Schools School reopens inquiry into teens giving Nazi salute as new clips emerge, reports sayGuardian US - Guardian staff and agenciesSchool officials in southern California are reportedly reopening an investigation into a group of high school students seen giving Nazi salutes on video, after more racist video and images surfaced on
Jay Inslee Washington governor Jay Inslee drops out of 2020 presidential raceGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonJay Inslee, the governor of Washington and a 2020 Democratic hopeful, has dropped out of the presidential race. Inslee, who launched his campaign in March with a singular focus on fighting climate change,
Microplastics Microplastics in water not harmful to humans, says WHO reportThe Guardian - Jonathan Watts Global environment editorMicroplastics are increasingly found in drinking water, but there is no evidence so far that this poses a risk to humans, according to a new assessment by the World Health Organization. However, the United
Play buttonAngela Merkel Merkel gives Johnson 30 days to find solution to avoid no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Philip Oltermann in Berlin and Angelique Chrisafis in ParisAngela Merkel has challenged Boris Johnson to come up with a solution to avert a no-deal Brexit “in the next 30 days”, putting responsibility for stopping the UK crashing out of the EU firmly at the British
Hollywood Hills No Hollywood ending: Los Angeles property listed for $1bn sells at $100,000Guardian US - Andrew Gumbel in Los AngelesA billion dollars for an empty tract of land always sounded like a Hollywood fairytale. This week reality came crashing down on the investors, real estate agents and feuding litigants who – all too briefly
Deficits US federal deficit to reach $1tn next year, report saysThe Guardian - Dominic Rushe in New YorkUS federal debt will top $1tn next year even as Donald Trump explores tax cuts and other giveaways that are only likely to increase the deficit. According to figures released by the Congressional Budget
MIT Media Lab Prominent MIT professor resigns in protest over lab's links to EpsteinGuardian US - Miranda BryantA prominent professor at the MIT Media Lab has announced he is resigning from the prestigious research centre in protest after it was revealed its director took money from the disgraced financier Jeffrey
Play buttonJair Bolsonaro Jair Bolsonaro claims without evidence that NGOs are setting fires in Amazon rainforestThe Guardian - Jonathan WattsThe Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has accused environmental groups of setting fires in the Amazon as he tries to deflect growing international criticism of his failure to protect the world’s biggest
Dick's Sporting Goods Dick’s Sporting Goods is reportedly exploring ending gun salesGuardian US - Miranda BryantOne of America’s biggest gun retailers is reportedly exploring halting firearms sales and moving out of the business entirely. Earlier this year, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced it was pulling guns, ammunition
trump news update US to remove limit on how long immigrant children can be detainedGuardian US - Amanda Holpuch in New YorkThe Trump administration announced on Wednesday a plan to eliminate a federal court agreement and replace it with a regulation that would allow the government to indefinitely detain migrant children with
Cities Nearly 200 US cities are seeing more extremely hot days, analysis findsThe Guardian - Emily Holden in Washington198 had an increase in the average number of days each year that felt 90F or hotter and 106 cities had an increase in ‘danger’ days that felt 105F or hotter Nearly 200 US cities have seen an increase the
Play buttonEric Garner Eric Garner's family receives sliver of justice after firing of NYPD officerGuardian US - Oliver Laughland in New YorkOne thousand, eight hundred and sixty days after Eric Garner was killed on the streets of Staten Island, New York, his family finally received a sliver of justice. On Monday, the New York police department
Play buttonEnvironment Los Angeles to build world's largest wildlife bridge across 10-lane freewayThe Guardian - Katharine Gammon in Los AngelesEngineers in southern California are hard at work designing the biggest wildlife corridor in the world, to extend over US Highway 101 to the north-west of Los Angeles. The corridor will connect different
Area 51 Will 'Alienstock' at Area 51 be the new Burning Man – or the next Fyre Festival?Guardian US - J Oliver ConroyOn 27 June, Matty Roberts, a 20-year-old college student and video game enthusiast, created a Facebook page as a joke: Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us. He proposed the raid take place on 20 September,
trump news update Greenland row escalates as Trump attacks Danish prime minister – as it happenedGuardian US - Sam Levin in Los Angeles (now) and Adam Gabbatt in New York (earlier)• President said he cancelled trip to Denmark because Mette Frederiksen criticized his attempt to buy Greenland • Sign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective We’re ending our live coverage for
Play buttonJewish Culture Trump stands by antisemitic trope that sparked anger among Jewish AmericansGuardian US - Ed Pilkington and Edward Helmore in New YorkDonald Trump on Wednesday repeated an antisemitic trope that has prompted dismay among prominent American Jews, saying that voting Democratic was “disloyal to Jewish people and … very disloyal to Israel”.
