Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
usa todaylatest news & developments
Red that right? Beyoncé and Taylor Swift onstage during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Some question the validity of having reporters dedicated to celebrities when media budgets are constrained. Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Tayloring stories for fans

Jobs ads for journalists to cover celebrities have stirred up a Beyhive of controversy

Obama momentum builds in White House race

Barack Obama moved closer to sewing up the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday with more superdelegates rallying to his side, as rival Hillary Clinton fought on despite…

Obama hints that Clinton could be running mate

Barack Obama on Thursday gave the clearest hint yet that he may consider Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential running mate in the November election for the White House. With…

Lhasa monks accuse Beijing of lying over unrest

Tibetan monks stormed a news briefing at a temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing Chinese authorities of lying about recent unrest and saying the Dalai Lama had nothing to do with…

Bad blood spills over as Clinton support ebbs

New polls on Monday suggested Hillary Clinton’s national support was collapsing, as her aides battled angrily with surging Barack Obama’s camp before a key debate in her…

Ragged Clinton campaign braces for more vote woe

Hillary Clinton’s stuttering White House campaign faces the prospect of three new hammer blows on Tuesday, with Democratic rival Barack Obama tipped to sweep a trio of…

Voters flock to polls on Super Tuesday

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugged out a neck-and-neck Democratic feud and John McCain sought a chokehold on the Republican race on Super Tuesday, a coast-to-coast White…

New Hampshire vote dawns with Obama leading polls

New Hampshire goes to the polls on Tuesday for the second key clash of White House hopefuls, with surging Democrat Barack Obama likely to deal a second defeat to former first…

Daredevil Evel Knievel dies after long illness

Daredevil Evel Knievel, who dodged death in spectacular motorcycle leaps and crashes in a life full of showmanship, died on November 30 at age 69, according to his lawyer and a…

Burma opposition leader ‘died as a result of torture’

A Burma opposition leader who was arrested during last month’s mass protests against the junta died due to torture during interrogation, an activist group said on Wednesday. And…