The Washington State Department of Agriculture announced that officials were able to trap the state's first Asian giant hornet, also known as the "murder hornet," following five previous confirmed sightings. The department said the next steps are to search for nests using infrared cameras and place additional traps to catch live specimens, which will be tagged and tracked back to their colony. Officials aim to find and destroy the nest by mid-September before the colony would begin creating new reproducing queens and drones.

According to TMZ, the diabetes campaigner and film actor for cult classics including Cocoon, The Natural and The Thing passed away on Saturday morning at his home in Utah.

The Serum Institute, run by Indian billionaire Adar Poonawalla, plans to make hundreds of millions of doses of an unproven Oxford designed vaccine. “It’s a gamble with a huge upside. And huge risks,” according to the New York Times.

Out of the 158 crew members working on Hurtigruten’s MS Roald Amundsen, 36 have tested positive for COVID-19. The 177 passengers on the cruise had already disembarked at Tromsø, Norway, and have now been told to self-isolate.

On Saturday night, stargazers around the world were able to capture images of Jupiter, Saturn and the moon all at once.

The defending champions restarted their season on Saturday with a 107-92 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Kyle Lowry had 33 points and a career-high 14 rebounds while OG Anunoby dropped 23 points. LeBron James had 20 points and 10 rebounds while Anthony Davis had just 14 points.

The Associated Press reports that scientists are looking into COVID-19 outbreaks within mink farms in the Netherlands and Spain to see if it is possible for the virus to be transmitted back to humans. So far, more than a million animals have been culled after several outbreaks in fur farms.

Ongoing protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued on Saturday night with an estimated tens of thousands taking to the streets in Jerusalem. Demonstrators have been marching for weeks against the leader's alleged corruption and his government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

The Department of Homeland Security halted the practice of compiling intelligence reports on journalists and removed the head of its Office of Intelligence and Analysis on Saturday. The removal of the officer from his post came a day after The Washington Post published an article about how the department had collected information on two American journalists who were covering the protests in Portland.

The Brewers announced that Cain will be sitting out the remainder of the 2020 MLB season as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten the league's ability to continue play. The Cardinals announced four more cases within their organization on Saturday.

A mid-air plane collision killed seven people on Friday morning, including Alaska Rep. Gary Knopp, who was the pilot of one of the planes. Officials confirmed that there were no survivors of the crash, which occurred near the airport in Soldotna, a city on the Kenai Peninsula.

The Spanish attacker is due to join Serie A side Roma, but in his last few minutes in a Chelsea shirt, hurt his shoulder badly enough to need oxygen.

The New York Liberty guard and No. 1 pick is expected to miss a month of play after suffering a Grade 3 left ankle sprain on Friday, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.

The Minnesota Wild defender denounced racism before taking a knee during the US National Anthem ahead of the Oilers-Blackhawks game on Saturday. Malcolm Subban and Darnell Nurse placed their hands on Dumba's shoulders during the anthem.

Europe’s new Covid-19 flare-ups are nowhere near as bad as they were at the April peak, but they are a serious test of the European governments’ pandemic strategies.

Warren led the @Pacers to a 127-121 win over the @Sixers with a career-high of 53 points, the third-most points scored in a single NBA game in the franchise's history. The Indiana forward is also the first player to make 50 points inside the new NBA bubble.

Demonstrators marched in Berlin on Saturday in protest of the measures imposed in Germany to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.