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Donald Trump Jr, his sister Tiffany and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle took to the waters off the coast of Montauk on Friday for a boat party ahead of the president's Saturday fundraisers. The president will be in Southampton on Saturday for a fundraiser at his son's home in the town, and also at the residence of billionaire former hedge fund manager John Paulso.

President Donald Trump defended having members of his Bedminister golf club crowing into his press conference and not wearing masks as a peaceful demonstration against the news media.  Trump grew defensive when a member of the media asked him what message it sent to have a large crowd of people at his event, most of whom did not wear masks or socially distance. 'You're wrong on that,' President Trump replied. 'It's a peaceful protest.' 

Portland police have accused protesters of throwing rocks and chunks of concrete at them, and using lasers to try and blind them, on another night of violence in the Oregon city. Friday night marked the 72nd straight night of protests, which generally begin peacefully and then descend in to violence. On Friday afternoon Donald Trump hit out at the 'mobs' and 'anarchists' who he said had taken over Portland.

Liberty University President and prominent Trump supporter Jerry Falwell Jr. will take an indefinite leave from his position effective immediately it was announced Friday. Falwell's (at left in black t-shirt and at right) departure from the university comes just two days after he apologized on Wednesday for posting a picture online (left) which showed him with his pants unzipped and his arm around a woman. The picture, posted and deleted from Instagram Tuesday, sparked controversy because of the strict code of conduct for Liberty University students which requires them to dress with 'appropriateness' and 'modesty'. 'The Executive Committee of Liberty University's Board of Trustees, acting on behalf of the full Board, met today and requested Jerry Falwell Jr. take an indefinite leave of absence from his roles as President and Chancellor of Liberty University, to which he has agreed, effective immediately,' according to a statement issued by Liberty University Friday.

On Friday evening, several rowdy groups were spotted openly drinking and carousing near 79th Street and Broadway, not far from three of the hotels where the city is housing homeless people for $175 per person each night. Among the hotels on the city's list are The Belleclaire, The Lucerne and The Belnord on the Upper West Side, where all other guests have been quietly cleared out to make way for the homeless individuals. It is part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's (inset) scheme to try to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19 at the city's dormitory-style homeless shelters, but concerned residents have raised an outcry that the neighborhood is being terrorized by open drug use, lewd displays and brazen harassment, and say they fear the situation will spin out of control.

Police in Alexandria, Virginia, say Ibrahim E. Bouaichi, 33, fatally gunned down Karla Dominguez outside her apartment in the early morning hours July 29. Bouaichi was indicted on rape, strangulation and abduction charges after Dominguez testified that he sexually abused her during a violent incident last October. He had been released from jail in April after his lawyers argued that COVID-19 put both them and their client at risk.

Trump said at a press conference on Friday night at his golf club in New Jersey that the pandemic 'is disappearing,' adding, 'It will disappear. 'In the US, more than 80 percent of jurisdictions report declining cases. We're doing very well, you don't hear that often in the media,' he continued. It was unclear how Trump was defining 'jurisdictions,' but coronavirus infections are declining nationwide. Deaths are still rising in 23 states, while cases are increasing in 20 states, according to a Reuters analysis comparing data from the past two weeks to the previous two. 'We have a very large country, a very complex country. More than half of America's counties report fewer than 20 cases last week,' Trump said. 'We're doing very well but we have to remain vigilant.'

Thousands of bikers have defied social distancing guidelines as they gathered for the commencement of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Friday.  Up to a quarter of a million people are expected to converge on the city in South Dakota for the 10-day festival, which will feature live music, bikes stunts and races.  Photos from the festival show attendees gathered close together as they watched a parade of souped-up motorcycles rev through the downtown area. 

TV news anchor Molly Grantham (left and right) revealed her entire family contracted COVID-19 just days after she gave birth in July. Grantham, her husband Wes and nine-year-old daughter all received positive COVID-19 test results within days of each other. Her five-year-old son and newborn boy tested negative, but pediatricians said to assume the children are infected. Grantham's newborn is reportedly 'the youngest person tested in Mecklenburg County' and 'youngest presumptive positive case' at 10-days-old. Grantham shared the shocking experience in a viral Facebook post.

