An estimated collective 2,000 people turned out for demonstrations in Portland Saturday afternoon, with 500 of those turning out for a Proud Boy rally that had promised to draw thousands more. A well-known Oregon environmentalist who has been missing since Sept. 7 amid wildfires in the region was confirmed dead Friday in the forest he spent much of his life trying to save. President Donald Trump on Saturday nominated conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett to succeed feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kim Jong Un has reportedly apologized for the murder of a South Korean fisheries officer, but the statement is in no way a confirmation the North Korean leader had no hand in the death of the 47-year-old man, a U.S.-based North Korean defector says. Residents of a Houston suburb have been warned that city tap water could be tainted with a brain-eating microbe. A federal judge has set a hearing for Sunday morning to decide on the fate of TikTok ahead of Trump's ban slated to take effect by midnight of the same day. A Chinese auto maker revealed an electric flying vehicle at the 2020 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition Saturday. Acting Prime Minister Mustapha Adib resigned Saturday amid political conflict over forming the next cabinet. Lisa Edelstein has joined the Season 2 cast of FOX's "911: Lone Star," reuniting with her former "West Wing" co-star Rob Lowe. Samuel L. Jackson is set to reprise his Marvel Cinematic Universe character of Nick Fury in a possible series for Disney+. The USS Delbert Black was commissioned at Port Canaveral in Florida on Saturday. COVID-19 cases ticked past the 1,000 mark in New York and Florida lifted restrictions on restaurants and bars to start the weekend. "Grown-ish" actress Yara Shahidi is set to play the iconic fairy Tinker Bell in Disney's new live-action version of "Peter Pan and Wendy." Pacific Gas & Electric Co. extended a potential power shutoff to nearly 97,000 customers in California to cut fire risk as strong, dry winds were forecast amid ongoing fires. Aviation company ZeroAvia said in a statement it made the world's first flight of a commercial-grade aircraft powered by hydrogen fuel cells during a test flight in Britain. Among breast cancer patients in the United States, Black women are more likely to start treatment later and to have a longer treatment period than white women, new research shows. A federal judge has ruled that William Pendley has "served unlawfully," as public lands chief for 424 days. A Ukrainian military plane carrying mostly students from an air force school crashed in the eastern province of Kharkiv, killing 26 people. South Korea reported Saturday that new COVID-19 cases fell below 100 for the first time in four days, but the country is still calling for tighter restrictions ahead of the fall harvest holiday. Louisville, Ky., police arrested nearly two dozen protesters -- most for breaking curfew -- in mostly peaceful protests over the police shooting of Breonna Taylor overnight. Aldis Hodge is in talks to play Hawkman in "Black Adam," the comic-book adaptation starring Dwayne Johnson. "Supergirl" star Melissa Benoist announced the birth of her first child, a son. Rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "Top" is the No. 1 album in the United States. Tennis star Serena Williams turns 39 and actor Linda Hamilton turns 64, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 26. On Sept. 26, 2007, ending a walkout that lasted less than two days, the United Auto Workers union and General Motors reached a deal. |
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