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The government apparently has an issue with paths for cyclists. Take it from someone who can't ride a bike: this makes no senseI'm out of gas. Not metaphorically. Literally, my car has the barest minimum amount of fuel in it. This is not because I like to live dangerously, a la the great literary hero Austin Powers, but because gas is more expensive than ever. I have nowhere to be today, so I'm allowing my car to sit idle, empty and alone, lest my bank account disappear into the Phantom Zone of negative balance. If things get sticky, I can take public transit or, God forbid, ride a bike.Except I can't ride a bike, thanks to my parents, who were too busy doing more important tasks than teaching me, like arguing or falling asleep. But for many Americans, riding a bike is a perfectly normal thing to do. Am I humiliated that one of the many basic skills for life that I don't know is considered so simple that it became a common idiom for something that's easy? Yes, of course. I don't live dangerously, I live humiliatingly. Humiliation is my middle name. Dave Humiliation Schilling. Go on, point and laugh at the photo of me in this article. Get it out of your system so we can move along.Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist Continue reading...

Policies enacted by RFK Jr have not delivered the expected results, but have instead hindered people's ability to eat healthyCyclospora in leafy greens, E coli in frozen blueberries, salmonella in jalapenos - multiple food-borne illness outbreaks in the US, alongside massive cuts to food assistance programs and to the federal agencies charged with food safety, are showing the limitations of the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement, experts say.The policies that we're enacting are the exact opposite policies one might look to to help people eat healthier," said Jessica Knurick, a science communicator and registered dietitian with a PhD in nutrition science. Continue reading...

This type of training is needed now more than ever, as the American workplace gets more and more diverseAs a certified public accountant, I'm required to earn at least 80 hours every two years of continuing professional education credits. Many other professions and trades, including lawyers, healthcare professionals, engineers, electricians, plumbers and certain contractors, have similar requirements. It's a good idea.These professional requirements often also include ethics training. That's a good idea too. But just getting a refresher on ethics isn't enough. Something else is needed - something that's even more important: etiquette. Continue reading...

As Muslims win historic victories, experts describe rise in anti-Islamic sentiment that rivals post-9/11 climateWithin hours of Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary, Republican senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama declared that the party had just voted to send a TERRORIST" to Washington.El-Sayed - or Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed", as Tuberville called him on X - was a RADICAL ISLAMIST" who would do everything he can to destroy America", he claimed. Continue reading...

President and allies have tried to ram through changes to the US voting system, but his efforts are being challengedVoting by mail is a hoax", according to Donald Trump, despite about 29% of American voters casting their vote this way in 2024. The US president has repeatedly done so himself.But the Trump administration is nevertheless attempting to ram through a sweeping crackdown on the practice, pushing for changes to federal law. Continue reading...

Craig Tiley says the US Open is going to become the Disneyland of tennis', and he means it aspirationally. Here's what that might look like 15 years from nowThe year is 2041 and you've successfully made it through security and onto the grounds of the USTA Liquid Death National Tennis Center. Myla Rose and Leo Federer are hitting on Practice Court 23 ahead of their first-round match in the US Open Mixed Doubles sponsored by Botoxxify, the tournament's official neuromodulator partner. Jake Paul, the 50th president of the United States, is a few hours from attending opening night with first lady Jutta Leerdam-Paul and labor secretary Dana White. Venus Williams has just accepted a wildcard into the women's singles draw. You're thisclose to paying off last year's Honey Deuces on Klarna.Welcome to the Disneyland of tennis. Continue reading...

Group no longer faces voter misconduct case over wrongly marked box after appeals court throws out felony chargesAlaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a US citizen.The state's department of law announced the decision on Friday, after a three-judge court of appeals panel ruled a week earlier that state law requires proof that defendants who erroneously filled out voter registration forms had a consciousness of wrongdoing" and intended to break the law. Continue reading...

The new No 1 underlined her status as the best player in the world by ending the two-time defending champion's reign with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victoryRybakinaFirst round def Thea Frodin (WC) 6-3, 6-2

Molar from large mammal that once lived in North America is in immaculate condition' after discovery in Bay AreaA 10,000 year-old tooth in remarkable condition from an ancient Pacific mastodon, a large mammal that once inhabited North America, was recently discovered by a California scientist.Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist, was working at a preserve in San Mateo county, when she stumbled across a peculiar rock. Continue reading...

