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Burning Man attendees face raging dust storm as they wait hours to leave festival
4 months ago

Burning Man attendees face raging dust storm as they wait hours to leave festival

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Just hours after attendees burned The Man — …

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Burning Man: Why the US festival could be in trouble
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Burning Man: Why the US festival could be in trouble

BBC  

Burning Man: Why the US festival could be in trouble Getty Images As news of rising prices, intolerable weather and poor ticket sales have hit the Nevada desert event in recent years, some speculate its days could be numbered. Burning Man catches a lot of people's attention for being a hedonistic drug-fueled orgy in the desert… but there's so much …

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Burning Man 2023 was an undeniable disaster. But these conspiracy theories aren’t part of it
1 year, 4 months ago

Burning Man 2023 was an undeniable disaster. But these conspiracy theories aren’t part of it

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We have heard no information of any participants with Ebola.” Burning Man organisers added in a post on the …

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Muddy misery at Burning Man? Not quite, campers say: The party went on
1 year, 4 months ago

Muddy misery at Burning Man? Not quite, campers say: The party went on

LA Times  

As Michael Conti packed up and left his 25-person Burning Man camp Tuesday morning, he wondered what the outside world thought of what had happened at the remote festival in recent days after rainfall turned the ancient lakebed into sticky sludge. Mark Stern, leader of a camp in the Friendly Society village led by Conti, said the Burning Man organization …

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Burning Man disaster timeline: How did the desert festival go so terribly wrong?
1 year, 4 months ago

Burning Man disaster timeline: How did the desert festival go so terribly wrong?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “DO NOT drive to Gerlach, you will be turned around — there are no rooms available.” 23 August - …

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Column: The ‘fuss’ over Burning Man proves we care about the wrong people stuck in the mud
1 year, 4 months ago

Column: The ‘fuss’ over Burning Man proves we care about the wrong people stuck in the mud

LA Times  

In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger, a man walks through mud at the Burning Man festival site in Black Rock, Nev., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Indeed, though the “exodus” begins on Monday, more than 70,000 people have been essentially stranded for days in the waterlogged, temporary metropolis of Black Rock City in rural northwestern Nevada. Burning …

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Rain ends and exodus begins at Burning Man
1 year, 4 months ago

Rain ends and exodus begins at Burning Man

LA Times  

In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger, a man walks through mud at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nev., on Sept. 4, 2023. By 7 p.m. Monday, the wait time to exit Black Rock City had stretched to “7 hours and climbing,” according to the festival’s official traffic account. “I mean, there was never any …

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Russian missiles rock Ukraine on New Year's Eve, at least one person dead in Kyiv
2 years ago

Russian missiles rock Ukraine on New Year's Eve, at least one person dead in Kyiv

ABC  

Russia has fired more than 20 cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine, killing at least one person in Kyiv, in attacks President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said showed Moscow was in league with the devil. Key points: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says at least one person has been killed and eight wounded after a series of explosions in the capital Ukraine's army …

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Multiple explosions rock eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv
2 years, 3 months ago

Multiple explosions rock eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — A series of explosions rocked the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv early Saturday, sending towering plumes of illuminated smoke into the sky and triggering a series of secondary explosions. Berit Reiss-Andersen, the committee’s chair, said the honor went to “three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence.” Putin this week illegally claimed four regions of …

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Explosions rock Ukraine’s capital after weeks of relative calm
2 years, 7 months ago

Explosions rock Ukraine’s capital after weeks of relative calm

Al Jazeera  

The raids on Kyiv are the first since since Russia turned its military focus to the east and south of Ukraine. Russia’s defence ministry later on Sunday claimed the raids destroyed tanks and other armoured vehicles on the outskirts of Kyiv that had been provided to Ukraine by its Western allies, as President Vladimir Putin issued a new warning to …

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Review: Alice Cooper loses his mind in Detroit Rock City
3 years, 10 months ago

Review: Alice Cooper loses his mind in Detroit Rock City

Associated Press  

Alice Cooper, “Detroit Stories” Who says you can’t go home? Alice Cooper, one of Detroit’s most famous sons, does it on new album “Detroit Stories,” producing a masterpiece of classic rock, soul and R&B in homage to the city that produced him. “I Hate You” features members of the original Alice Cooper band trading insults in a song that has …

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