Oprah Winfrey announced that her flagship Leadership Academy for Girls south of Johannesburg will close at the end of 2027 and hand control to the local government, but offered no explanation for why she is walking away from a project she once called her life's mission. Winfrey, 72, issued a statement to the Daily Mail […] The post Oprah Winfrey's $400 million South African girls' school will shut its doors after two decades appeared first on American Almanac .
Oprah Winfrey announced that her flagship Leadership Academy for Girls south of Johannesburg will close at the end of 2027 and hand control to the local government, but offered no explanation for why she is walking away from a project she once called her life's mission. Winfrey, 72, issued a statement to the Daily Mail confirming the closure. The school will graduate two more classes before it shuts down. After that, the Gauteng Department of Education, the provincial authority that originally partnered with Winfrey to build the campus, will take over the site. Remaining enrolled students will transfer to what Winfrey's representative called "other top-tier schools," with Winfrey personally covering their tuition. The statement was long…Open
Hilaria Baldwin, the 42-year-old yoga instructor and reality television personality, told a radio audience she spent 20 years battling anorexia, bulimia, overeating, and undereating, a struggle she says began when she started dieting at age five. Baldwin laid out the full scope of her history in an exclusive Tuesday morning interview on SiriusXM's Page Six […] The post Hilaria Baldwin says she counted calories in toothpaste during two decades of eating disorders appeared first on American Almanac .
Hilaria Baldwin, the 42-year-old yoga instructor and reality television personality, told a radio audience she spent 20 years battling anorexia, bulimia, overeating, and undereating, a struggle she says began when she started dieting at age five. Baldwin laid out the full scope of her history in an exclusive Tuesday morning interview on SiriusXM's Page Six Radio, sitting down with co-hosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real. She did not soften the details. The fear of food, she said, became so consuming that she was "afraid of how many calories might be in toothpaste." The interview marks Baldwin's most detailed public account of the disorders that she says dominated her life from early childhood through adulthood. She first addressed the…Open
Kim Sajet left as director of the National Portrait Gallery when she found herself in the White House cross hairs. Now she’s watching another Smithsonian chief go through it.
The decision by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits has become the central issue in his confirmation process.
More than 50,000 prisoners freed under the Labour-controlled British government's early release scheme have been recalled for violations.
The Labour Party-controlled British government’s early release scheme has freed 70,000 prisoners, resulting in more than 50,000 recalls for release condition violations, raising concerns about public safety. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: More than 50,000 prisoners freed under the Labour-controlled British government’s early release scheme have been recalled for violations. DETAIL: According to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), as of March this year, 70,066 prisoners have been released in England and Wales as part of the Labour government’s early release scheme. Under the scheme, prisoners are eligible for release after serving just 40 percent of their sentence and supposedly demonstrating good behavior in prison. This is down from the…Open
