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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Josh Radnor says 'How I Met Your Mother' cast has drifted apart: 'Not even a little bit' close Fri Aug 21 17:51:47 2026

Josh Radnor says the cast of "How I Met Your Mother" is no longer close, comparing the nine-season bond to a college friendship that simply faded after graduation. Radnor, who played Ted Mosby on the CBS sitcom from 2005 to 2014, was blunt when asked on the "Half the Picture" podcast whether the cast still […] The post Josh Radnor says 'How I Met Your Mother' cast has drifted apart: 'Not even a little bit' close appeared first on American Almanac .

Josh Radnor says the cast of "How I Met Your Mother" is no longer close, comparing the nine-season bond to a college friendship that simply faded after graduation. Radnor, who played Ted Mosby on the CBS sitcom from 2005 to 2014, was blunt when asked on the "Half the Picture" podcast whether the cast still keeps in touch the way they did during production. "No. Not even a little bit," he told the podcast . For a show built around a tight-knit group of friends sharing a booth at a New York City bar, the admission lands with a certain irony fans will feel. But Radnor did not frame it as bitterness. He framed it as life. Radnor compares the cast bond to college, intense, then gone Radnor offered a long, unguarded explanation of how five…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Divers find HMS Tiger off the Isle of Wight, solving a 118-year-old Royal Navy mystery Fri Aug 21 17:51:46 2026

A British dive team spent five years combing archives to locate the wreck of HMS Tiger, a Royal Navy warship that sank in 1908 and killed more than half its crew, and the discovery is now driving new legislation to protect military shipwrecks. ProjectXplore, a volunteer dive group led by organizers Leo Fielding and Dan […] The post Divers find HMS Tiger off the Isle of Wight, solving a 118-year-old Royal Navy mystery appeared first on American Almanac .

A British dive team spent five years combing archives to locate the wreck of HMS Tiger, a Royal Navy warship that sank in 1908 and killed more than half its crew, and the discovery is now driving new legislation to protect military shipwrecks. ProjectXplore, a volunteer dive group led by organizers Leo Fielding and Dan McMullen, announced on August 10 that it had found the remains of HMS Tiger on the seabed off the Isle of Wight, the same stretch of English Channel where the warship went down after colliding with the 10,000-ton HMS Berwick 118 years ago. More than half of the ship's 57 crew members died in the 1908 sinking. The team laid a wreath on the wreck site, a gesture of respect for the sailors still resting there. Fielding and…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Two charged with smuggling dozens of exotic reptiles across the border in pillowcases Fri Aug 21 17:51:46 2026

Federal agents arrested two suspects in a yearslong wildlife trafficking ring after border officers found 69 protected reptiles, including venomous pit vipers and caimans, stuffed into taped pillowcases inside a hidden vehicle compartment at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Georgina Bribiesca Chavez, 66, of Tijuana, Mexico, pulled up to the busiest land border crossing […] The post Two charged with smuggling dozens of exotic reptiles across the border in pillowcases appeared first on American Almanac .

Federal agents arrested two suspects in a yearslong wildlife trafficking ring after border officers found 69 protected reptiles, including venomous pit vipers and caimans, stuffed into taped pillowcases inside a hidden vehicle compartment at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Georgina Bribiesca Chavez, 66, of Tijuana, Mexico, pulled up to the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere on Aug. 10 and told a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer she had nothing to declare. She did not mention the knotted, taped pillowcases crammed behind the rear bench seat of her red Volkswagen, pillowcases that held 60 abronia lizards, four venomous yellow-blotched palm pit vipers, three caimans, a baby crocodile, and an indigo snake. CBP…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - Brazilian woman who posed as 12-year-old girl to deceive family into adoption sentenced to nearly two years in jail Fri Aug 21 17:51:45 2026

A 38-year-old Brazilian woman who faked a child's voice, carried dummies and baby bottles, and convinced a couple she was a traumatized 12-year-old has been convicted of fraud and jailed, capping a pattern of identity cons investigators say stretched across at least seven states. A court in Joinville, Brazil, sentenced Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira […] The post Brazilian woman who posed as 12-year-old girl to deceive family into adoption sentenced to nearly two years in jail appeared first on American Almanac .

A 38-year-old Brazilian woman who faked a child's voice, carried dummies and baby bottles, and convinced a couple she was a traumatized 12-year-old has been convicted of fraud and jailed, capping a pattern of identity cons investigators say stretched across at least seven states. A court in Joinville, Brazil, sentenced Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira to one year, 10 months, and 28 days in prison after finding she deliberately fabricated a false identity to extract food, shelter, money, medication, and other material support from an unnamed couple who believed they were caring for an abused child. The judge found Oliveira acted consciously "to induce and maintain the victims in error" and obtain the full cost of her own living through the…Open

NEWSNATIONNOW (Steph Whiteside) - Florida woman sues highway patrol after Flock data falsely identified her Fri Aug 21 17:48:07 2026

Lindsey Isaacs faced eight felony counts after police failed to examine evidence contradicting Flock camera information.