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A year after powerful earthquakes devastated southern Turkey, officials have raised the death toll to more than 53,000 people. Calls to hold officials accountable have so far gone unanswered.

American Serena Williams stormed her way to an Olympic gold medal Saturday, dominating the final against Maria Sharapova of Russia. It is the first individual gold medal for Williams, who has twice won in Olympic doubles.

The Nat King Cole Show debuted in 1956, making singer and jazz pianist Nat "King" Cole the first black man to host a nationally televised variety program. Cole reluctantly challenged segregation on television and in American society, but a year later the show ended.

Also: New food stamp cuts take effect tomorrow; a "sophisticated" drug tunnel is found between Mexico and the U.S.; Twitter is sued over an alleged private stock sale; and so many people tried to ride Turkey's new rail line under the Bosphorus Strait that it was disrupted.

Also: The White House will release an annual report on surveillance requests; San Diego's mayor leaves office today as candidates line up to replace him; Tylenol bottles will carry additional warnings on risk of overdose and liver damage; and dogs help sniff out huge snail pests in Florida.

Guy Adams of The Independent was among many contributing to the #NBCFail trending topic. Twitter suspended his account after he posted an NBC executive's email address. Adams says he didn't post private information, just something that was already public.

Also: Talks continue in the Philadelphia public transit strike; a lawsuit says some North Carolina voting rolls are wrongly purged; and there's a state of emergency in Alabama over a broken gas line.

State election officers from all over the country met in Washington, D.C., this weekend, and received a classified intelligence briefing on threats from foreign adversaries.

Also: Today is the funeral for the Baton Rouge man killed last week by police; Secretary of State Kerry is discussing Syria with Russian officials; and a man foils a robbery by ignoring a gunman.

The Republican Party is reeling from the U.S. Capitol siege that President Trump helped to incite. He also received blame for the GOP loss of the Senate. Yet, many party voters remain loyal to him.