Trump auction of oil leases in Arctic refuge attracts barely any bidders
Coastal plain was up for sale as part of the Trump administration’s plan to pay for Republicans’ tax cuts with oil revenue
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Betty Wright, US soul, funk and R&B singer, dies aged 66
Singer with remarkable vocal range had been sampled by generations of hip-hop and R&B artists, including Beyoncé and Mary J Blige
‘He hit us like a bolt of lightning’: stars pay tribute to Little Richard
Among tributes to Little Richard, the rock’n’roll pioneer who died on Saturday aged 87, came…
Julia Roberts: No Met ball bubbly? There’s always the bath
With New York’s glitziest fashion event in lockdown, people rose to the occasion on social media
Lorna Simpson: ‘There are days when I cry four times for an hour’
Her incendiary collages of vintage black pinups made her one of the most influential artists of her time. Now she’s battling the ‘insanity’ of Trump’s America
Sleazy bosses, exploited barmaids: US cinema finally discovers the left behinds
From The Assistant to Support the Girls, American cinema is swapping feelgood escapism for gritty unsettling realism. We talk to the women spearheading this new wave
Stephenie Meyer announces new Twilight book Midnight Sun
Twelve years after cancelling it, the novelist is to publish a retelling of her smash hit YA novel from the vampire’s perspective
Cats and Les Mis producer says coronavirus will keep theatres closed to 2021
West End and Broadway will not be back until months after the end of social distancing, says Cameron Mackintosh
Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up
US government vets said to be ready to assist with culls, or ‘depopulation’ of pigs, chickens and cattle because of coronavirus meat plant closures
‘I struck a nerve’: the US comedian whose rant against Covid-19 bailouts went viral
Vic DiBitetto believes his rant about the US government’s response was viewed more than 10m times because of his raw anger – but he says it wasn’t an act
University Challenge’s US star: the team would have killed it without me
Brandon Blackwell responds after drawing flak for showing emotion on the BBC show
Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis?
From sea level rise to habitat loss, the effects of the climate crisis are on the verge of making south Florida uninhabitable