
Massive wildfires in Oregon have scorched over 1 million acres of land, while first responders were trying to locate dozens of missing people in Jackson, Lane and Marion counties, state Governor Kate Brown said. ...

The August Complex Fire, which became California's largest ever wildfire this week, has merged with several other blazes and grew to 746,607 acres, up from 471,185 a day earlier, authorities said....
An unidentified photographer breached Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's Secret Service as the former Vice President was boarding a charter plane in the state of Pennsylvania, the media reported. ...

A new ensemble forecast published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects up to 217,000 Covid-19 deaths in America by October 3....

Anthony Fauci, the US' top infectious disease expert, said he disagreed with President Donald Trump's latest remark on the Covid-19 pandemic, where the latter claimed that the country has rounded "the final turn" on the health crisis, it was reported. ...

Israel and Bahrain have agreed to establish diplomatic ties, according to a joint statement of the US, Israel and Bahrain issued on Friday. ...

US President Donald Trump marked the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a moment of silence aboard the Air Force One, according to media reports....

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the US has led to the alteration of commemoration events across the country on Friday to mark the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks....

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called US President Donald Trump's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic "disgusting" and "almost criminal", after it was revealed that the latter had downplayed the virus' threat earlier this year, the media reported on Friday....
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and a top state official have cleared the way for bars to reopen and restaurants to begin packing in patrons again, even as some pockets areas recorded recent spikes in the number of Covid-19 cases, the media reported....