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Door-to-door trick-or-treating and crowded costume parties are out, and haunted forests and outdoor movie nights are in. "If screaming will likely occur, greater distancing is advised," the CDC says.

Also: Most of the National Park Service Board quits, angry over government indifference; wintry weather crashes into the East; and a suspected meteor causes quite the sonic boom in Eastern Michigan.

Also: Reviewing the GOP's tax blueprint; scores of protesters are arrested in St. Louis in anti-police brutality demonstrations; and it's the 60th anniversary of the Sputnik launch.

Also: The Senate passes Sen. McCaskill's bill about sexual assaults in the military; author Joe McGinniss dies; and in Venezuela, a student leader is killed in anti-government clashes.

Also: Disgraced Chinese official is indicted; Israeli-Palestinian peace talks may resume on July 30; third woman comes forward with accusation against San Diego's mayor; Snowden remains in Moscow airport.

Also: The Deep South braces for a rare blast of winter weather; some Republican lawmakers shift on immigration; central banks move to boost emerging markets; and while the crisis in Ukraine continues, an anti-protest law there has been abolished.

Also: School clerk in Georgia credited with persuading gunman to surrender; Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to be sentenced; and a judge approves Kodak's exit from bankruptcy.

Also: Trial to start on BP's responsibility for Gulf oil spill; South Korea's first female president takes office; Cuban leader Raul Castro says he'll retire in 2018; Argo wins Oscar for best picture.

Also: At least seven Marines killed in training accident; housing sector's rebound continues; Obama prepares for trip to Mideast.

Though the gap between spending and revenues has narrowed, it has stayed above the $1 trillion mark.