Sea walls designed to defend Venice against 'acqua alta,' or high water, went into use on Saturday, testing their ability to battle the Italian city's increasingly menacing floods.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has tested negative for the coronavirus, said he had not been in contact with President Trump and the first lady, who have contracted the virus.

Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, criticized Republicans for voting down a bill to bar the Trump administration from continuing litigation to overturn the Affordable Care Act, and for supporting the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

The European Commission took legal action against Britain for refusing to withdraw portions of its Brexit plan that Britain admitted could break international law by overriding commitments on Northern Ireland.

The Los Angeles District Attorney charged Deonte Lee Murray with attempted murder in the Sept. 12 shooting of two deputies who were sitting in their patrol car.

President Trump nominated Judge Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. The confirmation of Judge Barrett, a deeply conservative jurist, could shift the balance of the court firmly to the right.

President Trump announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.

In a recorded address to the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said the country's vaccine production and delivery capacity would help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Demonstrators flouted social distancing rules at a rally in central London against new coronavirus restrictions. A day earlier, Britain saw its highest daily number of new infections since the start of the pandemic.

Demonstrators rallied in Louisville, Ky., on a second night of protests after a grand jury did not charge police officers with the fatal shooting of Ms. Taylor.