In early January 2025, a wildfire sparked in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County grew to destroyed large parts of coastal communities Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu.
After decades as a coveted address in Syracuse, N.Y., the sprawling Nob Hill complex descended into neglect, squalor and death. One family paid a terrible price.
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
A Coast Guard investigation led to the arrest of Manuel Hernandez, who had been charged with misconduct and neglect after the deaths of a mother and her child.
Police last month found children ranging from 18 months to 18 years old living in deplorable conditions.
Los Angeles Magazine contributor Lauren Conlin has taken a deep dive into the background of the family accused of keeping 16 children locked away in a dilapidated Ohio home. She joins NewsNation's Jesse Weber to share what she's learned and what may explain how the alleged abuse went undetected for so long. "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
Sixteen abused and neglected children were rescued by state officials from a “house of horrors” in Hamden, Ohio.
The state Department of Children and Youth estimates that placement costs for the siblings will run between $150 and $250 per child per day. That adds up to roughly $850,000 a year.
Los Angeles Magazine contributor Lauren Conlin joins NewsNation to discuss the latest developments in the child abuse case rocking Ohio, where 16 kids were found in squalor. "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.