Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said Saturday that the state will sue federal law enforcement agencies over their response to Black Lives Matter protests in Portland. New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced this week that his office has taken over the prosecution of a former Las Cruces police officer accused of killing a man in his custody, and has increased the charges. Activists and elected officials in Chicago have called for the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park following Friday-night confrontations that led to at least 12 arrests and multiple injuries. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reissued an emergency use authorization to Quest Diagnostics to use its COVID-19 tests with up to four pooled samples Saturday. An estimated 50,000 people in Russia protested Saturday the arrest of a regional governor accused of murder. Iran has sent the flight data recorders from a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed outside Tehran in January to France to be reviewed. Twitter announced late Friday that a total of 130 accounts were targeted in this week's hack, and that hackers stole personal data -- including private messages -- from up to eight of the targeted accounts. Texas has experienced a spike in coronavirus cases among babies in one coastal county and at a federal prison farther north, local officials said. Actress Riley Keough shared on Instagram Saturday a message for her brother Benjamin, who died last weekend. Rapper Big Sean is mourning the death of his ex-fiancee, "Glee" and "Devious Maids" alum Naya Rivera. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has delayed the execution of a death row inmate next month over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Prosecutors in France said they've opened an arson probe Saturday into a fire that destroyed part of the cathedral in Nantes. Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling are teaming up to star in Netflix's espionage thriller, "The Gray Man." Syfy and USA Network released a teaser for its new "Chucky" horror show based on the "Child's Play" film franchise. Rob Schneider's first Netflix original comedy special, "Rob Schneider: Asian Momma, Mexican Kids," is set to premiere one the streaming service on Aug. 11. Colombia and Japan have reported record single-day increases in COVID-19 cases. Entertainer Nick Cannon's planned TV talk show has been postponed until 2021, due to his recent anti-Semitic remarks and subsequent apology. As severe thunderstorms rolled through the Northern Plains on Friday, high-speed winds became the most far-reaching effect of the storms. Netflix said it will release writer-director Richard Linklater's new film, "Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure." Rep. John Lewis, actress Naya Rivera, actress Kelly Preston, actor Nick Cordero, comedian Carl Reiner, rock 'n' roll icon Little Richard, jazz icon Manu Dibango, country music icon Kenny Rogers, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, Oscar-winning actor Kirk Douglas, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and WWE wrestler Rocky Johnson are among the famous people who have died in 2020. Late rapper Pop Smoke's "Shoot For the Stars Aim For the Moon" is the No. 1 album in the United States. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader who worked to desegregate the Deep South and served in the House of Representatives for more than three decades, has died. He was 80. Not only does the general public consider CPR more effective than it really is, they tend to discount the negative effect it can have, the researchers said. Actor Kristen Bell turns 40, actor James Brolin, among the famous birthdays for July 18. On July 18, 1969, a car driven by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., plunged from a bridge into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, killing Mary Jo Kopechne. |
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