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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Blake Collins traded child stardom for a McDonald's cash register — and says he'd do it again

The actor who played Woim in the 1994 hit The Little Rascals spent his teenage years working fast food inside a Walmart, a choice he says reflects how little money most child stars actually take home. Blake Collins was nine years old when he appeared alongside a cast of kid actors in one of the […] The post Blake Collins traded child stardom for a McDonald's cash register — and says he'd do it again appeared first on American Almanac .

The actor who played Woim in the 1994 hit The Little Rascals spent his teenage years working fast food inside a Walmart, a choice he says reflects how little money most child stars actually take home. Blake Collins was nine years old when he appeared alongside a cast of kid actors in one of the most quotable family comedies of the 1990s. By fifteen, he was wearing a headset and punching in combo-meal orders at a McDonald's, fielding double-takes from customers who recognized him between the fryer and the register. Now 41, Collins works behind the camera in Hollywood and has started talking publicly about what child fame actually looks like once the credits roll. In a recent interview with People magazine, Page Six reported , Collins…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Shaq says Lakers fans never truly embraced him or LeBron — and he knows why

Shaquille O'Neal drew a blunt parallel between his own rocky relationship with Los Angeles Lakers fans and LeBron James's eight-year tenure, arguing that Kobe Bryant's shadow made full acceptance impossible for both of them. O'Neal made the comments during an appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio, weeks after James quietly left the Lakers and signed with […] The post Shaq says Lakers fans never truly embraced him or LeBron — and he knows why appeared first on American Almanac .

Shaquille O'Neal drew a blunt parallel between his own rocky relationship with Los Angeles Lakers fans and LeBron James's eight-year tenure, arguing that Kobe Bryant's shadow made full acceptance impossible for both of them. O'Neal made the comments during an appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio, weeks after James quietly left the Lakers and signed with the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency. The former center said the fan base's loyalty to Bryant meant that neither he nor James, two of the most dominant players in franchise history, ever got the embrace their résumés deserved. The remarks land at a moment when James's departure from Los Angeles has drawn surprisingly little public grief. His agent, Rich Paul, informed the Lakers of the…Open

JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Trump fumes over 'duplicitous' Iranian leadership

The war began in late February with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Cornyn, Tillis confirms plans to back Blanche, essentially clinching nomination

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on advancing Blanche's nomination on Tuesday. With the remaining Republican holdouts now on board, he is all but certain to receive a final vote.

JUSTTHENEWS (Steven Richards) - House committees seek records on how New Jersey found noncitizen voter registrations amid dispute

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill claimed the noncitizens were registered due to a glitch, but the software vendor disputes this.

JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Deadly drug-resistant fungus confirmed in 23 states, new CDC data shows

Healthy people often fight off infection from the fungus on their own, but it can be deadly in hospital settings, where people's immune responses are less robust.

NYTIMES (Emily Anthes and Will Crooks) - Meet the Bee Vet, Now Making Hive Calls

Veterinarians are gingerly embracing the honeybee, a vital pollinator for agriculture but one that’s in increasing danger.

NYTIMES (Sasha von Oldershausen and Antranik Tavitian) - ICE Killed Him. A.I. Helped Turn Him Into a Folk Ballad, Fast.

A.I. is helping people write corridos within hours, accelerating a tradition of memorializing tragedy through song.

NYTIMES (Troy Closson) - Gen Z Can’t Afford a First Date

From $130 dinners to expensive cocktails and even exorbitant movie tickets, a crushing economy in New York City is creating a fresh barrier to love.

NYTIMES (Sapna Maheshwari) - Nanit and Other Baby-Tracking Start-Ups Eye Collecting Even More Data

Nanit and other start-ups want to track your children through the night — and soon, for much longer than that.