Portland police arrested four armed teenagers from Seattle after a days-long string of carjackings, armed robberies, and a gas station shooting that left a clerk fighting for his life, and recovered four illegally modified firearms. The spree stretched from July 14 through the early hours of July 17, rattling neighborhoods across Northeast Portland and ending […] The post Four Seattle teenagers arrested after weeklong violent crime spree across Portland appeared first on American Almanac .
Portland police arrested four armed teenagers from Seattle after a days-long string of carjackings, armed robberies, and a gas station shooting that left a clerk fighting for his life, and recovered four illegally modified firearms. The spree stretched from July 14 through the early hours of July 17, rattling neighborhoods across Northeast Portland and ending only when a SWAT team raided a house and pulled four juveniles, ages 15, 16, and two 17-year-olds, out of hiding. By then, a rideshare driver had been robbed at gunpoint, a store employee had been pistol-whipped, and a gas station clerk had taken five bullets during a predawn holdup. Portland Police Bureau detectives in the Major Crimes Unit pieced the incidents together over three…Open
A self-styled grassroots organization campaigning to block Success Academy charter schools from expanding into Miami-Dade County is led by a Democratic operative with multiple arrests, more than $44,000 in unpaid civil judgments, and a co-founder whose wages are being garnished. Moms for Libros launched its "Our Schools Miami" campaign in late June, urging parents to […] The post Democratic operative behind Miami anti-charter-school group carries arrest record, unpaid judgments, and a revoked tax exemption appeared first on American Almanac .
A self-styled grassroots organization campaigning to block Success Academy charter schools from expanding into Miami-Dade County is led by a Democratic operative with multiple arrests, more than $44,000 in unpaid civil judgments, and a co-founder whose wages are being garnished. Moms for Libros launched its "Our Schools Miami" campaign in late June, urging parents to pressure school board members and rally alongside the local teachers' union to stop five Success Academy elementary schools approved to open in Miami-Dade by fall 2027. The group's website frames the fight as a stand against "a New York charter network, backed by a billionaire" that is "moving into five Miami-Dade public high schools, without community input, with a…Open
Actress Hayden Panettiere says giving full custody of her daughter to ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko was the hardest decision of her life, one she insists saved her child from a public, damaging legal fight. Panettiere, 36, laid out the details in her memoir "This Is Me: A Reckoning," published by Grand Central Publishing. In an interview […] The post Hayden Panettiere opens up about custody decision, postpartum depression in new memoir appeared first on American Almanac .
Actress Hayden Panettiere says giving full custody of her daughter to ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko was the hardest decision of her life, one she insists saved her child from a public, damaging legal fight. Panettiere, 36, laid out the details in her memoir "This Is Me: A Reckoning," published by Grand Central Publishing. In an interview with Fox News Digital , she described a years-long spiral of postpartum depression, alcohol dependence, and near-fatal childbirth complications that preceded the 2018 custody arrangement, and pushed back against public criticism that she had simply "given up" her daughter Kaya. Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxing champion, presented Panettiere with papers seeking full custody when Kaya was about…Open
Ricki Lake marked the two-year anniversary of her facelift by posting unfiltered before-and-after photos on Instagram, a level of candor about cosmetic surgery that remains rare among public figures. The former daytime talk show host disclosed in an Instagram post that she underwent a deep plane lower face and neck lift along with a mild […] The post Ricki Lake, 57, shares before-and-after photos two years after facelift surgery appeared first on American Almanac .
Ricki Lake marked the two-year anniversary of her facelift by posting unfiltered before-and-after photos on Instagram, a level of candor about cosmetic surgery that remains rare among public figures. The former daytime talk show host disclosed in an Instagram post that she underwent a deep plane lower face and neck lift along with a mild CO2 laser procedure in 2024. She named Dr. Allen Foulad as her surgeon and said the results had been "remarkable, natural, and long-lasting." The Sun reported on the post, which included a series of images showing Lake before the procedure, immediately after, and in recent photos she said were taken without makeup or a filter. Lake, now 57, said the decision came after a dramatic weight loss. She wrote…Open
The "Today" show anchor is on a family vacation days after a man with a lengthy criminal record slipped past security, confronted Melvin on set, and now faces multiple hate crime charges. Craig Melvin was missing from Monday's "Today" broadcast, with co-anchor Savannah Guthrie offering a brief, breezy explanation: "We've got Sheinelle in for Craig, […] The post Craig Melvin takes a week off after intruder breached NBC studio and hurled racial slur appeared first on American Almanac .
The "Today" show anchor is on a family vacation days after a man with a lengthy criminal record slipped past security, confronted Melvin on set, and now faces multiple hate crime charges. Craig Melvin was missing from Monday's "Today" broadcast, with co-anchor Savannah Guthrie offering a brief, breezy explanation: "We've got Sheinelle in for Craig, who's getting a little family vacation." Sheinelle Jones sat in the 47-year-old anchor's chair. NBC offered no further comment on the timing, just days after a security failure at the network's own New York City headquarters left Melvin face-to-face with an intruder who called him a racial slur and demanded to know where Al Roker was. The network is treating the week off as routine. The…Open
A rising professional boxer with an 8-0-1 record was struck and killed while cycling on a rural Texas road, and the driver, who authorities say deliberately reversed into her, now faces a manslaughter charge. Hannah Rapp, a 26-year-old featherweight from Yorktown, Indiana, died Saturday morning after a car driven by Charles Medina, 31, allegedly passed […] The post Champion boxer Hannah Rapp, 26, killed after driver allegedly reversed into her on Texas highway appeared first on American Almanac .
A rising professional boxer with an 8-0-1 record was struck and killed while cycling on a rural Texas road, and the driver, who authorities say deliberately reversed into her, now faces a manslaughter charge. Hannah Rapp, a 26-year-old featherweight from Yorktown, Indiana, died Saturday morning after a car driven by Charles Medina, 31, allegedly passed her on a highway in Brazos County, Texas, came to a stop, then reversed and struck her. Rapp was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Medina was arrested and charged with manslaughter . The sequence authorities described, a driver passing a cyclist, stopping, and then backing into her, points to something far worse than a momentary lapse behind the wheel. No…Open
Lord Richard Hermer, the architect of the British government's Chagos Islands surrender deal, has been sacked as Attorney General by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
Lord Richard Hermer is one of several high-ranking government officials ousted as part of newly installed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s Cabinet reshuffle. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Lord Richard Hermer, architect of the British government’s Chagos Islands surrender deal, has been sacked as Attorney General by the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham. KEY QUOTE: “It has been the privilege of my life to serve my country as attorney general over the last two years. I’ve been so lucky to be a part of [former Prime Minister Staremer’s] team, as he delivered for the public at home while rebuilding the UK’s reputation abroad, in particular on the rule of law.” – Lord Hermer on Bluesky, having left X (formerly Twitter) after…Open
Ismael Zambada García, better known as El Mayo, used an army of hit men and widespread political corruption to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States.