![Residents of the US state of Louisiana braced on Friday as Hurricane Delta made landfall [Adrees Latif/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-09T201358Z_458816266_RC28FJ9SL3W4_RTRMADP_3_STORM-DELTA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Delta, the second major hurricane to hit the US state’s southwest region in six weeks, made landfall late on Friday.
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![About 30 people contracted the novel coronavirus following the White?House event at the Rose Garden [Alex Brandon/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20276678196557-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci says ‘data speaks for themselves’ as Rose Garden crowd wore no masks.
![People watch the first presidential debate between United States President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden, on September 29, 2020, in Hoboken, New Jersey, the United States [Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/22560200.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Debate commission announcement comes after Donald Trump and Joe Biden disagreed over option to hold...
![New York state reported 1,592 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to the state's health department [Brendan McDermid/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UONYC2.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The restrictions were challenged by ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups, which claimed their community was...
![Alvin Cole, a Black teenager, was shot and killed in February, a month after his 17th birthday [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/6fc9f9ad904f4738b504a85d0417265f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Protests broke out near Milwaukee after prosecutor decided not to file charges against police officer who fatally shot Alvin Cole.
![US Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at Atlanta, Georgia on July 15, 2020 [File: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-09T095849Z_1510883960_RC2XEJ9OB2VC_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-SENATE-GEORGIA.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Georgia’s two Senate races may end up as runoff elections that could put Senate control in limbo until January.
![On Friday morning, United States President Donald Trump tweeted that COVID-19 relief negotiations 'are moving along. Go Big!' [File: @realDonaldTrump/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-08T120052Z_443475486_RC2CEJ99SXKQ_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-PRESIDENTIAL.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
In the latest twist in stimulus talks, Trump says he wants a bigger COVID-19 aid package than Democrats are offering.
![Former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin is facing murder and manslaughter charges in relation to George Floyd's death in May in the United States [Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3f45f168f27d43ef8fcc6eda2238b188_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Citing safety concerns, Minnesota judge says Derek Chauvin can live in a neighbouring state while he awaits trial.
Two US senators are demanding sanctions after reports Turkey has tested its Russian-built S-400 defence system.
![Twitter is imposing new rules ahead of the US presidential election, banning people, including candidates, from claiming an election win before it is called by officials or two authoritative, national news outlets [File: Richard Drew/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20283597708306.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
New rules restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and block calls for violence and voting interference.
![Protesters in Philadelphia hold signs during a June 13 demonstration calling for the defunding of the police department after the killing of George Floyd, who died in May after being restrained by police officers in Minneapolis in the United States [David Goldman/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20171095798050.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Prosecutors said a dazed and unarmed Dennis Plowden was holding his hand in front of his face when the officer fired.
![After a week of stimulus-induced volatility, United States stocks closed out the week firmly on the plus side [File: Mike Segar/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/trader.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Investors are still hopeful the White House and Congress can reach a deal on more coronavirus aid.
Al Jazeera’s American Voter series asks the same questions to voters across the US.
![Danielle Fontenot, carrying her son Hunter, heads to a relative's home ahead of Hurricane Delta [Gerald Herbert/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20283555286907.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Residents of the US state of Louisiana boarded up their homes as officials ordered evacuations ahead of the storm.