If you ever find yourself holding your breath during a particularly thrilling Independence Day fireworks show, you might be better off: A study released Wednesday reveals common fireworks emit lead, copper and other toxins that can damage human cells and animal lungs.
Read moreBavaria on Tuesday canceled the iconic Oktoberfest for the first time since World War II, dealing a fresh blow to Germany’s beer industry already hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Burning Man organizers sued the Bureau of Land Management on Sunday to block the agency from turning over “confidential financial information” to a fervent critic who claims the annual festival cheats his rural Nevada county out of vital revenue each year.
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The Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments via telephone Monday in a dispute over whether a Wisconsin village can force the Oneida Nation to get a permit for an annual festival on the tribe’s reservation.
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The weather was lovely, the carnival celebration was lively and lasted for weeks, the floats hand-decorated and impressive. Excitement, cheer and a feeling of love for community, music and drink was in the air. But so was an invisible foe.
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Just one week before technology, political, music, film and other cultural leaders from around the world were to convene in Austin for South by Southwest, officials in Texas’ capital city said Friday the festival has been canceled over concerns about the coronavirus.
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A man intentionally drove a car into a crowd at a Carnival parade in a small town in central Germany, injuring around 30 people including children, officials said Monday.
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Every January, some 650,000 people – nearly the population of Denver itself – visit the city to remind it that it’s still just a cow town.
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Hundreds cheered as the three beauty contest finalists strolled out into the middle of the grounds and raised their painted trunks to the judges — symbols of all that is admired and denounced at Nepal’s annual elephant festival.
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Long before tailgate parties or sprawling outdoor food festivals, there were the large-scale Iron Age feasts at the ceremonial site of Navan Fort in what is now Northern Ireland – and pork was on the menu.
Read moreBlack Rock City sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, claiming he delayed issuing decisions and imposed excessive permit costs that threaten the viability of the Burning Man festival on public land in the Nevada Black Rock Desert.
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Santa Lucía festivals wrapped up Friday in El Salvador. The early 4th century saint is said to have pulled out her own eyes during the Diocletian persecution — the last and worst pogrom of the soon-to-be Christianized Roman Empire — but supposedly still saw a Roman soldier plunge his sword into her neck.
Read moreThe stage was set Thursday for music and other space-themed entertainment as Earthlings descended on the Nevada desert for events inspired by an internet hoax known as “Storm Area 51.”
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Authorities canceled a New Jersey Labor Day parade that the governor was to attend Monday because “destructive devices” were found near the parade route.
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The NFL and Jay-Z’s entertainment and sports representation company are teaming up for events and social activism. The league said it will use Jay-Z’s Roc Nation to consult on its entertainment shows, including the Super Bowl halftime show, and work with him to “strengthen community through music and the NFL’s Inspire Change initiative.”
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With a 73-year-old in the White House and several of his fellow Democratic presidential candidates eligible for Social Security, Pete Buttigieg told Iowa State Fair attendees Tuesday that the country needs a leader for the 21st century.
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Bernie Sanders kicked off his speech at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday by reminding the packed crowd that when he appeared before them at the fair four years ago, his ideas seemed radical to some. Now they have been adopted by many of the two dozen candidates vying for the Democratic nomination.
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Democratic presidential candidates on Saturday placed responsibility for inaction on gun violence in the hands of President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association, in the face of broad national support for some gun control measures.
Read moreNine Democratic presidential candidates took turns on the Political Soapbox stage at the Iowa State Fair Saturday, and much like fair exhibitors in the livestock arenas, they are trying to show why they should win the grand prize of American presidential politics.
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