President Donald Trump traveled Saturday to Louisiana and Texas hard hit by Hurricane Laura as the death toll rose in the two states to 15 . NBA All-Star Cliff Robinson is dead, the Portland Trail Blazers and the University of Connecticut announced Saturday. He was 53. An Arkansas sheriff resigned Friday after a recording of a racist tirade surfaced this week. Two Russian Su-27 Flanker pilots intercepted a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber over international waters in the Black Sea Friday, according to the Air Force. Thousands of people marched through the Mauritian capital Saturday to protest the government's handling of a massive oil spill that has leaked an estimated 1,000 oil into the waters around the island nation since the end Protesters took to the streets for the 93rd night in a row in Portland, Ore., demonstrating at Mayor Ted Wheeler's condominium building and at a separate location near the Portland Police Association building. French authorities said they're investigating the killing and mutilation of up to 30 horses and ponies in pastures across the country. A powerful cold front this week will set the stage for explosive thunderstorm development in the Plains. Video circulating of far-right activists burning a Koran near a mosque in Malmo, Sweden, sparked riots overnight, law enforcement said Saturday. A 25-year-old Nevada man appears to be the first documented case of COVID-19 reinfection in the United States, public health officials said, as the country inched closer to 6 million confirmed cases of the virus. Lawyers for a former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd have asked a judge to dismiss his case, court documents indicate. U.S. Marshals said they have found 39 missing children in a two-week operation this month in Atlanta and Macon, Ga. United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed issued a decree Saturday to abolish a 1972 boycott law against Israel. Seven individuals remain missing from the Beirut port blast that killed nearly 180 people, injured over 6,000 and left more than 300,000 homeless earlier this month, the Lebanese army said Saturday. Stephan James is set to co-star with Russell Crowe in "American Son," a thriller based on the 2009 French film "A Prophet." The Italian coast guard came to the aid of a Banksy-funded rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday after it pulled more than 200 people from the water and became overloaded. ABC has announced it plans to air a limited series called "Women of the Movement" in 2021. Los Angeles city workers have installed an "All Black Lives Matter" mural on Hollywood Boulevard to commemorate demonstrations against racism in the wake of George Floyd's death. Paramount Pictures said it plans to release the fifth "Scream" movie on Jan. 14, 2022. Thousands protested in Germany on Saturday against COVID-19 restrictions as cases worldwide neared 25 million. Celebrities have taken to social media to mourn the death of "Black Panther" and "Get On Up" star Chadwick Boseman. Actors Chadwick Boseman, Naya Rivera, Kelly Preston and Nick Cordero, Rep. John Lewis, 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. "Sister, Sister" and "Instant Mom" alum Tia Mowry has signed a deal with Lifetime to star in and produce three holiday films. Belarusian authorities have detained dozens of journalists and stripped them of their accreditation after reporting on protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. Taylor Swift's "Folklore" is the No. 1 album in the United States for a fourth consecutive week. The launch of a U.S. spy satellite from Florida was called off early Saturday morning, just three seconds before the rocket was to lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. |
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