Carving pumpkins is a Halloween tradition
Higher temperatures fuel gun violence. Now we know how much is from climate change.
This year, Philadelphia is on track to have the lowest number of homicides since 1963. But over Fourth of July weekend, a heat dome stretching from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico descended, leaving 165 million people facing major or extreme heat. Cities including Boston, Baltimore, and Raleigh saw record...
California has a plan for El Niño’s torrential rain: Save it for later
Something ominous just hit California: rain. The life-giving water that normally hydrates people and crops brings an aura of dread this autumn, thanks to the strongest El Niño ever recorded. While the phenomenon causes severe drought and heat in many parts of the world, historically it’s brought extraordinary rainfall to...
Climate change rarely goes on trial. This one could be a landmark.
Climate change gets a rare day in court on Monday when 15 Canadian youth will accuse the federal government of violating their constitutional rights by failing to adequately address the country’s role in global warming. Although thousands of similar cases have been filed across the globe, legal experts said this...
‘Even my best friend didn’t know’: Usman Khawaja reveals why he kept his rheumatoid arthritis a secret
Opener played through pain to establish himself as a Test cricketer ‘I didn’t want anyone to use it against me,’ he says Usman Khawaja has opened up on why he kept the rheumatoid arthritis that threatened his playing future a secret for his entire Test career. The former Test star...
Isak applies finishing touch as Liverpool bring Brighton’s winning run to an end
Brighton’s impressive run was blown off course at Anfield where Liverpool performed with an appetite and urgency at both ends of the pitch that showed Andoni Iraola’s methods taking root. It was Liverpool, deserving winners on home soil for the first time in the Premier League this season, who looked...
Kimi Antonelli looks forward to drivers’ title after victory in US Grand Prix
F1 champion-elect: ‘Hopefully we can clinch it soon’ Italian two points from title but Verstappen unhappy Kimi Antonelli has acknowledged the Formula One world championship is within his grasp after the Italian took a dominant victory at the US Grand Prix which has put him just two points away from...
Fernandes gamble leaves Carrick to carry the can for United’s institutional failures | Will Unwin
Leaving out his captain was doomed to fail but so are the club under the current leadership and the fans at Old Trafford know that all too well Dropping your captain, who has held the team together for most of the past five years, is a bold move from a...
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Bournemouth’s transfer nous puts United to shame, Araújo is winning admirers at Anfield and Suzuki adapts swiftly at Villa The three Bournemouth goalscorers cost a combined £85m, joining from Vasco da Gama, Middlesbrough, and Porto. The Cherries are smart at investing, far more so than Manchester United, who have wasted...
US military gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX access to sensitive tracking data
This gives the company an advantage in tracking objects in orbit, raising national security concerns and fears of greater control over the space industry The US military has given Elon Musk’s SpaceX access to restricted space tracking data, raising a new round of questions about whether the Trump administration is...