Rescuers in Colombia are making last-ditch efforts to pull survivors from the rubble of a magnitude 7.4 earthquake as the critical 72-hour window expires, with at least 273 dead and thousands still missing. Emergency crews in Cali and Pereira worked through a third straight night Wednesday, using bare hands, cranes, sniffer dogs, and vibration-detection equipment […] The post Colombia earthquake rescue enters final phase as 72-hour survival window closes appeared first on American Almanac .
Rescuers in Colombia are making last-ditch efforts to pull survivors from the rubble of a magnitude 7.4 earthquake as the critical 72-hour window expires, with at least 273 dead and thousands still missing. Emergency crews in Cali and Pereira worked through a third straight night Wednesday, using bare hands, cranes, sniffer dogs, and vibration-detection equipment to reach people trapped beneath collapsed buildings. By Thursday morning, the clock had run out on the 72-hour period when survivors are considered most likely to be found alive. Cali Mayor Alejandro Eder said Wednesday that operations were "entering the final phase." The quake, described as the strongest to hit Colombia this century , struck western Colombia on the morning of…Open
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been photographed on multiple occasions with two Nation of Islam figures who have a documented record of antisemitic statements and open loyalty to Louis Farrakhan, and his campaign refuses to answer questions about it. Marcus Muhammad, the mayor of Benton Harbor and a Nation of Islam "student minister," […] The post Abdul El-Sayed photographed with Nation of Islam figures who targeted Jews and defended Farrakhan appeared first on American Almanac .
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been photographed on multiple occasions with two Nation of Islam figures who have a documented record of antisemitic statements and open loyalty to Louis Farrakhan, and his campaign refuses to answer questions about it. Marcus Muhammad, the mayor of Benton Harbor and a Nation of Islam "student minister," posted a photo on Facebook showing himself arm-in-arm with El-Sayed backstage at the candidate's election night watch party on August 4. Troy Muhammad, described as the leader of the Nation of Islam's Detroit chapter, posted a separate photo from a Detroit NAACP event in June 2025 showing him and El-Sayed in what he called a "solidarity handshake." Troy Muhammad wore the Nation of…Open
Internal Justice Department emails obtained through a public-records request show that Joe Biden's end-of-term clemency grants bypassed the government's own pardon office, forcing career officials to correct errors and answer questions they had never been asked in advance. The emails, spanning December 2024 through late January 2025, document a pardon process that cut out the […] The post Internal DOJ emails reveal Biden's clemency grants bypassed normal vetting, left officials scrambling appeared first on American Almanac .
Internal Justice Department emails obtained through a public-records request show that Joe Biden's end-of-term clemency grants bypassed the government's own pardon office, forcing career officials to correct errors and answer questions they had never been asked in advance. The emails, spanning December 2024 through late January 2025, document a pardon process that cut out the Office of the Pardon Attorney, the DOJ division that has vetted presidential clemency decisions for more than 130 years. Officials inside the office scrambled after each round of grants to figure out what the president had done, whom it covered, and how to fix mistakes that had already gone public. The records were obtained via the Freedom of Information Act by…Open
Socialist councilors in a 900-person Spanish town voted to sever the local holiday from its patron saint festivities, a tradition residents have observed for more than four hundred years, and opponents are mobilizing to reverse the change. Albanchez de Mágina, a small agricultural town in the province of Jaén in southern Spain's Andalusia region, has […] The post Spanish Socialists strip centuries-old Catholic holiday from small town's calendar appeared first on American Almanac .
Socialist councilors in a 900-person Spanish town voted to sever the local holiday from its patron saint festivities, a tradition residents have observed for more than four hundred years, and opponents are mobilizing to reverse the change. Albanchez de Mágina, a small agricultural town in the province of Jaén in southern Spain's Andalusia region, has celebrated its patron saint, Saint Francis of Paola, every year between May 3 and 6 for over four centuries. The May 4 date has long served as the town's official local holiday, anchoring the religious festivities that define the community's calendar. This week, the town's Socialist councilors, members of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, known by its Spanish initials PSOE, used their…Open
A legal fellowship that told sponsor firms it existed to help low-income and first-generation law students has been filling its ranks with graduates of elite boarding schools, former Big Law paralegals, and children of wealthy professionals, and now faces a federal false-advertising complaint. The Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Law Fellowship selected 58 students for its […] The post DEI law fellowship promised to help 'underserved' students — then accepted boarding-school graduates and consultants' kids appeared first on American Almanac .
