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US news This article is more than 5 months oldThis article is more than 5 months oldMeyer’s sudden death has ignited an outcry from news media advocates who condemned the police raid as something straight out of the authoritarian playbook Police in the Kansas town where Joan Meyer had lived for almost a century had just raided her home and her newspaper – seizing electronics and reporting materials – during what she understood to be a leak investigation when another media outlet called her for comment.

Research notesResearchSunglasses have their uses, but research shows they are becoming much more important in western culture as a cool accessory suggesting power, prestige and mystiqueThere can't be many connections between Lady Gaga, Andy Warhol, the cows on yoghurt adverts and Father Christmas. But here's one: they've all been spotted wearing sunglasses and analysed by Vanessa Brown, senior lecturer in design and visual culture at Nottingham Trent University, as part of her theory into the "

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Club cultureTelevisionIt was the club where Weimar decadence exploded, a frantic hotspot where Berliners drank and danced amid Moorish arches and Orient Express decor. Now, in Germany’s most expensive TV series ever, Moki Efti has been resurrected The nightclub at the heart of Babylon Berlin, the Weimar Republic-era TV drama that premiered on Sky UK this month, may share period features with the Kit Kat Klub where Liza Minnelli once cocked her bowler hat in Cabaret.

Tyson Gay This article is more than 7 years oldSprinter Tyson Gay embarks on icecapade at US bobsled championshipsThis article is more than 7 years old Former 100m world champion sprinter switches to national event in Calgary Gay has had ‘a handful of days’ experience pushing a sled’, says Team USATyson Gay will switch from the track to the ice this week when the former world 100 metres champion competes in the USA Bobsled National Push Championships in Calgary.

Bone idle… Ethan in Tribal TeensBone idle… Ethan in Tribal TeensThe other sideTelevisionA new Channel 5 series mines the familiar formula of sending lazy, over privileged youths to learn a different way of life. But watching the whining never gets old It is recognised, in intellectual circles, that 2004’s Brat Camp was some of the finest TV ever made. I don’t know which genius started the trend of frightening the insubordination out of naughty teens by sending them somewhere remote to learn a lesson, but they created something truly magnificent.

View of Miami from the water. Photograph: Anastasia SamoylovaView of Miami from the water. Photograph: Anastasia SamoylovaCovering Climate NowFloridaFrom sea level rise to habitat loss, the effects of the climate crisis are on the verge of making south Florida uninhabitable Few places on the planet are more at risk from the climate crisis than south Florida, where more than 8 million residents are affected by the convergence of almost every modern environmental challenge – from rising seas to contaminated drinking water, more frequent and powerful hurricanes, coastal erosion, flooding and vanishing wildlife and habitat.

UK weather This article is more than 5 months oldDozens of yachts retire from Channel race due to ‘brutal’ gale-force windsThis article is more than 5 months oldOne crew evacuated before boat sinks as more than 80 vessels abandon world’s largest offshore race Dozens of yachts have been forced to retire from the world’s largest offshore race due to “brutal” gale-force conditions in the Channel, with other vessels forced to seek shelter and one believed to have sunk.

High times: Petra Leary's bird's eye view of basketball courts Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Petra Leary sees the world from above. She skates around cities, focusing her lens on becoming the world’s top aerial photographer. The 28-year-old New Zealander is the subject of a newly released Loading Docs short documentary, Bird’s Eye! She has spent the past few years taking award-winning aerial photographs of basketball courts.