Arday was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023. He was found unresponsive Friday at a home in southwest London.
Arday was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023. He was found unresponsive Friday at a home in southwest London.Open
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A legendary Oregon ski resort known for holding snow even in midsummer has closed for the rest of the season after a wildfire forced a Level 3 evacuation, capping a brutal year that already cut its ski season short. Mt. Hood Meadows, perched on Mount Hood about 70 miles east of Portland, announced Tuesday that […] The post Oregon's Mt. Hood Meadows shuts down for summer as Grasshopper Fire tears through 87,000 acres appeared first on American Almanac .
A legendary Oregon ski resort known for holding snow even in midsummer has closed for the rest of the season after a wildfire forced a Level 3 evacuation, capping a brutal year that already cut its ski season short. Mt. Hood Meadows, perched on Mount Hood about 70 miles east of Portland, announced Tuesday that it would not reopen this summer. The Grasshopper Fire, a lightning-caused blaze first reported at 7:41 p.m. on July 23, triggered a Level 3 "go now" evacuation order that left the resort no choice but to lock its gates and hand its parking lot over to firefighters. By Friday afternoon, the fire had scorched nearly 87,000 acres and sat at roughly 20 percent containment. More than 1,800 personnel, 45 firefighting crews, 135 engines,…Open
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Kurtis Rourke was rushed to the hospital with breathing difficulties after injuring his ribs in his first game action in more than 600 days, though initial X-rays showed no fracture, and he was released that same night. Rourke, a 25-year-old seventh-round pick out of Indiana, went down in the second quarter […] The post 49ers QB Kurtis Rourke hospitalized with rib injury in first game back after 601 days appeared first on American Almanac .
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Kurtis Rourke was rushed to the hospital with breathing difficulties after injuring his ribs in his first game action in more than 600 days, though initial X-rays showed no fracture, and he was released that same night. Rourke, a 25-year-old seventh-round pick out of Indiana, went down in the second quarter of Thursday night's preseason opener against the Tennessee Titans at Levi's Stadium. He hurt his ribs on a run toward the goal line but stayed in the game long enough to finish the drive, which ended with Patrick Taylor Jr punching in a one-yard touchdown. After that, Rourke was done for the night. Head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters after the 19, 13 loss that the team sent Rourke to the hospital as…Open
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is now accepting reservations for its Skywalker Grill restaurant weeks before the $1 billion institution opens its doors in Los Angeles, capping a decade-long saga that saw two cities lose their bids to host it. George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, co-founded the museum, which sits on […] The post George Lucas' billion-dollar museum opens bookings for Skywalker Grill ahead of September debut appeared first on American Almanac .
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is now accepting reservations for its Skywalker Grill restaurant weeks before the $1 billion institution opens its doors in Los Angeles, capping a decade-long saga that saw two cities lose their bids to host it. George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, co-founded the museum, which sits on a seven-acre site in Exposition Park in South Los Angeles. The museum announced on Wednesday that Skywalker Grill, a restaurant inspired by Lucas' private creative compound, Skywalker Ranch, in Northern California, will open alongside the museum on September 22. Reservations are already live on the booking platform Resy, as the New York Post reported . The grill's menu leans on locally grown ingredients…Open
Josh Kushner and former Disney chief Bob Iger emerged this week as co-leaders of a group buying the Los Angeles Lakers for more than $12 billion, the latest milestone in a three-generation family rise that began with Holocaust survivors building modest homes in New Jersey. The deal caps a remarkable stretch for the younger Kushner […] The post From a 600-foot tunnel to a $12 billion Lakers deal: how the Kushner family built two separate fortunes appeared first on American Almanac .
Josh Kushner and former Disney chief Bob Iger emerged this week as co-leaders of a group buying the Los Angeles Lakers for more than $12 billion, the latest milestone in a three-generation family rise that began with Holocaust survivors building modest homes in New Jersey. The deal caps a remarkable stretch for the younger Kushner brother, whose venture-capital firm Thrive Capital now manages roughly $25 billion and whose personal fortune Forbes pegs at $5.2 billion. His older brother Jared, meanwhile, runs a separate investment firm out of Miami that was managing more than $5.4 billion by September 2025. Both men are billionaires. Neither inherited his wealth from the other's enterprise. And the family story that produced them starts not…Open
Alex Cooper publicly disputed Dave Portnoy's memoir allegation that she and her former co-host planned to fabricate sexual harassment claims to escape their Barstool Sports contract, but refused to offer her own account. Cooper, the host of the massively successful "Call Her Daddy" podcast and founder of the Unwell Network, sat for a CNBC interview […] The post Alex Cooper dodges Dave Portnoy's memoir claim that she planned fake harassment allegations to exit Barstool appeared first on American Almanac .
Alex Cooper publicly disputed Dave Portnoy's memoir allegation that she and her former co-host planned to fabricate sexual harassment claims to escape their Barstool Sports contract, but refused to offer her own account. Cooper, the host of the massively successful "Call Her Daddy" podcast and founder of the Unwell Network, sat for a CNBC interview this week in which the interviewer pressed her directly on the most explosive passage from Portnoy's book, "Cancel Me If You Can." Her response amounted to a flat denial, a compliment, and a pivot: she said she hadn't read the memoir and had no interest in relitigating the past. The exchange matters because Portnoy's allegation, that Cooper and former co-host Sofia Franklyn devised a scheme to…Open
Donald Trump is trying to get around restrictions on the construction of his White House ballroom by arguing that the facility is a military necessity. But as Jen Psaki points out, it's hard to argue the national security purpose of covering everything in gold.
MS NOW Pentagon Reporter Priya Sridhar on servicemembers aboard the USS Lincoln during their record-breaking deployment tied to Pres. Trump’s Iran war. Sridhar spoke to the wife of a sailor who went overboard and was in water for about an hour before he was rescued. Pres. Trump shrugged off reports about conditions aboard the carrier saying the deployment was “not nearly long enough.”
“I can’t believe I didn’t think of that.” In a behind-the-scenes video for Larry David’s new HBO show, “Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Unhappiness,” former President Barack Obama mocked the gold 'Oval Office' sign President Trump installed outside the office.