World No 4 will become the first Black American man to win the singles title at Flushing Meadow since Arthur Ashe if he can beat German for the first timeAs Ben Shelton lapped up the explosion of joy and adoration from a full Arthur Ashe Stadium after reaching a grand slam final for the first time, one of his first thoughts was of his paternal grandmother, Regina, who died this year. Shelton credited his grandmother with ensuring that his father, Bryan, made it as a top professional, becoming one of a small group of Black men on the tour. My dad lost his mom earlier this year and she's the reason he was able to play tennis," he said. Without her, there's no Ben Shelton standing here today. So this one is for her."Shelton stands on the verge of history. On Sunday, he will attempt to become the first Black American man to win the US Open singles title since Arthur Ashe in 1968, a feat he will attempt inside the stadium named after Ashe. Shelton would also be the first Black man to win any grand slam singles title since Yannick Noah at Roland Garros in 1983, and the third overall. He is also aiming to become the first American man to win a major singles title since Andy Roddick won the US Open in 2003. Continue reading...

Trump, again trying to curate museum, says exhibit would stay until 2032 for 300th anniversary of Washington's birthDonald Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution to install a 30ft Colossus statue" of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History, and a special exhibit honoring the nation's first president, in a social media post late on Friday.The president requested that the exhibit continue through February 2032, the 300th anniversary of Washington's birth. Continue reading...

Michael Diehl allegedly forged magistrates' signatures in North Carolina to allow enough time for ICE to take custody of prisonersA former Guilford county detention officer in North Carolina faces forgery charges in connection to 20 alleged forged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainment documents, according to a Guilford county sheriff's office (GCSO) news release.Guilford county's sheriff, Danny H Rogers, reported that on Friday the Guilford county magistrate's office notified the GCSO of a potentially forged court document submitted by GCSO detention officer Michael Diehl, 40. Continue reading...

Team Europe are tied 8-8 with Team USA heading into the final day at Bernardus Golf in the NetherlandsNelly Korda chops an awful tee shot wide right of the par-three 4th green. Team USA's ball in deep heather. A big problem for Allisen Corpuz, who decides to punch out and hope the back-stop will bring her ball back towards the flag. But she knifes it through the green, and the ball stops inches short of a bunker on the other side. It might have been better going in. Korda can't get close with her chip, and Europe will have two putts for the hole. Meanwhile the anchor match halves the 1st.Jennifer Kupcho goes close with her approach at 2; Esther Henseleit goes even closer. That's a gimme for Europe, so Rose Zhang does well to hold her nerve and make the putt from six feet to secure the half. Meanwhile Allisen Corpuz sinks a ten-footer on 3 to level the lead match, while Charley Hull and Alison Lee get the anchor game underway by trading fairway finders. It's all happening now. Continue reading...

Officials still investigating death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman, a day after man's arrest in relation to killingMississippi police said on Saturday they were still investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month, a day after a man was arrested in connection with the killing.Loved ones also painted a picture of Fortune as a mother, athlete and woman of faith who they hoped would not solely be remembered for her horrific death. Continue reading...

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Lutnick said $500bn of estimated $1tn needed to fund checks to all US adults could come from new visa programDonald Trump's controversial proposal to give a $5,000 dividend" to all US adults if Republicans maintain control of Congress in November's elections would not be paid out from US tax revenues, according to the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick.It's not tax money," Lutnick said in an interview with NBC News, adding that the administration could earn the money that Donald Trump wants to pay out, not from the deficit and not from taxpayers". Continue reading...

Alleged members of Black Axe criminal network that swindled US women out of $6m flown from South AfricaSix Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of more than $6m through online romance scams were extradited to the United States on Friday.South African police confirmed they were to be extradited earlier on Friday, while local news in Africa confirmed that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, known as the Hawks, facilitated their handover to officials from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Secret Service at Cape Town international airport, in collaboration with Interpol South Africa. Continue reading...

The city's mayor and Tennessee's governor threw their support behind the name change last monthThe Nashville airport is to be renamed after Dolly Parton, a board of commissioners voted on Friday, in tribute to the Smoky Mountain singer who is estimated to bring $1.8bn each year to Tennessee through her Dollywood theme park.The decision ensures that Parton, who died last month at 80 years old, will be memorialized with her name on an airport, although the renaming process will take time to complete. Continue reading...

Crowd member repeatedly said some Democrats should be shot' during Ted Cruz's speech, without senator respondingOn the night Republicans gathered to mourn the killing of Charlie Kirk and warn against the dangers of violent rhetoric, a crowd at the party's irregular midterm convention in Dallas repeatedly called for a sitting Senate candidate to be shot, while the Republican senator at the podium never denounced or even noted the outbursts.The outbursts came repeatedly during Ted Cruz's Thursday night address at the American Airlines center, when he named a Democrat he accused of holding radical views. After the senator mentioned the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, video footage depicts at least one audience member shouting: He should be shot!" The same cry followed when Cruz named Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and again after he named Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. Cruz did not pause or respond to the shouting, and it remains unclear whether he heard it from the stage. Cruz did not respond to a request for comment. Continue reading...

