Containment of Bootleg Fire was up to 74% on Sunday22,000 firefighters battling 91 large, active wildfires in USFirefighters in Oregon have reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuatio…
Evictions crisis: Ocasio-Cortez says Democrats cannot blame Republicans
Progressive is angry her party allowed the clock to run out on renewing measure that lapsed Saturday nightDemocrats who control the House of Representatives cannot blame Republicans for a looming crisis over evictions, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, af…
TikTok star Anthony Barajas dies after California movie theater shooting
Social media star was known as itsanthonymichaelSuspect in double killing eligible for death penaltyA young TikTok star who was on life support after he and a friend were shot at a southern California movie theater has died, police and his family said….
Ex-SpaceX engineers in race to build first commercial electric speedboat
LA-based Arc Boat company announces $4.25m seed fund to start work on 475-horsepower craftA team of former SpaceX rocket engineers have joined the race to build the first commercial electric speedboat.The Arc Boat company announced it had raised $4.25m…
JetBlue ready to launch low-cost New York to London flights
US-based airline aims to tread where other have failed – and in the teeth of the Covid pandemicA low-cost airline service with a brand new business class cabin, flying London to New York? As Frank Sinatra might have said: if you can make it there, in t…
Lollapalooza drops DaBaby performance after homophobic comments
Rapper appears to apologize in video on WednesdayArtists including Elton John and Madonna condemn remarks Lollapalooza cancelled a Chicago performance by the rapper DaBaby on Sunday because, the music festival said, it was “founded on diversity, inclus…
Middle East problems stem from western and US interference | Letters
Readers critique the west’s actions in the region in response to an editorial on Arab democraciesYour editorial (29 July) is right that benevolent dictatorship is not the answer to the problems in the Middle East, but it is overly benevolent to Joe Bid…
Scientists warn of risks in easing UK controls for vaccinated arrivals
Edinburgh epidemiologist concerned about spread of ‘escape mutants’ that may defy vaccinesScientists have said that the lifting of restrictions for fully vaccinated arrivals to the UK from the EU and US, which begins from Monday, is not without risk.Fr…
Kinzinger: McCarthy and Jordan should face Capitol attack subpoenas – but maybe not Trump
Republican on select committee seeks 6 January answersCollins toes GOP line in saying panel not sufficiently bipartisanWhat did Jim Jordan know about the insurrection and when?Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the House select committee investi…
Sarah Palin hints at Alaska Senate run against Republican Lisa Murkowski
Former Alaska governor: ‘If God wants me to do it I will’Trump defends ‘just say election was corrupt’ demandThe former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has hinted at a run for US Senate. Related: Rudy Giuliani says …