Burning Man’s infamous “Orgy Dome”—a decades-old staple of the countercultural festival—was destroyed by high winds sweeping through Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, organizers confirmed on August 24. The structure, promoted as a “sex-positive” space, has been a controversial fixture at the event since 2003.
California Governor Gavin Newsom is reportedly blocking former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from receiving a long-anticipated induction into the California Hall of Fame—allegedly in retaliation for Schwarzenegger’s public opposition to the Democrat-led effort to dismantle the state’s independent redistricting commission.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially recognized the Armenian Genocide during an interview Tuesday on the Patrick Bet-David Podcast—marking a dramatic reversal of decades-long Israeli policy. The acknowledgment aligns Israel with the United States and numerous Western nations that have already recognized the mass killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide.
Several employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were placed on administrative leave Tuesday after signing an open letter criticizing the agency's leadership under President Donald Trump. The letter, posted on the website of non-profit group Stand Up for Science, accused Trump-appointed officials of inexperience and warned Congress of a potential disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.
