As climate change makes extreme heat more frequent and dangerous, states are building systems to manage a hazard they weren't historically built to handle. The big picture: In a growing number of states, officials are appointing heat officers, writing statewide plans, setting worker protections, funding cooling infrastructure, and coordinating responses across agencies. Driving the news: July was the hottest month ever measured in the contiguous U.S., with every Lower 48 state above its 20th-century average. - The speed at which states have ramped up their response to extreme heat has been "stunning," V. Kelly Turner, associate director of heat research at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, told Axios. - "Heat's everywhere, but…
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission opened a review of sports media figure Bill Simmons after he described on his podcast how he had his daughter's boyfriend log into his FanDuel account and place wagers on his behalf, an arrangement that violates state law. Simmons, 56, a Massachusetts native now living in California, laid out the scheme […] The post Bill Simmons faces Massachusetts gambling probe after admitting to proxy bets on his own podcast appeared first on American Almanac .
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission opened a review of sports media figure Bill Simmons after he described on his podcast how he had his daughter's boyfriend log into his FanDuel account and place wagers on his behalf, an arrangement that violates state law. Simmons, 56, a Massachusetts native now living in California, laid out the scheme himself during a recent episode of the Bill Simmons Podcast. He explained that he wanted to bet on UCLA overs and a Houston line he believed the market had mispriced, but could not place the wagers from California, where sports gambling remains largely illegal. So he turned to "Hank," his daughter's 21-year-old boyfriend, who lives in Massachusetts, one of the states where FanDuel operates legally. …Open
The lawsuit filed by computer science doctoral student Dylan Kupsh alleges viewpoint discrimination and due process violations, including the lack of meaningful notice of cases against him.
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
The younger brother of left-wing streamer and Democratic surrogate Hasan Piker spent more than a decade as a Boeing aerospace engineer with security clearances, working on some of the most sensitive military aircraft in the U.S. arsenal, raising questions no one in government appears to have answered. Murat Piker, an aerospace engineer who departed Boeing […] The post Hasan Piker's brother held security clearances, worked on Air Force One and nuclear 'doomsday plane' at Boeing appeared first on American Almanac .
The younger brother of left-wing streamer and Democratic surrogate Hasan Piker spent more than a decade as a Boeing aerospace engineer with security clearances, working on some of the most sensitive military aircraft in the U.S. arsenal, raising questions no one in government appears to have answered. Murat Piker, an aerospace engineer who departed Boeing earlier this year, listed work on the VC-25B, the next-generation Air Force One, the E-6B nuclear command-and-control plane known as the "doomsday plane," the E-3 Sentry AWACS surveillance aircraft, and Boeing's undersea Navy drone program on his LinkedIn profile, the Washington Free Beacon reported . His profile also states he holds "active Security Clearances," and a person familiar…Open
New research from UCLA reveals small businesses appear to still be paying the price for Trump’s immigration crackdown. MS NOW reporter Jillian Frankel spoke to community leaders and business owners in Los Angeles about the long term economic impact of Trump’s ICE surge in the area last summer.
- Alex Young, a 37-year-old UCLA genetics researcher, opens up about his stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis despite having no known family history or identifiable genetic risk. - Young describes months of warning signs, a false-negative blood test and delayed colonoscopy before doctors discover rectal cancer that has spread to his liver. - After chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, Young turns to next-generation immunotherapy while confronting the physical and emotional toll of fighting cancer at such a young age. - A GoFundMe campaign raises roughly $120,000 in a matter of hours, allowing Young to pursue a personalized cancer vaccine designed around the unique mutations in his tumor. - Young explains how personalized cancer vaccines…
AI:Alex Young, a 37-year-old UCLA genetics researcher with no prior family history of disease, has been forced into a desperate fight for survival after being diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer that had already metastasized to his liver. Despite experiencing clear warning signs, Young was misled by a false-negative blood test and delayed medical procedures, highlighting the catastrophic failures within the current healthcare establishment. Following grueling rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, he is now relying on a personalized immunotherapy vaccine targeting his specific tumor mutations—a high-cost lifeline made possible only through a rapid $120,000 GoFundMe campaign. His ordeal underscores the critical need for faster…Open
By Anna Miller Professors who supported campus encampments and defended disruptive anti-Israel activism continue to hold positions of authority over students.
ChatGPT for American Thinker By Allan J. Favish To the extent that these schools apply the factor of “overcoming disadvantage,” they will apply it in an unfair manner to achieve their racial goals.
