Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed drew sharp criticism from Republicans and even some Democrats after social media posts that critics called racist toward Second Lady Usha Vance and demeaning toward a female Trump aide. El-Sayed, who is running against Republican former Congressman Mike Rogers, posted a message referencing Vice President JD Vance's wife and her […] The post Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed faces bipartisan backlash over posts targeting Usha Vance and Trump aide appeared first on American Almanac .
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed drew sharp criticism from Republicans and even some Democrats after social media posts that critics called racist toward Second Lady Usha Vance and demeaning toward a female Trump aide. El-Sayed, who is running against Republican former Congressman Mike Rogers, posted a message referencing Vice President JD Vance's wife and her Indian heritage after Vance criticized El-Sayed at a rally in Ohio. The post read: "So do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no..." The implication, as critics read it, was that Vance's grandfather, whom Vance calls "Papaw", would not have accepted a woman of Indian descent. El-Sayed's campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Fox…Open
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas of potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin, but a strengthening El Niño and plumes of Saharan dust continue to stack the odds against a major storm. A strong tropical wave that recently rolled off the coast of Africa is pushing westward across the open ocean between […] The post National Hurricane Center watches two Atlantic disturbances as El Niño tightens its grip on the season appeared first on American Almanac .
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas of potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin, but a strengthening El Niño and plumes of Saharan dust continue to stack the odds against a major storm. A strong tropical wave that recently rolled off the coast of Africa is pushing westward across the open ocean between Cabo Verde and the Caribbean, carrying showers and thunderstorms with it. The NHC has assigned the system medium odds of developing into a tropical depression or storm over the next seven days, though hostile upper-level winds and thick dust pouring off North Africa's Saharan Desert stand in its path. Separately, a broad area of low pressure a few hundred miles east-southeast of Bermuda has earned the formal…Open
A retired Texas judge denied Karmelo Anthony's motion for a new trial in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet, leaving his 35-year prison sentence intact and sending the case to appeal. Retired District Judge Michael Chitty signed the half-page order Saturday after hearing two days of testimony in […] The post Texas judge upholds Karmelo Anthony's murder conviction, denies bid for new trial appeared first on American Almanac .
A retired Texas judge denied Karmelo Anthony's motion for a new trial in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet, leaving his 35-year prison sentence intact and sending the case to appeal. Retired District Judge Michael Chitty signed the half-page order Saturday after hearing two days of testimony in McKinney, Texas. The order was filed with the Collin County court on Monday. Chitty reviewed Anthony's motion, the full court record, evidence and arguments from both sides, legal briefs, and relevant case law before ruling. The order itself, as Fox News Digital reported , does not detail the judge's reasoning for the denial. Anthony, now 19, was convicted by a Collin County jury in June of murdering…Open
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to launch what he called the "single greatest financial offensive ever" against Iran, a sweeping sanctions campaign that threatens any nation still doing business with Tehran. Bessent laid out the threat in a Financial Times op-ed published Sunday, framing the new economic pressure campaign in wartime language and warning that […] The post Bessent promises 'economic D-Day' to cut off Iran's financial lifelines appeared first on American Almanac .
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to launch what he called the "single greatest financial offensive ever" against Iran, a sweeping sanctions campaign that threatens any nation still doing business with Tehran. Bessent laid out the threat in a Financial Times op-ed published Sunday, framing the new economic pressure campaign in wartime language and warning that countries propping up Iran's economy face isolation from global capital markets. The op-ed came after a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, reached in June, collapsed last month, and as Tehran's own leadership appeared divided over how to respond. The message from the Treasury Department was blunt: the era of nations quietly buying Iranian petroleum,…Open
Brittany Boltinhouse, the 27-year-old former Miss North Carolina USA, is suing the pageant organization and its president for defamation, claiming they branded her a racist and a bigot to cover up the fact that they stripped her title over her conservative Christian beliefs. Boltinhouse filed the lawsuit on August 23 in Duplin County Superior Court, […] The post Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA files defamation suit, alleges pageant hid the real reason she lost her crown appeared first on American Almanac .
