FEMA is deploying water trailers to Puerto Rico after the island's worst drought in more than a century forced rotating shutoffs for hundreds of thousands of households, and local officials say conditions could still get worse. Authorities began cutting water service on a rotating 48-hour schedule late last week in parts of San Juan, Carolina, […] The post More than 180,000 Puerto Rico households face water shutoffs as FEMA sends emergency trailers appeared first on American Almanac .
FEMA is deploying water trailers to Puerto Rico after the island's worst drought in more than a century forced rotating shutoffs for hundreds of thousands of households, and local officials say conditions could still get worse. Authorities began cutting water service on a rotating 48-hour schedule late last week in parts of San Juan, Carolina, Juncos, Gurabo, Trujillo Alto, Canovanas, and Loiza. More than 180,000 households now cycle between two days with water and two days without, a rationing plan that Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon announced at a Sunday press conference after declaring a state of emergency on July 31. FEMA confirmed Monday that it will provide water trailers for up to 30 days, following a formal request from the Puerto…Open
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people in roughly three months, reaching that grim milestone almost three times faster than the deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, while health workers strike over unpaid wages and most new infections spread beyond the reach of contact tracers. Government data published overnight Tuesday showed 4,381 confirmed Ebola […] The post Congo's Ebola death toll hits 2,000 as outbreak outpaces every prior epidemic on record appeared first on American Almanac .
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people in roughly three months, reaching that grim milestone almost three times faster than the deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, while health workers strike over unpaid wages and most new infections spread beyond the reach of contact tracers. Government data published overnight Tuesday showed 4,381 confirmed Ebola cases and 2,011 deaths across five eastern provinces, with Ituri province in the country's remote east serving as the epicenter. The case fatality rate stands at 45.9%, well above the 39.6% rate recorded during the catastrophic 2014, 2016 West Africa outbreak that the Associated Press described as the worst in history. That earlier epidemic killed more than 11,000 people…Open
New York City First Lady Rama Duwaji is planning a trip to Syria and Lebanon, both countries the U.S. State Department tells Americans not to visit, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office says taxpayer-funded NYPD officers should accompany her. Duwaji, the 29-year-old Syrian-American wife of Mayor Mamdani, intends to leave for the two countries on September […] The post NYC first lady plans Syria, Lebanon trip — and the mayor's office wants NYPD officers to go with her appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City First Lady Rama Duwaji is planning a trip to Syria and Lebanon, both countries the U.S. State Department tells Americans not to visit, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office says taxpayer-funded NYPD officers should accompany her. Duwaji, the 29-year-old Syrian-American wife of Mayor Mamdani, intends to leave for the two countries on September 20 to "visit family," according to a statement from mayoral spokesperson Dora Pekec. The spokesperson said the first lady's security detail would join her "upon the strong recommendation of the NYPD." But the NYPD itself quickly contradicted that claim, telling the New York Post early Tuesday that no officers would be making the trip. Both Syria and Lebanon sit on the State Department's…Open
A hospital doctor in Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta says the facility has treated at least five girls under 14 for alleged rape, cases she links to a massive border crossing that overwhelmed the small city's shelters and left migrant children living on the streets. Dr. Susana Ascaso, an emergency physician at the University […] The post At least five girls under 14 allegedly raped in Ceuta after 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco appeared first on American Almanac .
A hospital doctor in Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta says the facility has treated at least five girls under 14 for alleged rape, cases she links to a massive border crossing that overwhelmed the small city's shelters and left migrant children living on the streets. Dr. Susana Ascaso, an emergency physician at the University Hospital of Ceuta, known locally as HUCE, confirmed the cases to the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta . She described treating "cases of rape of migrant girls" in the roughly two weeks since approximately 72,000 migrants surged across the sea border from Morocco on the final day of July. The girls are believed to have arrived during that crossing. They ended up on the streets, Ascaso said, "because there…Open
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through Colombia's coffee-growing heartland on Monday, killing at least 164 people and leveling roughly 1,600 buildings, and a new president barely three days into office now faces his first crisis. Rescue workers pulled a six-month-old baby and her mother from the wreckage of a collapsed building hours after the quake struck […] The post Colombia earthquake kills at least 164 as rescuers pull infant from rubble appeared first on American Almanac .