Residents in Frederick, Maryland, shaken after clashes as activists decry violence from officers as unconscionable'Political leaders in Maryland are calling for investigations into the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers as they clashed with protesters during a federal operation in a local community.Residents of Frederick, a city about 50 miles north-west of Baltimore, are still shaken more than a week after ICE officers arrived in numerous vehicles and could be seen on video footage using batons on members of the public and driving their cars on to the sidewalk towards people. Continue reading...

Host Jesse Watters says Trump's offer to Americans if Republicans retain Congress is an enticement', not a bribeI think I finally understand why Fox News pays Jesse Watters the big bucks. The network star, famous for hot takes like men shouldn't eat soup in public", has an incredible talent for inserting misogyny into absolutely any news story.Take, for example, Donald Trump's ludicrous announcement on Wednesday night that he will give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the US Congress in November's midterm election. That's a story about apparent bribery, right? A story about fiscal recklessness and empty promises. A story about how the president, whose popularity is plummeting, is so out of ideas that he's resorted (yet again) to dangling cash in front of voters.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Sacked after less than two weeks as Donald Trump's communications director, the financier and podcaster reflects on the mistakes he made in an exclusive extract from his new book Plus: What it's like to be fired by Trump, by four people who know19 July 2017. My phone rings. White House operator: Please hold for the president."I do. Of course. Continue reading...

Sufferers of black lung and silicosis are getting younger as Trump and the coal mining industry push back on protectionsSilicosis is one of the oldest workplace hazards and public health experts have known for decades how to prevent it. Yet a new wave of workers, from Appalachian coalminers to Latino countertop fabrication workers, are developing and dying from the disease as industry fights new protections and regulators fail to defend the rules that could protect them.John Robinson's grandfather developed black lung back when coalminers could spend decades in the mines before being diagnosed with the disease, often dying in their 60s, 70s and 80s. But Robinson, who mined for coal in south-west Virginia, was diagnosed when he was 47. He's part of a trend that has grown over the past two decades in central Appalachia, where more coalminers are developing black lung disease at younger ages. Continue reading...

President the star of the show at two-day convention, but party's plan to treat November elections as referendum on Trump himself poses grave risksWe're going to have a good time listening to music," Donald Trump told thousands of supporters in downtown Dallas before handing the mic to an opera singer, because I'm getting a little bit tired of politics now."Millions of Americans seem tired of politics after a decade dominated by Trump. So the US president's decision to close out this week's first ever Republican midterm convention with a plea - treat November's congressional elections as a referendum on Trump himself - was received by his Democratic opponents with glee. Continue reading...

Canadians angry' at Trump for suggesting Canada should become 51st state, says mayor, as US businesses see sales fall amid trade warLike many Canadians, Tom Reid isn't crossing the US-Canada border as often these days. But he needed a haircut.The woman who cuts his hair lives in International Falls, Minnesota - her sister is married to my wife's cousin", he explained - and so Reid, whose duty free shop in Fort Frances, Ontario, has to travel to her. Continue reading...

The World Cup and its aftermath made clear that Fifa needs independent oversight by governments and NGOs dedicated to preserving the people's gameThe 2026 World Cup was a whirling swirl of scintillating soccer that prompted much-needed conversations about the vitality of diaspora, the fortitude of the underdog, the power of sport. In a world fractured along myriad cultural axes floating in an entertainment system dominated by on-demand content, the tournament provided a moment, perhaps unlike any other event, that brought together people from different backgrounds to simultaneously experience something meaningful.After the tournament concluded, Fifa president Gianni Infantino dropped a political pipebomb into the after-party, proposing to privatize the World Cup by injecting $20bn in private capital, with an assist from JP Morgan and Thrive Capital, the investment vehicle orchestrated by Joshua Kushner, brother to Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law. Continue reading...

We look at Enzo Maresca's takeover in Guardiola's shadow, shifting dynamics in women's soccer and Raphinha's incredible form at BarcelonaSquint hard enough and Manchester City still look like Manchester City. They're still playing the same possession-hungry soccer. Erling Haaland is still scoring goals. They even have a new manager with vaguely the same appearance and oeuvre as their old manager. An AI Pep Guardiola in the dugout. Continue reading...

