Новости за 02.08.2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats remain at odds with Republicans and the White House as they continue to fight for an extension of $600 weekly unemployment for Americans in the latest COVID-19 stimulus bill.

Two NASA astronauts splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday afternoon, completing a two-month mission that sent them to the International Space Station to test SpaceX's groundbreaking Crew Dragon shuttle capsule.

Pro wrestler and television personality Brie Bella has confirmed she gave birth to her second child, a son.

South Korean pop group BTS has announced it will release a new song called "Dynamite" on Aug. 21.

The Marine Corps on Sunday announced it had ended the search for seven Marines and one Navy sailor who are feared dead after an amphibious assault vehicle sank off the coast of Southern California.

Warner Bros. Pictures posted on YouTube Sunday a 90-second video showing what Annabelle, the demonic doll from its "Conjuring" movies, has been doing during the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus pandemic, which began in Asia last December and first spread to Europe, is now primarily ravaging Western Hemisphere nations with the United States, Brazil and Mexico in the top 3 for most deaths.

White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic is currently "extraordinarily widespread" compared with its early emergence in March and April.

Singer and actress Brandy is celebrating the success of her latest album, "B7," on Instagram.

Country music star Luke Combs announced on Instagram he has married his fiancee, Nicole Hocking.

Lindsay Korman-Hartley is temporarily replacing Kelly Monaco as Sam on "General Hospital."

"Deadliest Catch" deckhand Mahlon Reyes has died in Montana at age 38, his family and Discovery Channel said.

"Cocoon" and "The Natural" star Wilford Brimley has died in a Utah hospital at age 85.

SEOUL, South Korea -- Heavy rains triggered a string of mudslides and flooding in central South Korea on Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and eight others missing, and forcing the suspension of train services and road closures.

On Aug. 2, 1974, John Dean, counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon, was sentenced to one to four years in prison for his part in the Watergate coverup.

Filmmaker Kevin Smith turns 50 and actor Mary-Louise Parker turns 56, among the famous birthdays for August 2.

The United Arab Emirates announced Saturday that it has launched operations in the first of four reactors at the Barakah nuclear power station, which has been described as the first nuclear power plant in the Arab world.

Final preparations were being made along Florida's Atlantic coast Saturday as the state braced for its first encounter from a hurricane this season.

Isaias is garnering attention for its potential landfall on the United States coast this weekend, but it smacked another U.S. area first.

Officials say at least 86 people have died this week after drinking illegally-made alcohol in the northern Indian state of Punjab.

Two NASA astronauts plan to fly SpaceX's groundbreaking Crew Dragon capsule from space Saturday to a splashdown near Florida, but an approaching hurricane could dictate the time and landing location.

Connie Culp, the first face-plant recipient in the United States, has died, according to the clinic that performed the surgery. She was 57.

The Department of Homeland Security is removing its acting chief of intelligence and analysis amid criticism of his office's role in responding to civil unrest in Portland, Ore.