmed Wednesday that Pyongyang sent at least 3,000 soldiers over the past few weeks to support the Kremlin in its war with Ukraine. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins with analysis. Source

A video circulating on social media purporting to show a Pennsylvania election worker ripping up a ballot is fake. Our CBS News Confirmed team traced the video to an anonymous account with a history of sharing Russian disinformation. CBS News Confirmed executive producer Melissa Mahtani joins with more. Source