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A fireworks display rises above an empty park on Wednesday in Brooklyn. According to New York City officials, complaints about fireworks have skyrocketed in recent weeks.

NYC To Crack Down On Mystery Fireworks That Are Fraying Nerves And Disrupting Sleep

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has formed a task force aimed at halting the illegal sale of fireworks that have prompted thousands of complaints.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he does not supporting extending additional unemployment benefits that run out at the end of July.

Nonprofit And State Look To Help As $600 A Week Unemployment Benefit Ends

More than two million unemployed Californians rely on the extra $600 a week provided under the federal CARES Act. Now that it's ending, nonprofits and the state look to help fill the gap.

A poll worker in Sun Prairie, Wis., is seen during the state's April 7 primary. A record number of Wisconsin voters are expected to vote by mail this fall, but polls indicate Republicans are far more likely to vote in person, which has some GOP officials worried it could hurt the party's chances.

Some In GOP Fear Trump's Push Against Mail-In Voting Could Harm The Party's Chances

Trump's supporters don't trust voting by mail, said one local Wisconsin GOP chair. "And one of the reasons they don't trust it," he said, "is the president's previous tweets and comments about it."

For the first time, Twitter has directed users to a fact check of a tweet by President Trump.

Twitter Places Fact-Checking Warning On Trump Tweet For 1st Time

A link is added to a tweet in which the president claims without evidence that mail-in ballots are fraudulent. A Twitter spokesman says the tweet wasn't deleted because it didn't discourage voting.

Tim Sweeney is awarded during the BAFTA Presents Special Award to Epic Games at The London on June 2019. Sweeney told NPR he is suing Apple and Google in a bid to attack practices he claims are monopolistic and exploitative.

Fortnite Maker Tim Sweeney On Apple And Google: 'These Monopolies Need To Be Stopped'

The Epic Games CEO tells NPR that the tech titans are abusing their power and exploiting developers by demanding a 30% cut of every app purchase made on a smartphone or tablet.

The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump's executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their jobs are under threat.

They Teach Chinese Kids English Online. Now They're Caught In Trump's War On TikTok

ByteDance-owned tutoring app GOGOKID employes about 4,000 American teachers. Trump's crack down on TikTok could mean those instructors will lose their jobs.

A sign outside the county’s walk-up testing site at the Tubman Chavez Community Center on Aug. 10, 2020

County Reports Fewer Than 200 COVID-19 Cases For First Time Since June

San Diego County health officials reported 182 new COVID-19 infections Tuesday, the first time that fewer than 200 new cases have been reported since June 22.

"Together, let's reject the lies and nonsense out there," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday, referring to rampant misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, a nun holds her phone and a protective face mask in La Paz, Bolivia.

U.N. Chief Targets 'Dangerous Epidemic Of Misinformation' On Coronavirus

"Harmful health advice and snake-oil solutions are proliferating," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said. "Wild conspiracy theories are infecting the Internet. Hatred is going viral."

Demonstrators block roads to protest the postponement of presidential elections in El Alto, Bolivia.

'We Can't Stand It Anymore': Bolivian Protesters Demand Quick Elections

"Many of us know the risk [voting] entails because of the pandemic," a protester says, "but we want to hold elections." The vote, postponed twice due to the virus, is now set to take place on Oct. 18.

A still from a video of Amaurie Johnson being detained by former La Mesa police Officer Matthew Dages on May 27, 2020.

La Mesa Police Body Camera Video Footage Reveals Little

The new footage from an incident that sparked outrage doesn’t reveal new details in a man’s encounter with police officers.

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