A woman was slashed by a man with a knife hanging on a lanyard, after he allegedly accused her of getting too close to him on a New York City subway. Diana Quinonez, 29, a construction worker from Queens, was attacked by an unidentified man while they were on a southbound 7 train at the Roosevelt Ave.-Jackson Heights station in Queens around 4.30pm Wednesday. 'I got in and grabbed a pole that was next to him,' Quinonez told the New York Daily News . 'From what I understand, I upset him, and he told me "move, f**k you, move."' Quinonez said that nobody tried to intervene when the man barked at her and kicked her. She then used her video camera to record him as he attacked her, at which point he took his folding knife - hanging from a lanyard - and slashed her left arm with it.

District Attorney George Brauchler (top inset) launched an investigation into the Aurora Police Department after a Black family was mistakenly detained. Brauchler said the no one is above the law and he will prosecute the officers if a crime was committed. A separate criminal investigation has also been launched and Police Chief Wilson will review department protocols. A black family, with children ranging in age from six to 17, were detained and handcuffed at gunpoint in Aurora, Colorado. Bystander video has emerged showing family members lying on their stomachs with their hands behind their backs on Sunday morning. Driver Brittney Gilliam (bottom inset) had been traveling in the blue SUV with her nieces, younger sister and daughter. Aurora Police detained the family because the car matched the license plate number of a stolen vehicle.

REBECCA HARDY: Pandora (pictured top right with her daughters Poppy, Cara and Chloe) is a thoroughly likeable woman with a quirky humour and an exotic style. When we meet in her Chelsea home the day before she flies to France for a family holiday, she's wearing voluminous green harem pants and trainers (pictured inset). 'Most people call me out-of-the-box,' she confides with a certain pride.) Now 61, Pandora used to be a 'rampant crazy girl' (her words) with a penchant for dancing on tables and generous present giving. 'The dancing on tables went on for quite a long time until I was about 38 when I thought I was a bit too old,' she says. She continues to give presents. Today, she hands me a blue woven friendship bracelet made by the women of Bela Vista. Pandora first visited this impoverished part of Mozambique in 2017. She believes these wise, kind-hearted women who live hand-to-mouth saved her, in a sense. Pandora is a recovering addict who was diagnosed with bipolar 30 years ago, which means she suffers manic highs and crashing lows. She says for much of her life she was 'searching, always searching to fill a hole I was never able to fill'.

Tim and Fred Williams, 21, from Gary Indiana, have been broadening their musical horizons as part of their 'First Time Hearing' YouTube series. In their videos, they react to classic songs they've never heard before, including Dolly Parton's 'Jolene' and the Carpenters' 'We've Only Just Begun.' The brothers' brilliant reaction to the drumbeat of Collins' 1981 track 'In the Air Tonight' has gone viral and earned them even more fans.

Authorities believe Sgt. Jared Esquibel Harless was helped by his wife, Sheryll Ann, when murdering their four children in June. The couple killed themselves in an apparent murder-suicide in San Antonio, Texas. Lt. Salame said a combination of life stress, mental health and the stress of raising a special needs child could have sparked the murder-suicide. But an official motive has not been determined by authorities. Police discovered the dead family in a SUV during a welfare check at the home. A medical examiner determined the family died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

The Twin Peaks chain has been hit with a federal lawsuit by 34 former 'breastaurant' employees claiming sexual harassment, multiple forms of discrimination and the 'sexual exploitation of young women.' The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court for Northern District of Illinois, seeks a jury trial while also claiming that the restaurant chain is 'Run very much like a commercial sex ring, torn from a pimp's playbook.' Twin Peaks is a sports bar and restaurant chain which promises eats, drinks and 'scenic views,' served up by scantily-clad women. The restaurant beckons patrons with the slogan: 'Welcome to the lodge, MANTALITY.' Most of the 34 plaintiffs - almost all women - were employees at Twin Peaks locations in Oakbrook, Orland Park, Wheeling and Warrenville (inset), Illinois. Other plaintiffs worked in Twin Peaks in Plano, Round Rock and Frisco, Texas, or Orlando, Florida. Examples of the non-standard theme week wardrobe allegedly required of a Twin Peaks server are pictured at right. The restaurant chain's official uniform is a plaid shirt and short shorts (as seen in file image at left).