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through Colombia's coffee-growing heartland on Monday, killing at least 164 people and leveling roughly 1,600 buildings, and a new president barely three days into office now faces his first crisis. Rescue workers pulled a six-month-old baby and her mother from the wreckage of a collapsed building hours after the quake struck early on August 10, 2026. The mother emerged covered in blood and dust. In Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, volunteers dug through concrete and rebar with sticks and bare hands while hospitals overflowed into the streets. In Pereira, the capital of Risaralda state, entire residential blocks lay in ruins. The earthquake, centered near the town of San Jose Del Palmar in the remote…Open
Andrew Lloyd Webber used the closing night of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" to deliver a blunt warning about Broadway's financial future, calling the cost of producing new shows unsustainable and urging the industry to "come to their senses." The composer posted on Instagram as the curtain fell for the last time at the Broadhurst Theatre […] The post Andrew Lloyd Webber calls Broadway costs 'unsustainable' as 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' closes five months early appeared first on American Almanac .
Andrew Lloyd Webber used the closing night of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" to deliver a blunt warning about Broadway's financial future, calling the cost of producing new shows unsustainable and urging the industry to "come to their senses." The composer posted on Instagram as the curtain fell for the last time at the Broadhurst Theatre on August 8, announcing that the reimagined revival of his landmark musical was shutting down roughly five months ahead of schedule. The show had been pulling in between $900,000 and $1 million a week when it premiered on Broadway in April, but revenue dropped sharply after it lost the best revival of a musical Tony Award to "Ragtime." Variety reported that the financial slide proved fatal despite the…Open
Romy Reiner appeared in the final episode of Larry David's HBO series months after her father, Rob Reiner, gave his last screen performance in the same show, a connection that lands differently after the filmmaker's violent death. The 28-year-old played a nurse tending to an ailing President William Henry Harrison, portrayed by actor Fred Melamed, […] The post Romy Reiner's role in Larry David's HBO finale carries a quiet link to her late father appeared first on American Almanac .
Romy Reiner appeared in the final episode of Larry David's HBO series months after her father, Rob Reiner, gave his last screen performance in the same show, a connection that lands differently after the filmmaker's violent death. The 28-year-old played a nurse tending to an ailing President William Henry Harrison, portrayed by actor Fred Melamed, in the seventh and final episode of "Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness," which premiered Friday on HBO . Her father had appeared in the second episode of the same series, airing July 3, in what became his last screen performance, playing George Washington. Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 70, were stabbed to death in their Brentwood, California, home last December. Their son Nick…Open
A "Harry Potter" actress says she turned to OnlyFans out of financial desperation, and now earns more from videos of brushing her hair than she made in nearly two decades of professional acting. Jessie Cave, 39, played Lavender Brown in three "Harry Potter" films and went on to roles in "Call the Midwife," "Black Mirror," […] The post Jessie Cave earned more on OnlyFans in one year than her entire 'Harry Potter' acting career appeared first on American Almanac .
A "Harry Potter" actress says she turned to OnlyFans out of financial desperation, and now earns more from videos of brushing her hair than she made in nearly two decades of professional acting. Jessie Cave, 39, played Lavender Brown in three "Harry Potter" films and went on to roles in "Call the Midwife," "Black Mirror," and "Great Expectations." None of it, she told The Times in an interview published August 7 , paid her as well as one year on a platform best known for adult content. Cave launched her OnlyFans account in March 2025 after what she described as "a breakdown" and "a point of complete desperation." She had been rejected for an acting role, the specific part was not disclosed, and said she saw no other way to support her…Open
Brad Pitt told Esquire UK he has returned to drinking after seven years sober, and an insider close to Angelina Jolie says his ex-wife is "not surprised" by the admission. Pitt, 62, made the disclosure during a wide-ranging interview published Monday by the British magazine, where the interviewer noticed him offering a glass of wine. […] The post Brad Pitt ends seven years of sobriety as ex Angelina Jolie says she saw it coming appeared first on American Almanac .
Brad Pitt told Esquire UK he has returned to drinking after seven years sober, and an insider close to Angelina Jolie says his ex-wife is "not surprised" by the admission. Pitt, 62, made the disclosure during a wide-ranging interview published Monday by the British magazine, where the interviewer noticed him offering a glass of wine. Asked directly, Pitt confirmed the break. "No, I got, I was sober for seven years. And then I got back off the wagon," he said, adding that he now drinks "in a more restrained manner" and in smaller quantities. The admission reopens a chapter Pitt had publicly closed years ago, one tied to his split from Jolie, a 2016 plane incident that drew an FBI investigation, and an eight-year divorce that left most of…Open