Coronavirus updates: U.S. likely to see 50,000 COVID-19 deaths by weekend

• 2 men charged in fraud came to Minnesota for "opportunity," prosecutors say

  

• Flu, COVID and RSV cases surging across New York, health officials say

  

• Golden businesses scramble as power outages stretch into the weekend

  

• Man, 19, killed in Frazee shooting; 4 arrested, sheriff says

  

• Chicago weekend shootings leave 6 hurt, police say

  

• Record-setting high temperatures on the way to North Texas this weekend

  

• Chicago airports, roads will be crowded this weekend as holiday travel begins

  

• Pittsburgh City Council set to work over weekend on budget ahead of deadline