Sean Spicer Sean Spicer set to join Dancing with the StarsThe Guardian - Guardian staffDonald Trump’s former press secretary Sean Spicer will join the cast of Dancing with the Stars this September. The US spin on Strictly Come Dancing will see the controversial ex-staffer paired with a dancer
Unions Bernie Sanders announces plan to double union membership if electedGuardian US - Michael SainatoBernie Sanders has released plans to double union membership in the US during his first term in office as he campaigns to secure the Democratic presidential candidacy. Sanders’ plan is an expansion of
March for Our Lives March for Our Lives unveils sweeping gun reform agenda: 'The time is now'Guardian US - Abené Clayton in OaklandMarch for Our Lives, the organization created by survivors of the February 2018 mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, released an audacious policy agenda calling
Play buttonGreenland Danish PM ‘surprised and disappointed’ over cancelled Trump visitThe Guardian - Shaun WalkerThe Danish prime minister has said she is surprised and disappointed that Donald Trump has called off his planned visit to the country over Copenhagen’s refusal to sell Greenland to the US. At a press
trump news update UK government borrowing misses targets; historic German bond sale – business liveThe Guardian - Graeme WeardenUK borrowing is rising faster than expected this year, as government spending outpaces income Latest: UK surplus weaker than hoped • Surplus of £1.3bn in July misses forecast of £2.7bn • July should be
Mississippi Beatings, murders and prisoners set on fire: inside the prison called 'gangland'Guardian US - Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative ReportingJeffery Wilemon clutched his gut, throbbing in pain as he lay on his bed inside the South Mississippi correctional institution in April. But there was no way for him to cry out – not unless he wanted beating.
Media Industry Ohio newspaper that battled injustice for 150 years to shut down: 'Scary for democracy'Guardian US - Adam Gabbatt in Youngstown, OhioMore than 2,000 US newspapers have closed since 2004. “I’m going to leave town. Without the Vindicator I don’t have a compelling reason to live in Youngstown.” Bertram De Souza It was in the late 1920s
Play buttonGeorge Pell Vatican invokes Cardinal George Pell's 'right to appeal' after child sexual abuse conviction upheld Australia News - Melissa Davey in MelbourneThe most senior Catholic cleric in the world to be convicted of child sexual abuse, Cardinal George Pell, has lost his appeal against his conviction, but maintains he is innocent. In a brief statement
World News G7 and fashion houses join forces to make clothes more sustainableThe Guardian - Sarah ButlerIt's not an option, it’s now a duty of running a global company Marie-Claire Daveu There have been few fashion statements over the years at G7 summits (dress code: world leader suit, sensible shoes). this
David Bernhardt Revealed: emails raise ethical questions over Trump official's role in gas projectThe Guardian - Will ParrishThe US interior secretary, David Bernhardt, is promoting a fossil fuel project for which his former employer, a lobbying firm, is a paid advocate, e-mails obtained by the Guardian suggest. Experts say
Taiwan US risks China's anger after sealing $8bn deal to sell Taiwan 66 fighter jetsThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseThe Trump administration has approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan in a move expected to anger Beijing. Taiwan will get the latest version of the Lockheed Martin-built fighter, the F-16C/D Block
Skin Black teen 'humiliated' after school colored his hair with marker, parents sayGuardian US - Agence France-PresseParents of a black teenager in Texas are suing their Houston-area school district after three white middle school personnel used a marker to blot out a design on their son’s scalp. The federal civil rights
Play buttonGreenland Trump cancels Denmark trip after PM says Greenland is not for saleGuardian US - Edward Helmore in New YorkDonald Trump has cancelled his trip to Denmark and postponed his meeting with the Danish prime minister after she said that Greenland was not for sale. Speaking on Sunday during a trip to Greenland, Mette
Venezuela Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro confirms months of secret US talksThe Guardian - Tom Phillips Latin America correspondentNicolás Maduro has confirmed top Venezuelan officials have been talking to members of Donald Trump’s White House, after reports his second-in-command had been negotiating his downfall with the United “I
