Human remains were found inside an SUV that crashed into a natural gas pipeline valve in the Houston suburb of Deer Park, causing an explosion and fire that continued to burn Thursday. After being evacuated, many families have returned home to assess the damage. Janet Shamlian reports. Source

Oprah Winfrey will join Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, Thursday. Both Harris and former President Donald Trump are competing for union members who play a large role there. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports. Source

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is facing calls to drop out of the gubernatorial race after CNN unearthed offensive comments he allegedly made on a pornography website. Ed O’Keefe has the latest. Source

An Alaska man was federally indicted Thursday on allegations that he sent hundreds of messages threatening to kidnap and assassinate six Supreme Court justices. Source

A judge was killed in a courthouse shooting in Whitesburg, Kentucky, on Thursday. Charlie De Mar has the latest. Source

Hezbollah’s leader admitted Thursday that the synchronized pager and walkie-talkie attacks delivered a “severe blow” to the militant group. Israel also said that it struck around 30 rocket launchers belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Imtiaz Tyab reports. Source

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News” with Jericka Duncan. Source

Ramses the Great is credited with expanding Egypt’s reach as far as modern Syria to the east and Sudan to the south. Source

Vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is preparing to debate Ohio Sen. JD Vance on CBS News in less than two weeks. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is standing in for Vance during Walz’s preparations, according to a Harris campaign official. Robby Mook, manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, joins “America Decides” to discuss. Source

New polling from the New York Times shows Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump deadlocked nationally, but the vice president has the edge in the closely-watched battleground state of Pennsylvania. Fin Gómez, CBS News political director, and Kadia Goba, politics reporter for Semafor, join “America Decides” to dig into the numbers. Source