For the third-straight day, the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the United States topped 50,000, a level not seen since August, U.S. officials said Saturday. A curfew continued Saturday in Wauwatosa, Wisc., after three days of unrest over an attorney's announcement of no charges against an officer in the Feb. 2 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Alvin Cole. A cold-case Georgia homicide of a 30-year-old woman was solved after the confession of prolific serial killer Samuel Little and a DNA match from family members, Georgia investigators announced. Tropical Depression Delta soaked southwestern Louisiana with nearly a foot and a half of rainfall that caused flash floods and heavy winds that cut power to hundreds of thousands Saturday. Kyrgyz lawmakers on Saturday approved former parliament member Sadyr Japarov, 51, as prime minister after his supporters sprung him from prison following a state of emergency caused by a disputed Oct. 4 election. President Donald Trump turned his first post-COVID public appearance into a campaign rally on the White House South Lawn Saturday, nine days after was hospitalized for the coronavirus infection. A federal judge on Saturday dismissed a Trump campaign lawsuit against mail-in voting drop boxes in Pennsylvania. Hours after a cease-fire went into effect, Armenia and Azerbaijan on Saturday accused each other of violating the tenuous agreement to halt fighting. A grand jury has charged "Tiger King" star Bhagavan "Doc" Antle with animal cruelty and wildlife trafficking in Virginia. A federal judge has given the green light to a pair of lawsuits saying shooter Dylann Roof was illegally allowed to purchase the gun he used in the shooting at Charleston, S.C.'s Emanuel AME Church in 2015. Poland's Iga Swiatek denied American Sofia Kenin of her second Grand Slam victory of 2020 with a straight-sets triumph in the French Open final Saturday in Paris. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Saturday that doctors discharged him after a weeklong hospitalization for COVID-19 treatment. Delta weakened to a tropical depression as it pushed into Mississippi on Saturday, forecasters said. CBS All Access released a 2-minute trailer for its upcoming miniseries remake of Stephen King's "The Stand." The Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to two companies selling fraudulent herbal COVID-19 remedies. Russia's anti-coronavirus crisis center on Saturday reported the country's highest daily case growth rate since the COVID-19 pandemic began. HBO Max said it will be the exclusive U.S. streaming home of Billie Piper's eight-part British dramedy "I Hate Suzie." North Korea showed off its latest military hardware, including a large new intercontinental ballistic missile, in a flood-lit military parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party. Photographer Desiree S. Anzalone, the great-granddaughter of TV legends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, has died in Connecticut after a six-year battle with breast cancer. She was 31. A federal judge ruled Friday that Texas counties can have multiple drop-off locations for absentee ballots heading into the Nov. 3 general election. Wendell Pierce and Matt Berry have signed up to voice roles in BBC America's new fantasy series, "The Watch." Machine Gun Kelly's "Tickets to My Downfall" is the No. 1 album in the United States. Limiting marketing of high-sugar foods in supermarkets doesn't cut into store profits, but it may improve public health, Australian researchers report. On Oct. 10, 2005, Angela Merkel became the first female chancellor of Germany after her Christian Democrats won the parliamentary election. |
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