Three earthquakes shook the Anchorage, Alaska area Saturday morning. Joe Biden was projected the winner of the U.S. presidential election on November 7, 2020, four days after Election Day. The victory denies a second term to President Donald Trump. A vote count was slowed by a surge in mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic and a high turnout. Harris becomes the first woman and first Black and South Asian woman to be elected vice president. President-elect Joe Biden emphasized healing and cooperation -- and the need to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control -- during a Saturday night victory address. Ivory Coast opposition leader and former prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan has been arrested for creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara's election victory. Eta, now back to tropical storm strength, is spinning over the warm waters of the northwest Caribbean Saturday after leaving behind a trail of catastrophic damage and a rising death toll in Central America. Europeans swept the big turf races on Saturday's Breeders' Cup program at Keeneland, taking all four races, most in dominating fashion. Authentic led a 1-2 finish for trainer Bob Baffert in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland and likely landed Horse of the Year honors in the process. Ethiopia's parliament on Saturday voted in an emergency session to dissolve the government of the country's troubled northern region of Tigray. Kamala Harris breaks glass ceiling as the first woman and first African American and Asian American elected as U.S. vice president. The southern tip of Florida braced for the arrival of Tropical Storm Eta, which is predicted to bring up to 15 inches of rain to parts of the state over the weekend. Forty-eight years to the day after first being elected to the federal government, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Saturday amid a grueling, five-day vote count. A former Afghan TV presenter was among three killed Saturday in an explosion in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, police said. World leaders reacted Saturday to the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket winning the presidential election and its potential effect on U.S. policies. Americans took to the streets in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and other U.S. cities Saturday in the hours after news outlets called the presidential election for Joe Biden. COVID-19 cases in the the United States continued to set new records for the number of active infections and deaths this week. Iran on Saturday reported a new daily record of 9,450 COVID-19 infections as cases surged worldwide. Director Colin Trevorrow announced on Twitter Saturday that he has completed principal photography on "Jurassic World: Dominion." Joe Biden's presidential victory, with Sen. Kamala Harris as vice president, is the highlight of a long career marked by victory and personal tragedy. Cast members of the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties" are reuniting for an online fundraising special for The Actors Fund on Tuesday. Joe Biden has been projected as the winner of the 2020 election for U.S. president, edging out President Donald Trump in a tight contest. Biden, a former senator who served as vice president under President Barack Obama, has served in government for 48 years. "Dancing with the Stars" pro Gleb Savchenko and his wife, "So You Think You Can Dance" choreographer Elena Samodanova, announced they are ending their 14-year marriage. British actor Geoffrey Palmer -- known for his collaborations with actress Judi Dench -- has died at age 93. President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has tested positive for COVID-19, senior administration officials said. Country music star Luke Combs' "What You See is What You Get" is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. U.S. Senate control hinges on Georgia as Republican Sen. David Perdue has not met a 50% threshold to win the election, forcing a second race into a run-off. On Nov. 7, 1919, on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the first Palmer Raid results in the roundup of more than 10,000 suspected communists. |
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