headlines
Wednesday
16
September
2015
-
State court of criminal appeals grants Richard Glossip’s attorneys time to explore new evidence in 1997 beating death of his boss, just before 3pm execution
-
Former Daily Show host appears in front of US Capitol with first responders to call on Congress to indefinitely renew bill that provides health benefits to thousands
-
Senators appear incredulous and call for a new plan after hearing news that US military’s $500m effort has resulted in training of only a handful of fighters
-
highlights
-
Misunderstanding the Holocaust has made us too certain we are ethically superior to the Europeans of the 1940s. Faced with a new catastrophe, could we become mass killers again?
-
Two large fires in Middletown and surrounding areas have engulfed at least 585 homes since the weekend and forced the evacuation of 23,000 people – and in the process revealed potentially serious issues in early warning systems
-
-
NBC’s version of Ant and Dec’s British variety show used tried-and-tested stunts from its parent formula – but it was the ‘octuple threat’ host that stole the show
-
A promising fighter spurned an MMA career for a higher calling: helping Pygmy slaves of the Congo forests obtain clean water. This extract of Loretta Hunt’s new book Fight for the Forgotten tells how Justin Wren found the fight of his life
-
-
-
-
To stop domestic violence homicides and show victims a modicum of respect we must – at the very least – call the crimes what they really are
-
The early capitalists once had to breathe the air that they polluted in pursuit of their wealth. Now, perhaps, they can escape it by leaving the planet
-
-
-
For growers and retailers in Oregon’s soon-to-be-legal medical marijuana industry, there’s a world of opportunity. Here are their secrets to success
-
Data from the US census bureau also show 46.7 million people are still living in poverty despite an uptick in the number of full-time workers
-
-
Justin Welby is to suggest reorganising worldwide body as a group of churches no longer linked by a common doctrine
-
French-American suspect, 53, faces extradition for 22 bank robberies with Canadian bankers having offered $75,000 reward for ‘The Vaulter Bandit’
-
special report: the counted
-
People killed by the police in the US, recorded by the Guardian
in brief
-
This week it will be four year since Occupy Wall Street erupted in New York City and took over Zuccotti Park
-
They were initially dismissed by the New York punks as too kitschy and pop, but Blondie soon outgrew CBGB to become the biggest pop sensation of the late 70s
-
The best views yet of a planet moving around a star 63 light years away, have been photographed by the Gemini South telescope in Chile
-
Blunt note stating that he did not believe the Bible was ‘divine revelation’ nor that Jesus was the son of God could fetch $90,000: ‘It is the ultimate piece’
in depth
-
Souvid Datta’s audio-visual tour of the Kabul college that offers street children the chance of a better life
-
New issue wades into the conversations about race, poverty and gentrification roiling the US, responding to a new political consciousness among fans
-
When Ashraf Marwan fell to his death from the balcony of a London flat, he took his secrets with him. Was he working for Egypt or Israel? And did the revelation of his identity lead to his murder?
-
Distinctive ‘cross-checking’ tradition helps explain extraordinary accuracy in 21 stories about dramatic sea level rises between 7,000 and 18,000 years ago
-
Thanks to the cameraphone, we are drowning in images. Which are important, and what gives them meaning? In Montreal, a group of artists attempt to decide
-
These high-powered mothers share their experiences with how limited paid maternity leave complicates the delicate ‘see-saw’ of children and career
-
Jennifer Peedom, whose documentary is at the Toronto film festival, on how she went about telling the ethnic Nepali people’s story
-
The long-awaited film adaptation of Amis’s slippery story of sex, death and darts becomes a psychedelic British gangster film in the hands of first-time feature director Matthew Cullen – with a cameo by the novelist himself
-
Despite strong performances from Page and Evan Rachel Wood as sisters struggling for survival, Patricia Rozema’s adaptation of Jean Hegland’s popular novel struggles to grip
video & pictures
-
Rose Hackman asked men a question normally reserved for working women: how do you maintain balance between work and family?
-
US vice president Joe Biden says Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is selling a ‘sick message’ about Mexicans and is trying to appeal to a xenophobic sentiment
-
Two kayakers outside the harbour of Moss Landing in California have a narrow escape on Monday after a large humpback whale launches out of the water and lands on them
-
When a wildfire threatens, residents have to make fast – and occasionally heartbreaking – decisions on what to save. Several nonprofits are helping the animals left behind, as well as those who managed to escape with their pets
-
Diving journalist John Bantin has been getting up close and personal with the most feared of ocean predators all over the world. Here he introduces a selection of monsters from the deep
-
Jaguar’s new sports car enters the record books on Monday after performing the largest ever loop-the-loop completed by a car
-
Victoria Beckham is facing criticism for using models who are too skinny in her catwalk show in New York
people
-
The golfing shock rocker on the aliens who lead global culture, why you can never have too many guitarists, and his connections to Swindon
-
The musician who seemingly came out of nowhere puts on an exciting show – but his music itself feels boring and derivative of his peers’ work
-
The colourfully customised 1965 Porsche is expected to fetch more than £260,000 at an auction in December
-
The former Pink Floyd member says that Republican presidential candidate Trump stands for ‘everything that is not admirable in American society’
popular
the big picture
-
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including fighting lions and a transparent car
Republican debate Top-tier candidates seek to reclaim momentum from Trump
Donald Trump Supporters fired up aboard USS Iowa