Carter Sharer, Lizzy Capri, Ryan Prunti, Stove's Kitchen will live together in the 10-bed, 15-bathroom mansion to work on their videos. The twenty-something internet talents, known as Team RAR, spent $32million on the two-acre estate that was previously owned by Frank Sinatra and Future. Kylie Jenner's $36million home is said to be doors away.

Armed robbers stormed a bus in  in Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, State of Mexico on June 24, and footage of the incident leaked on Friday. An off-duty police officer opened fire at the two armed men, before one returns fire, fatally wounding him. The assailants were each shot by the cop and died as a result of their wounds and injuries suffered in a beating by passengers when they tried to flee. There were 496 robberies on public transportation buses in June, accounting for 63 percent of armed assaults that were reported in the country

Yusuf Shehadi said dozens of fireworks were stored in the same hangar as thousands of tonnes of the powerful chemical compound ammonium nitrate (left) in Beirut, Lebanon. Meanwhile, a major protest is scheduled in downtown Martyrs' Square on Saturday as critics call for an end to the country's political system. The blast killed 137 people and wounded more than 5,000 on Tuesday. The former worker, who emigrated to Canada in March this year, told The Guardian he was instructed by the military to store 2,750 tonnes of the chemical in Warehouse 12. On top of the dangerous chemicals, fireworks were confiscated by customs in 2009-10 and sent to be stored in the same hangar at the port. 'There were 30 to 40 nylon bags of fireworks inside warehouse 12,' he said, adding that he had personally seem them being delivered on a forklift. Fireworks could be seen exploding in videos taken seconds before the dramatic explosion (right).

Tamaran worked as an assistant to several celebrity stylists from 2008 to 2017  and has shared a series of videos on TikTok talking about her experiences. She said Carrie Underwood is 'the sweetest person on the planet' and Selena Gomez is 'one of the most professional human beings in the industry'. Marisa Tomei slept in and didn't wake up until three hours after her appointment. The Kissing Booth star Jacob Elordi was 'the sweetest guy' and Ariel Winter was 'actually a really sweet girl'. But Pitch Perfect actress Alexis Knapp stained her dress during a fitting, 'lost' pricey jewelry, and didn't want to pay.

A convicted conman has been arrested for making terroristic threats after he was caught on camera verbally abusing a cashier at a New Jersey Costco.  The suspect, William Gilbert Commauf, 48, was taken into custody on Wednesday - a week after his menacing outburst took place inside a franchise in the town of Manahawkin.  A clip of the incident was posted to TikTok, where it quickly went viral. Several viewers identified Commauf from the footage and contacted police. 

Mob Wives star Drita D'Avanzo's husband Lee (right) has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to keeping two loaded guns at their Staten Island home. D'Avanzo, 51, a reputed member of the Colombo crime family, appeared in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday. The mobster was handed a 64-month sentence - much longer than the 46 months prosecutors had sought - despite wife Drita's pleas for leniency weeks earlier. Earlier Drita (pictured left on Friday) 44, was seen arriving at the sentencing with her two daughters, Aleeya and Gizelle.

An Air India Express plane flying from Dubai to Calicut with 191 passengers onboard has crashed into a valley after overshooting the runway at its destination. Images circulating on social media show an aircraft ruptured into two parts laying in a valley near Calicut airport, in the Indian state of Kerala. According to initial reports, the pilot and one other individual died in the disaster. Another 35 people were injured in the crash.

