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Gaga’s Masks, Weeknd’s Advocacy And More Top VMAs Moments

The MTV Video Music Awards got a little creative trying to put on a somewhat live awards show from New York City in the middle of a pandemic. Sunday’s show included performances with mask-wearing artists and fans and artists dancing in front the backdrop of the city’s skyscrapers.

Everything You Have To Look Forward To At The 2020 VMAs

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards has set the stage, oops I mean stages, a little differently this year with explosive performances and notable appreciations to healthcare workers who have tirelessly devoted themselves to public health during the pandemic.

Aerial Images Show Stark Destruction From Hurricane Laura | PHOTOS

From the air, the destruction of Hurricane Laura is especially stark. Photographs from The Associated Press show entire neighborhoods surrounded by green-brown floodwater. A glassy high-rise stands with most of its windows missing. An airport hangar is shredded into ribbons of metal.

Trump Lashes Biden, Defies Pandemic On White House Stage

President Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden as a hapless career politician who will endanger Americans’ safety as he accepted his party’s renomination on the South Lawn of the White House. While the coronavirus kills 1,000 Americans each day, Trump defied his own administration’s pandemic guidelines to speak for more than an hour to a tightly packed, largely maskless crowd.

Pence Defends Police At Convention Amid Rising Race Tension

Vice President Mike Pence forcefully defended law enforcement Wednesday night but made no mention of the Black Americans killed by police this year as he addressed Republican convention proceedings that unfolded amid new protests against racial injustice following the latest shooting.

Laura Blasts Destructive, Life-Threatening Gulf Coast Path

Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday morning. A 14 year-old girl is the first reported fatality.

More Than 1 Million Americans Applied For Jobless Benefits

Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a springtime collapse.

'Fighting For You': First Lady Makes Her Case For Trump Vote

First lady Melania Trump portrayed her husband as an authentic, uncompromising leader in a Rose Garden address as President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the presidency to boost his reelection chances on the second night of the scaled-down Republican National Convention.

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