On Sunday morning, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the North Carolina and Virginia border. No injuries or deaths were immediately reported. According to the USGS, the earthquake was the strongest to hit North Carolina since 1916.

Fiji, Vietnam and New Zealand are among a handful of nations worldwide which have managed to last 100 days without a case of community transmission of COVID-19. Vietnam reached the impressed feat before a new small cluster emerged in late July. Here's how New Zealand's communities, businesses and officials have helped stem the flow of the novel coronavirus.

Donald Trump made a promise to white evangelical Christians, whose support can seem mystifying to the outside observer.

President Trump signed four executive orders on Saturday, including one that will provide an extra $400 a week to people receiving unemployment insurance. This is one third less than the $600 a week people had been receiving under the CARES Act. That benefit ended on July 31.

An Air India Express flight skidded off the runway at Kozhikode International Airport in Kerala on Friday. The plane, which was coming in from Dubai, overshot the runway as it landed in heavy rain.

Jo Jorgensen is a third party candidate for the US presidency. She is running on the Libertarian ticket. She and her supporters are running a campaign for her to be allowed to debate alongside Trump and Biden.

The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may attract 250,000 people even though South Dakota’s coronavirus cases have been rising.

The New York Times published a column written by Maureen Down on Saturday that stated "it has been 36 years since a man and a woman ran together on a Democratic Party ticket." The New York times issued a correction after many pointed out that Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine ran on the Democratic Party ticket four years ago.

Simmons is exiting the NBA bubble in Orlando to remove a loose body in his left knee, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania and ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The team has not provided a timetable for his return.

A photographic timeline of a historic half-year.

The death toll from COVID-19 in Brazil is expected to reach 100,000 on Saturday. Brazil trails only the US, which has recorded over 162,000 deaths.

According to tallies by Reuters and NBC News, the United States crossed five million confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with one out of every 66 residents testing positive. So far, the country has recorded more than 162,000 deaths from the coronavirus.

Happy #InternationalCatDay! Who's your favorite cat from movies and TV?

Lilly Wachowski, who co-wrote and co-directed The Matrix, recently confirmed that the film is an allegory for gender transition "coming from a closeted point of view." Netflix collected some thoughts on the film's themes from a number of trans writers and critics.

The Indian Ocean island nation declared the state of environmental emergency late Friday after a Japanese-owned ship, which ran aground on July 25, began spilling tons of fuel. The ship carried "nearly 4,000 tons of fuel oil and 200 tons of diesel on board," according to The New York Times.

The game is the latest battle royale to gain popularity, but the game's servers have been more frustrating than trying to get a win for some players.