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Early voting for the U.S. election opened in four states on Friday, and the crowds at one polling station in Fairfax, Virginia, were massive. “So this is a big turnout,” said one voter, wearing a black face mask. Source

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just over six weeks before the election cast an immediate spotlight on the high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly vowing to bring to a vote whoever President Donald Trump nominates. Source

LIMA, PERU -- Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra's job went on the line Friday as opposition lawmakers pushed through an impeachment hearing criticized as a hasty and poorly timed ouster attempt in one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Source

Six months ago, cross-border health-care worker Torry Robertson of LaSalle, Ont., contracted COVID-19 — leading to renal failure, a super bug, bacterial pneumonia and almost 40 days connected to a ventilator. Following his COVID-19 diagnosis in late March, Torry spent a total of seven weeks in the intensive care unit, eight weeks in hospital and an additional eight weeks rehabbing at Windsor Regional Hospital. Source

VANCOUVER -- DoorDash is apologizing after a food delivery driver working for the company was caught on camera stealing a package from a customer's doorstep in Surrey, B.C. Thursday. Geraldine Paz posted security camera footage of the incident on her Facebook page. Source

Hundreds of thousands of people were still without power Friday along the Alabama coast and the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally as officials assessed millions of dollars in damage that included a broken bridge in Pensacola and ships thrown onto dry land. Source

Hundreds of thousands of people were still without power Friday along the Alabama coast and the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally as officials assessed millions of dollars in damage that included a broken bridge in Pensacola and ships thrown onto dry land. Source

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday at her home in Washington, D.C., the court says. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. In July, she announced that she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lesions on her liver, the latest of several battles with cancer. Source

SHREVEPORT, LA. -- Four police officers in northwest Louisiana have been charged with negligent homicide and malfeasance in connection with the death last April of a 44-year-old Black man following a video-recorded altercation, a prosecutor's office announced Friday. Source

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday at her home in Washington, D.C., the court says. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. In July, she announced that she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lesions on her liver, the latest of several battles with cancer. Source