9/11 first responders' exposure to air pollution and extreme heat in the neighborhoods they live in compounded poor health outcomes, a new study finds.
Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression Tuesday night, knocking out power to thousands, toppling trees and flooding roads across Southeast Texas. NewsNation's Xavier Walton reports from Beaumont, Texas.
The Lindsay Clancy trial is approaching a critical turning point. As closing arguments draw near, the legal battle over psychosis, depression, and criminal responsibility is becoming the central focus of the case. On this edition of Greta Wire: Record Rewind, Greta Van Susteren is joined by crime reporter Jon DiPietro for an in-depth breakdown of the latest testimony, including the prosecution's rebuttal witness, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Avram Mack. The discussion explores: The prosecution's challenge to the psychosis defense Whether Lindsay Clancy understood right from wrong Competing expert testimony Mental health treatment history and medication questions Evidence surrounding Clancy's behavior on the day of the killings What…
A federal health inspection found that UCLA's locked psychiatric unit let a suicidal 71-year-old actor keep his leather belt and went unchecked for long stretches, failures his children now call fatal. Robert Carradine, the veteran actor best known for playing Hilary Duff's father on Disney's Lizzie McGuire, voluntarily checked himself into UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital […] The post Federal inspectors found UCLA psychiatric hospital failed to protect Robert Carradine before his death appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal health inspection found that UCLA's locked psychiatric unit let a suicidal 71-year-old actor keep his leather belt and went unchecked for long stretches, failures his children now call fatal. Robert Carradine, the veteran actor best known for playing Hilary Duff's father on Disney's Lizzie McGuire, voluntarily checked himself into UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital on January 16, 2026, because he was experiencing suicidal thoughts during what records describe as a "manic episode suicidal ideation." He had battled bipolar disorder, severe depression with psychotic features, and anxiety for roughly two decades. The next day, hospital staff found him unresponsive in his room after an apparent hanging involving a leather belt,…Open
Mychal Threets, the 36-year-old host of the rebooted "Reading Rainbow" on YouTube, told followers he is "not okay" and plans to seek hospital-level help, drawing an outpouring of support and a pointed nudge from actress Yvette Nicole Brown. Threets posted the announcement Monday on the social media platform Threads. His message was direct and unguarded: […] The post Reading Rainbow host Mychal Threets says he plans to check into hospital for mental health care appeared first on American Almanac .
Mychal Threets, the 36-year-old host of the rebooted "Reading Rainbow" on YouTube, told followers he is "not okay" and plans to seek hospital-level help, drawing an outpouring of support and a pointed nudge from actress Yvette Nicole Brown. Threets posted the announcement Monday on the social media platform Threads. His message was direct and unguarded: "I am not okay. Maybe I'll never be okay. I'm seeking help." He added that he planned to go to the hospital the following day. "In this moment I am safe. By God's grace," he wrote. The post continued with gratitude for the people around him. Threets wrote that "no matter what happens to me I will always be thankful for the extraordinary people in my life who worry, who help me." He closed…Open