Brittany Boltinhouse, the 27-year-old former Miss North Carolina USA, is suing the pageant organization and its president for defamation, claiming they branded her a racist and a bigot to cover up the fact that they stripped her title over her conservative Christian beliefs. Boltinhouse filed the lawsuit on August 23 in Duplin County Superior Court, naming Miss USA president Thom Brodeur, the national organization, and North Carolina pageant producer A-Blaize Productions as defendants. The timing was pointed: she filed one day before the Miss USA competition kicked off in Miami, Florida, ensuring the suit would land while the pageant world was watching. The suit does not challenge the organization's authority to take away her crown.…Open
A fast-moving wildfire officials say was started by human activity has destroyed homes across northwest Reno, Nevada, forced roughly 90,000 people from their neighborhoods, and remained at zero containment, with no end in sight. The Hawk Fire tore through the Peavine Peak area of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest over the weekend, growing to more than […] The post Human-caused Hawk Fire burns through northwest Reno as 90,000 residents flee appeared first on American Almanac .
A fast-moving wildfire officials say was started by human activity has destroyed homes across northwest Reno, Nevada, forced roughly 90,000 people from their neighborhoods, and remained at zero containment, with no end in sight. The Hawk Fire tore through the Peavine Peak area of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest over the weekend, growing to more than 23 square miles of rugged foothills ringed by homes and businesses near the California state line. By Sunday, August 23, the blaze had injured at least six people, three first responders and three civilians, knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers, closed portions of U.S. Route 395, and pushed the edge of a mandatory "GO NOW" evacuation zone to the boundary of the University…Open
The former Illinois sheriff's deputy who shot and killed Sonya Massey in her own kitchen, after she called 911 for help, died behind bars Saturday, just weeks after a state board denied his bid for early release. Sean Grayson, 32, died on August 23 while being held at an out-of-state prison facility, his defense attorney […] The post Sean Grayson, ex-deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey, dies in prison after cancer spreads appeared first on American Almanac .
The former Illinois sheriff's deputy who shot and killed Sonya Massey in her own kitchen, after she called 911 for help, died behind bars Saturday, just weeks after a state board denied his bid for early release. Sean Grayson, 32, died on August 23 while being held at an out-of-state prison facility, his defense attorney Daniel Fultz confirmed. Fultz declined to provide further details. The Illinois Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to requests for comment, the State Journal-Register reported . Grayson had served roughly six months of a 20-year sentence, the maximum for second-degree murder in Illinois, when he died. He had been diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in 2023, before the shooting that made his name…Open
Hayden Panettiere took active steps to keep her on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson out of her life in the months before she died of a suspected overdose, yet Hickerson was present when she was found unresponsive. During a book tour stop at a Barnes and Noble in New York City in May, the 36-year-old actress arrived […] The post Hayden Panettiere hired security to keep Brian Hickerson away in months before her death appeared first on American Almanac .
Hayden Panettiere took active steps to keep her on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson out of her life in the months before she died of a suspected overdose, yet Hickerson was present when she was found unresponsive. During a book tour stop at a Barnes and Noble in New York City in May, the 36-year-old actress arrived with private security whose explicit instructions were to prevent Hickerson, 37, from getting anywhere near her. Bookstore staffers were told directly: do not let in a man named Brian Hickerson. The measures, first reported by the New York Times and detailed by The U.S. Sun , paint a picture of a woman who understood the danger she faced, and who had people around her trying to enforce a boundary she struggled to hold on her own. …Open
DNA testing has confirmed that two bodies found on a fast-shrinking glacier in southern Switzerland belong to a pair of Belgian mountaineers who vanished 34 years ago, the latest case of retreating ice giving up the dead. A hiker crossing the Trift Glacier on July 26 spotted the remains and alerted authorities. Wallis Police launched […] The post Melting Swiss glacier surrenders bodies of two Belgian climbers missing since 1992 appeared first on American Almanac .
DNA testing has confirmed that two bodies found on a fast-shrinking glacier in southern Switzerland belong to a pair of Belgian mountaineers who vanished 34 years ago, the latest case of retreating ice giving up the dead. A hiker crossing the Trift Glacier on July 26 spotted the remains and alerted authorities. Wallis Police launched a recovery operation and transported the bodies to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Wallis Hospital in Sion, where scientists ran DNA comparisons against records of long-missing climbers. The results were conclusive. Wallis Police confirmed the identities in a statement: "A direct comparison of DNA profiles conclusively established that the individuals were two mountaineers who had been missing in the…Open
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