A legal fellowship that told sponsor firms it existed to help low-income and first-generation law students has been filling its ranks with graduates of elite boarding schools, former Big Law paralegals, and children of wealthy professionals, and now faces a federal false-advertising complaint. The Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Law Fellowship selected 58 students for its 2026 cohort. The Washington Free Beacon identified 50 of them through LinkedIn profiles and found a roster that looks nothing like the program's marketing pitch. Among the fellows: a graduate of Loomis Chaffee, the Connecticut boarding school that charges between $60,000 and $80,000 a year; a graduate of Phillips Andover Academy, whose alumni include two U.S.…Open
Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, now 59, told British Vogue she married Tom Cruise knowing it could cost her career, and said she didn't care because she was in love. Kidman laid out the trade-off in blunt terms. She was 23 years old, already building a name in Hollywood, and chose marriage to one of the […] The post Nicole Kidman says she would have given up her career to marry Tom Cruise at 23 appeared first on American Almanac .
Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, now 59, told British Vogue she married Tom Cruise knowing it could cost her career, and said she didn't care because she was in love. Kidman laid out the trade-off in blunt terms. She was 23 years old, already building a name in Hollywood, and chose marriage to one of the biggest movie stars on the planet over the advice of anyone who warned her she'd be overshadowed. Thirty-five years later, in a newly published British Vogue interview, she said the calculation was simple, and she'd make it again. Page Six reported on the interview, in which Kidman described falling for Cruise on the set of "Days of Thunder" and marrying him on Christmas Eve 1990. She was 22 when they met. By 23, she was his wife, and, in…Open
A former Miss Universe Canada winner interrupted her own co-hosting duties during the pageant's final to publicly rebuke two contestants for wearing Indigenous-inspired costumes, a move that forced the organization to apologize and overhaul its costume rules. Ashley Callingbull, a Plains Cree woman from the Enoch Cree Nation and the first Indigenous woman to win […] The post Miss Universe Canada host confronts contestants on stage over Indigenous-themed costumes appeared first on American Almanac .
A former Miss Universe Canada winner interrupted her own co-hosting duties during the pageant's final to publicly rebuke two contestants for wearing Indigenous-inspired costumes, a move that forced the organization to apologize and overhaul its costume rules. Ashley Callingbull, a Plains Cree woman from the Enoch Cree Nation and the first Indigenous woman to win the Miss Universe Canada title, broke from the script during the competition's final to address what she called cultural appropriation in the national costume segment. Two contestants had appeared days earlier wearing outfits that drew on Indigenous imagery, and Callingbull decided the moment could not pass without a response. The confrontation, first reported by The Sun , has…Open
Former NBA player Rashad McCants claims he never had genuine feelings for Khloe Kardashian and that their seven-month relationship was an arrangement for the cameras, a story he keeps telling in different versions. McCants, 41, appeared on the TFU Podcast on June 24 and laid out what he described as the transactional nature of his […] The post Rashad McCants says his relationship with Khloe Kardashian was a staged 'agreement,' not a real romance appeared first on American Almanac .
Former NBA player Rashad McCants claims he never had genuine feelings for Khloe Kardashian and that their seven-month relationship was an arrangement for the cameras, a story he keeps telling in different versions. McCants, 41, appeared on the TFU Podcast on June 24 and laid out what he described as the transactional nature of his 2008, 2009 relationship with the 42-year-old reality star and Good American co-founder. The ex-Minnesota Timberwolves guard said the pairing was never romantic on his end and that he treated it as a business arrangement from the start. The Sun reported McCants's blunt description of the setup. He told the podcast hosts he changed his Facebook relationship status to "It's complicated", and that single move set…Open
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton's mother has filed a petition in Miami family court for temporary custody of his three children, a legal move that came just days after Hilton was hospitalized following a self-harm incident broadcast live on TikTok. Teresita Lavandeira submitted the petition on August 7, three days after the incident at Hilton's Florida […] The post Perez Hilton's mother seeks temporary custody of his three children after self-harm livestream appeared first on American Almanac .
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton's mother has filed a petition in Miami family court for temporary custody of his three children, a legal move that came just days after Hilton was hospitalized following a self-harm incident broadcast live on TikTok. Teresita Lavandeira submitted the petition on August 7, three days after the incident at Hilton's Florida home, where the 48-year-old media personality appeared to cut himself with a knife during a livestream. His children, Mario, 13, Mia, 11, and Mayte, 8, were inside the home in the minutes before the crisis unfolded, along with Hilton's 42-year-old sister Barbara and a niece, the Daily Mail reported , citing court records it had reviewed. Hilton's team said the children "remain safe and are…Open
The Iranian regime is now signaling it will not end its fight in the Middle East until President Trump is out of office, as the Strait of Hormuz continues to be the center of it all.
