All workers are vulnerable to workplace misconduct. But people in industries without explicit guardrails may struggle even more. The allegations were shocking, and the backlash was swift. On 2 August, the musician Lizzo, widely known for messages of body-positivity and self-love, was named in a lawsuit that accused her of creating a hostile work environment.…

Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington DC The oldest member of the US Senate was taken to hospital on Tuesday after “a minor fall in her home”, a spokesperson for her office has confirmed. The fall at Senator Dianne Feinstein’s home in San Francisco, California was first reported on Wednesday by TMZ. “All…

Jane Castor was on a family fishing trip in the Florida Keys when she found a suspicious package. It wasn’t long before Castor, a former police officer and Tampa’s first female Chief of Police, knew that it was cocaine. The 70lb (32kg) are estimated to be worth $1.1 million (£865,000).

El Roi Haiti By Sam Cabral BBC News An American nurse and her child kidnapped in Haiti nearly two weeks ago have been freed, according to the Christian charity she worked for. El Roi Haiti confirmed “the safe release of our staff member and friend, Alix Dorsainvil” and her young daughter, who has not been…

Reuters By Antoinette Radford BBC News One woman has died and more than 50 have been injured following a warehouse explosion near Moscow, officials said. Moscow’s state governor Andrey Vorobyov said on Telegram that six people were in intensive care. Videos shared online showed a large plume of smoke billowing from the facility in the…

AFP By Zeinab Mohammed Salih Omdurman, Sudan Residents of Omdurman, the twin city to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, have had to live through massive aerial bombardments and heavy fighting over the past three days as the conflict between the army and a paramilitary force intensifies as it approaches its fifth month. A call went out on…

Alan Dickar By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News Residents of a Hawaiian town were reportedly forced to jump into the sea to escape flames as fierce wildfires sweep across parts of Maui. Local media reported “apocalyptic scenes” in Lahaina, parts of which were destroyed or severely damaged by the blaze. The fire prompted evacuations and…

Getty Images By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Sixto Rodriguez, the musician and subject of the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died aged 81. The Detroit-born singer’s official website confirmed he died on Tuesday. Rodriguez launched his career in 1967 but initially struggled to find success in his native US and was ultimately dropped by…

ABIGAIL ZWERNER/FACEBOOK By Chloe Kim BBC News The six-year-old student who shot his teacher in the US earlier this year, boasted about the incident saying “I shot [her] dead”, unsealed court documents show. While being restrained after the shooting at a Virginia school, the boy is said to have admitted “I did it”, adding “I…

Getty Images By Lucy Ballinger BBC Wales It wasn’t exactly where he expected the conversation to go when he sat beside Hillary Clinton. But Welsh government minister Jeremy Miles found himself being offered to be set up on a blind date by the former US secretary of state, presidential candidate and First Lady. Sitting beside…