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3 arrested at Burning Man on drug, gun, assault charges in festival's first two days

One suspect was charged Monday with cocaine and firearms possession, according to Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen.

Burning Man travelers stalled for hours as storm moves through Black Rock Desert

Organizers put out the word for people already on site to “batten down” and for those en route to hold up in Reno if possible ...

Burning Man showed Sam Altman what the future could look like. Here are the famous CEOs and billionaires who have attended in the past.

The desert festival has a history of high-profile attendees, from Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to disgraced Theranos founder ...

Monsoonal storms upend Burning Man, soak Yosemite and spark lightning fires across the West

A surge of monsoonal storms brought instability across the American West this weekend, with severe winds, and lightning that ...

Private planes halted at Burning Man's volunteer-run airport as a storm rips through the Playa

Burning Man, the festival favored by tech billionaires and CEOs, has welcomed private aircraft at its volunteer-run airport ...

Struggling subways, in-flight fires, insights from Burning Man: Catch up on the day’s stories

For over 55 years, 911 has been America’s emergency lifeline, but cracks in the system are putting lives at risk. Underfunded ...

Is a Trip to Burning Man Worth the Medical Debt?

Hundreds of festivalgoers are injured at Burning Man each year. To some, the medical bills can be astronomical.

Wild dust storm wreaks havoc at Burning Man festival as campsites blown away, traffic delays pushed to 8 hours

A powerful dust storm wreaked havoc on Nevada’s annual Burning Man festival over the weekend, tossing around early attendees’ campsites and trapping incoming Burners in up to eight hours of ...

What Burning Man can teach you about yourself and the world, even if you never go

Today marks the start of this year’s Burning Man experience in the Nevada desert. Here’s what you can learn from the project ...