The 1,300ft tunnel intended for smuggling ran from Arizona, to a Mexican town and has a ventilation system, water lines, electrical wiring, and even a rail system, federal officials said Thursday. 'This appears to be the most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history, and certainly the most sophisticated I´ve seen in my career,' said Carl E. Landrum, acting chief patrol agent with the Border Patrol's Yuma Sector. Homeland Security Investigations found the tunnel in late July. A camera was sent 25 feet underground after federal agents discovered a sinkhole in the area of a tunnel investigation, authorities said.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Carmen Tarleton, 52 (top right), was left disfigured after her estranged husband beat with her a baseball bat and doused her face and body with lye in 2007. Over 80 percent of her body was burned (inset) and she was blinded. Six years ago, Tarleton, from Manchester, New Hampshire, became one of a handful of people to undergo a face transplant (left). Last year, the face from the first donor, Cheryl Denelli-Righter (bottom right), started to fail and Tarleton began experiencing scarring, tightness and pain because of a loss of blood flow to her face. She was put back on the list for a face transplant and she received the operation in July at Brigaham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. She is currently recovering at home and the donor this time is considered a much better tissue match. Tarleton is the first American and second person globally to undergo a second face transplant. 

From a motor racing driver to a young soap opera actor, Tatler has revealed the very handsome royals from across the sea that are lesser-known but by no means unworthy of our attention. Afonso, Prince of Beira, 24, is already hotly desired by his Portuguese fans thanks to his dashing good looks and his role as Honorary Commander in the Voluntary Fire Brigade of Lisbon. Equally sought-after by wannabe princesses is Prince Josef-Emanuel of Liechtenstein - the youngest son of Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein - who often appears on royal bachelor lists. Pictured left to right: Archduke Ferdinand von Habsburg (left inset), Heinrich Donatus, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece (right inset).

A ten-person team of artists drew a 4.2-mile-long Black Lives Matter mural made out of tire tracks imprinted in the playa of Nevada's Black Rock Desert near the site of the Burning Man festival. The stunning piece of art is getting noticed for its precision as much for its size. Each of the letters measure 50ft in width and are printed in neat Helvetica font. If the letters were connected and stretched out into a single straight line, it would measure some 25 miles. The mural itself is at the center of a perfectly drawn circle whose circumference measures 13 miles.

Retired teacher Judy Parsons, 99, from Pennsylvania is one of many untold stories of American women who worked in the Navy's clandestine service as a codebreaker during WWII. Her job was to decipher and translate German Enigma- machine encrypted messages that were sent to U-boats (inset). By 1945,11,000 American women were hired to work as codebreakers for the Army and Navy but their work was to be kept entirely secret for almost 70 years. 'I never told my husband, I never told anybody,' she said. It wasn't until the 1990s, when information became declassified that Parsons began discussing the work she did among friends and family.

Incredible footage of a violent fight between two male giraffes was captured camera on August 5 in Kruger National Park, South Africa. The video shows the giraffes viciously knocking heads until one is knocked down and the alpha male kneels on his body in victory. A witness said the fight lasted around 45 minutes in total. The defeated giraffe was left severely wounded by the victor, but survived, albeit heavily scarred. 

Curiosity has seen a lot in eight years as part of its mission to find out whether Mars has any water or the chemical building blocks that could point to evidence of ancient life. To mark eight years since the rover landed NASA has shared eight 'postcards from Mars' showing a selection of panoramas captured by the vehicle.

The Cadillac Lyriq from General Motors will have a range of more than 300 miles - putting it in the same range as Tesla's Model Y and X (inset) crossovers. It will be released in late 2022, with GM hoping to have 20 electric cars globally by 2023. The vehicle will have many prime features, including the ability to park itself.

The Southern Alps in New Zealand are the latest icy region to be devastated by global warming and a study has found their glaciers have shrunk by up to 62 per cent by 1600. This, according to the study, equated to a maximum ice loss of 73 square km (30 square miles), an area half the size of Liechtenstein. Pictured left, the Lyell Glacier in 1866 and right, the same glacier in 2018.