Prosecutors accused musician, born Durk Banks, of putting bounty on fellow rapper in retaliation for friend's killingChicago rapper Lil Durk has been acquitted of all charges in a murder-for-hire scheme, in which a man was fatally gunned down in 2022.Prosecutors had accused Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, of putting a bounty on Atlanta rapper Tayquian Bowman's life in retaliation for the 2020 shooting death of Banks's friend, fellow Chicago rap star King Von. Continue reading...

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SF Gate reports bond for Vicky Kyung Mi Kim, 65, set at $10m after man found dead at couple's Palm Desert homeA 65-year-old California woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly fatally wounding her husband with a flagpole, according to SF Gate.On 4 September, Palm Desert sheriff's deputies responded to an unknown trouble call" in The Enclave, a luxury condominium community. Upon arrival, officers located an individual with traumatic injuries" that appeared to be from a physical assault and pronounced them dead. Continue reading...

Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocidePolice in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house last month. The state medical examiner on Thursday ruled Fortune's death a homicide.Jackson police chief RaShall Brackney-Wheelock said at a news conference Friday that police had secured search and arrest warrants for Jacques Ratliff and arrested him when they encountered him walking on the street. Continue reading...

Washington Post report also reveals Jon Husted staffer Stephen Woytek created pro-Rhodesia playlist on SpotifyThe Republican senator for Ohio, Jon Husted, has fired an aide who was discovered to have used a photo of Nazi SS soldiers as his Facebook profile photo.Stephen Woytek was appointed as Husted's political director last month in the senator's knife-edge re-election contest against former Democrat senator Sherrod Brown. According to the Washington Post, Husted had decided to part ways" with Woytek, 25, after learning that his Facebook profile showed he followed a military re-enactment group called LAH Living History Unit, which portrays the 1st SS Panzer division. Continue reading...

Alexander Zverev reached his first grand slam final in a row with a 6-3 7-6 (7) 7-6 (6) victory against Karen Khachanov in New YorkKaren Khachanov emerges from the tunnel first, followed by Alexander Zverev. Apparently the German was a minute or two late because he needed some extra time in the toilet - we've all been there.On Arthur Ashe Stadium, a retired servicewoman sings the American national anthem before the players come out. Flags are flying at half mast around the grounds today on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Arthur Ashe was also lit up blue from dusk until dawn this morning. Continue reading...

Teen was rescued from a capsized fishing vessel on 10 September, days after the boat overturned and his older brother and cousin drowned. The group had last been seen been leaving Alaska's St Lawrence Island in an 18ft fishing vessel on 4 September, and were expected back early on Sunday but failed to return, the coast guard said in a statement Continue reading...

Democratic attorney general seeks damages and penalties in legal action that echoes thousands of similar suitsArizona has sued L'Oreal that the French cosmetics company hid evidence that its hair relaxer products could cause cancer in women - echoing thousands of similar lawsuits from users and their families.Arizona attorney general Kristin Mayes, a Democrat, filed the lawsuit late on Thursday in state court. The lawsuit makes Arizona the first state to sue over alleged cancer risks linked to hair relaxers. It also alleges that L'Oreal is violating state consumer protection laws by marketing the hair relaxer products that are used predominantly by African American women without warning consumers about the alleged risks of ovarian and uterine cancers. Continue reading...

Leaky aqueducts and mega-projects for the wealthy exacerbate a water crisis in the US island territoryDhara Rivera de Jesus keeps at least 30 large water containers in her home at all times. After more than a year without consistent service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she fills them whenever water returns, which sometimes only happens for a handful of hours every few days. Going without reliable water to bathe, flush toilets or cook has affected her ability to work and stick to a usual routine - a catch-22, now that she has to spend more money and time buying water and prepared food.This summer, water levels in the island's key dams fell below the thresholds needed to supply about half a million residents, leading to a severe drought that prompted Puerto Rico's governor, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, to declare a state of emergency. But residents of San Juan, including Rivera, had already spent months grappling with water insecurity as the archipelago's ageing and deteriorating infrastructure continued to fail amid government mismanagement. Continue reading...

The 25th anniversary of 9/11, Russian strikes in Kyiv, wildfires in Indonesia and Sabalenka at the US Open - the past seven days as captured by the world's leading photojournalistsWarning: this gallery contains images some readers may find distressing Continue reading...

25 years on from the terror attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in New York City, Washington DC and Pennsylvania, the dark legacy of September 11 continues to unfold in the US and across the world. A throughline can be drawn from that day in 2001 to much of the geopolitics and conflicts of today.Annie Kelly speaks to the Guardian's international security correspondent, Jason Burke, about how 9/11 changed the world Continue reading...

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