YMCA faces outages and leadership shifts as news highlights its global reach and lineage in youth service.
Victor Willis, founder and lead singer of Village People, has died after a short, aggressive illness. He co-wrote hits including YMCA, Macho Man and In the Navy, helping define late-1970s disco. Willis left the group in 1980, later rejoined in 2017, and his passing ends a turbulent, influential career.
A derecho swept through Gary, Indiana on Aug. 11, causing widespread outages and damage. Restorations remain slow days later, with officials warning on timelines while residents face food, medicine shortages and rising community strain.