Authorities are searching the home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996
The uncertain future of the UN’s leading voice on Indigenous rights
Last week, the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues released urgent calls to action, including a pause on fast-tracked critical mineral projects and increased funding for Indigenous climate projects. But those recommendations come as the Forum itself is facing an existential crisis. For 25 years, the Forum has been the...
Democrats used to back energy-saving plans. Now they’re wavering.
There’s a strange trend afoot on the East Coast, where residents have seen some of the highest increases in electricity costs in the country. As part of efforts to relieve the pressure, some Democrats are planning to slash energy-efficiency programs. Because utilities fund energy-efficiency measures through charges to their customers,...
‘Keystone Light’: These Wyoming oil tycoons are reviving the controversial pipeline
On the first day of his presidency back in 2021, Joe Biden revoked a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have brought oil from Canada’s tar sands into the U.S. The decision to kill Keystone XL was perhaps Biden’s clearest gift to the environmental movement. But now,...
Rural North Carolina fights back against PFAS contamination
For more than half a century, residents of Sampson County, North Carolina have watched their local landfill grow to nearly 1,300 acres, becoming the largest in the state. Garbage now arrives from far beyond the county line, traveling from all over the state. For locals like Sherri White-Williamson, the scale...
Arsenal no longer fear falling short and now have clear sight of immortality | David Hytner
In the space of a week the mood has changed, with positive energy replacing suffering, and two trophies are suddenly within reach It was a soundbite designed to go viral, the kind the ex-pros in the TV studios are always looking to confect; snappy, heavy on hyperbole, bang in the...
Raducanu’s road leads from Rome to a French Open fitness race and questions beyond
Late withdrawal from Italian Open casts significant doubt over player’s chances of competing at Roland Garros In the end Emma Raducanu was one of the first in and out the grandiose gates of the Foro Italico this year. She had arrived in Rome early, eager to test her health and...
‘Half the peloton is ill’: cowpats blamed as cyclists fall sick after race in Belgium
Riders taken to hospital after Famenne Ardenne Classic Dung may have sprayed on to riders in wet conditions Several cyclists, including riders due to start the Giro d’Italia on Friday, fell ill after a Belgian one-day race, with cow manure on the roads suspected to be the cause. Three Lotto-Intermarché...
Premier League CEO Masters earned £2.6m including £1.1m bonus in 2024-25
Accounts for year ending July 2025 show improved salary Richard Masters had earned £1.9m the previous year The latest accounts filed by the Premier League show the chief executive, Richard Masters, received £1m in a performance-related bonus. Accounts by the Premier League for the year ending 31 July 2025 were...
Michael Carrick has the light touch Manchester United need for next chapter | Jonathan Liew
Something of an obsessive with tidiness, the interim coach has beaten all the club’s closest rivals in his short time in charge We’ll get on to the more pressing business of whether Michael Carrick deserves the full-time Manchester United job in a moment. There’s plenty to discuss: tactics and philosophy,...