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Burning Man Attendees Told to Conserve Food and Water  The New York Times Tens of thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water and food after heavy rains leave attendees stranded in Nevada desert  CNN RAW VIDEO | Burning Man Festival: Attendees

Russia said Saturday its forces destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones being used in an attempt to attack a key bridge linking Russia to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula, forcing its temporary closure for a third time in less than a year.

Doctors remove part of camping stove from cop’s head; some 50 officers among over 150 wounded in street brawl between supporters and opponents of Eritrean government

The festival organizers are preventing access to and from Nevada’s Black Rock Desert where the annual event takes place after nearly an inch of rainfall created mud-bath-like conditions. (Image credit: Brad Horn/AP)

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General prosecutor says he will establish a fact-finding mission to probe violations of rules of boycotting Israel and ‘extent of damage to Libya’s interests’ after sit-down

An overnight storm dropped nearly an inch of rain on the arid desert where Burning Man is taking place, prompting organizers to close the gates to traffic and order tens of thousands of participants to shelter in place. 

Bill Richardson, former New Mexico governor and diplomat, dies at 75  NPR Former New Mexico Governor, U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson dies at age 75  MSNBC Diplomacy of Bill Richardson  KOAT The impatient diplomat: A tribute to Bill Richardson  The Hill Bill Richardson: A big

Greene responds to criticism over impeachment comments: ‘The White House is attacking me’  The Hill White House blasts Marjorie Taylor Greene for threatening government shutdown over Biden impeachment inquiry  USA TODAY White House focused on McCarthy’s impeachment whip count  CNN

The president visited the city of Live Oak in northern Florida, about an hour northeast of where Hurricane Idalia made landfall earlier this week. (Image credit: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)