Burning Man desert festival turns into mud bath
Thousands of people are stranded at the Burning Man festival after bad weather turned the ground into thick mud. Revellers have been told to take shelter and conserve their food,…
‘I felt no control’ – Swiatek stunned in US Open exit
Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 August-10 September Coverage: Daily live text and radio commentaries across the BBC Sport website, app, BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra…
Minnesota jail in lockdown as prisoners stage protest
Prisoners have reportedly been protesting conditions at the facility amid hot conditions.
‘Where Is the Money?’ Military Graft Becomes a Headache for Ukraine
The removal of Ukraine’s minister of defense after a flurry of reports of graft and financial mismanagement in his department underscores a pivotal challenge for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime leadership:…
What’s Next for Hurricane Season
In a typical Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, August is the ramp-up to September’s peak. This season came to life almost overnight in mid-August, producing a record four named storms in…
Burning Man Attendees May Get to Leave on Monday
Clearing skies over northwestern Nevada on Monday may permit the mass exodus of tens of thousands of people from the Burning Man festival, where they have been stranded for days…
Who’s Afraid of an Alternative for Germany? | naked capitalism
The media describes them as far-right, anti-European Union, anti-immigrant, fascist, etc. But what exactly are the positions of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party? Why is it steadily gaining in public…
Opinion | I Put My Money on the Weeping Mothers at the Tennessee State Capitol
But that’s a reductive understanding of political identity, and I have given up hoping it’s ever going to happen on a scale that would turn a red state blue. I…
Rishi Sunak, Behind in U.K. Polls, Embraces Divisive Politics
When Greenpeace activists draped Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s baronial country house in black fabric last month to protest his energy policies, public reaction focused on the troubling lapse in security.…
The Ground-Floor Window Into What’s Ailing Downtowns
Downtown San Francisco’s office buildings have been quieted by some of the highest vacancy rates and slowest return-to-office trends in the country. But when walking around the area, what makes…