More than 2,200 people have died in Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and health officials say the virus is outrunning the contact-tracing teams meant to contain it. Between 60 and 70 percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are turning up among people no one was watching, individuals never identified as contacts of […] The post Congo's Ebola surveillance system buckles as outbreak kills faster than any on record appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 2,200 people have died in Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and health officials say the virus is outrunning the contact-tracing teams meant to contain it. Between 60 and 70 percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are turning up among people no one was watching, individuals never identified as contacts of known patients, never monitored, never flagged. That figure, reported by the Associated Press from the ground in Nizi, one of the hardest-hit health zones in Ituri province, amounts to a confession: the surveillance architecture that is supposed to be the backbone of any Ebola response has collapsed under the weight of insecurity, unpaid workers, impassable roads, and a virus that moves faster than the…Open
Screengrab Social Media/X by Diana Zapata • News Writer /Editorial Specialist Published August 15, 2026 A massive explosion ripped through an ammunition manufacturing facility near Rome, Italy, sending a towering blast into the sky and [...]
“Never have we seen such a horrible candidate running for U.S. Senate out of Texas… He represents everything people are frustrated with, including Republicans,” says Republican strategist Susan Del Percio. The DNC focuses on flipping the Senate as midterms near and fundraising efforts peak. Basil Smikle, MS NOW Political Analyst, Professor of Practice at the School of Professional Studies at Columbia University, and former Executive Director of the New York State Democratic Party, and Susan Del Percio, MS NOW Political Analyst and Republican strategist join The Weekend to discuss.
Earlier this week, Jacob Soboroff asked "Connect" viewers what they wanted us to cover on the show this weekend. We received hundreds of responses, with many people asking us to report on the crisis happening aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. We could not agree more. Here's a quick report on what's happening aboard the ship, the alarming conditions over 5,000 service members have been struggling with, and an update on potential relief coming to the sailors, courtesy of MS NOW's Priya Sridhar.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is calling on current Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the 25th anniversary ceremonies honoring the victims of the September 11 attacks, a demand that puts the city's first Muslim mayor at the center of a growing fight over who speaks for Ground Zero. Giuliani made the […] The post Giuliani says Mayor Mamdani has no place at Ground Zero on the 9/11 anniversary appeared first on American Almanac .
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is calling on current Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the 25th anniversary ceremonies honoring the victims of the September 11 attacks, a demand that puts the city's first Muslim mayor at the center of a growing fight over who speaks for Ground Zero. Giuliani made the remarks during a Friday appearance on the Newsmax program "Finnerty," where he argued that Mamdani's presence at the ceremonies would be an affront to the families who lost husbands, wives, and children in the 2001 attacks. The former mayor, who led New York through the worst terrorist strike on American soil, did not mince words about why he believes Mamdani should not attend. The broadside lands as Mamdani faces mounting…Open
An Iranian court handed 56-year-old Kolthoum Akbari ten separate death sentences for systematically marrying and killing elderly men across multiple towns, a killing spree she herself says may have claimed as many as 15 lives. Akbari, whom Iranian media have dubbed the "Black Widow," drugged her victims with sedatives, rubbing alcohol, and diabetes medications before […] The post Iranian woman sentenced to death ten times after killing at least 10 husbands over two decades appeared first on American Almanac .
An Iranian court handed 56-year-old Kolthoum Akbari ten separate death sentences for systematically marrying and killing elderly men across multiple towns, a killing spree she herself says may have claimed as many as 15 lives. Akbari, whom Iranian media have dubbed the "Black Widow," drugged her victims with sedatives, rubbing alcohol, and diabetes medications before suffocating them, authorities in Mazandaran Province said. She targeted elderly men through Iran's "sigheh" system, a form of temporary marriage under Islamic law, then collected gold, cash, and dowry wealth before moving on to the next husband in a different town. The geographic spread kept anyone from connecting the deaths for roughly twenty years. Her run ended in 2023,…Open
Dr. Anthony Fauci has rejected a request to appear before a second Senate panel investigating his pandemic record, dismissing the inquiry as political harassment just days after Republicans voted to hold him in contempt. Fauci's lawyer sent a letter to Sen. Ron Johnson on Friday declining the Wisconsin Republican's invitation to testify voluntarily before the […] The post Fauci refuses second Senate appearance after contempt vote, calls inquiry political harassment appeared first on American Almanac .
Dr. Anthony Fauci has rejected a request to appear before a second Senate panel investigating his pandemic record, dismissing the inquiry as political harassment just days after Republicans voted to hold him in contempt. Fauci's lawyer sent a letter to Sen. Ron Johnson on Friday declining the Wisconsin Republican's invitation to testify voluntarily before the Senate subcommittee on investigations. The letter accused Johnson of trying to "impermissibly harass or degrade Dr. Fauci for political purposes," the Associated Press reported . The refusal came less than a week after the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along partisan lines on August 6 to hold the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director in…Open
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia early Saturday morning, killing at least 47 people and flattening buildings across multiple provinces, with authorities warning the death toll will likely climb as rescuers push toward remote villages still cut off by landslides and communication failures. The quake hit at 5:58 a.m. local time, centered roughly 68 […] The post Magnitude 7.7 earthquake kills dozens in Indonesia as rescue teams struggle to reach hardest-hit areas appeared first on American Almanac .
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia early Saturday morning, killing at least 47 people and flattening buildings across multiple provinces, with authorities warning the death toll will likely climb as rescuers push toward remote villages still cut off by landslides and communication failures. The quake hit at 5:58 a.m. local time, centered roughly 68 kilometers north-northwest of the city of Ende in East Nusa Tenggara province. It struck at a shallow depth, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre initially measured it at magnitude 6.9 before upgrading it to 7.7. Fifteen minutes later, at 6:13 a.m., a second earthquake measuring 6.3 rattled the same region, followed by dozens of aftershocks that rippled…Open
