Harsh weather pummeled Burning Man's opening weekend as hordes of San Franciscans poured into Nevada for the annual art festival.
State of play: The weeklong event — which runs until Sept. 1 — is susceptible to weather extremes due to its remote location about 100 miles northeast of Reno in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
A case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite was detected in a person in Maryland who returned to the U.S. after traveling to El Salvador, the Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday evening.
Why it matters: "This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an outbreak-affected country identified in the United States," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon in an emailed statement that noted the risk to public health in the U.S. from this case "is very low."
The rollout of ESPN and Fox's new streaming services this week represents a landmark moment for the sports industry, one where fans can finally start to expect a better bang for their buck.
Why it matters:Sports streaming was supposed to make it easier for fans to watch their favorite teams, but over the past two decades, live rights became unwieldy, expensive and complicated. Now, two of the world's biggest sports networks are teaming up to solve that problem.
