A judge has issued a mere 20-day jail sentence to a migrant truck driver responsible for the death of a father and son.
A truck driver from Haiti who caused a fatal crash in Ohio, killing a father and son and severely injuring the mother, has received a 20-day jail sentence. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A judge has issued a mere 20-day jail sentence to a migrant truck driver responsible for the death of a father and son. DETAIL: Yvio Michel, reportedly a migrant from Haiti working as a big-rig truck driver, caused a multi-vehicle crash in late February in Ohio. The crash killed 52-year-old Hurshel Gipson and his 11-year-old son, Michael Gipson. The crash also left 45-year-old Amanda Gipson, Hursel’s wife and Michael’s mother, severely injured. Other motorists sustained injuries as well. Michel failed to slow his tractor-trailer for halted traffic on…Open
The Jelly Firkin, a $35 plastic handbag shaped like the iconic Hermès Birkin, has gone viral across the U.S., and women who spent six figures on the real thing are watching its cultural cachet dissolve. On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, 40-year-old Natalie Mileo strolled through one of the wealthiest zip codes in America […] The post A $35 plastic purse is humbling the $100,000 Hermès Birkin — and its owners aren't taking it well appeared first on American Almanac .
The Jelly Firkin, a $35 plastic handbag shaped like the iconic Hermès Birkin, has gone viral across the U.S., and women who spent six figures on the real thing are watching its cultural cachet dissolve. On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, 40-year-old Natalie Mileo strolled through one of the wealthiest zip codes in America carrying a gummy, translucent purse made from the same material as a gym-class kickball. She paid $35 for it. She also owns ten real Hermès bags. She is not confused about the difference. She just does not care. The bag is called the Jelly Firkin, and it has become the most unlikely fashion phenomenon of 2026, a cheap plastic knockoff that is not just undercutting the Birkin's price tag but openly mocking the status…Open
A British antique collector paid $85,000 for a taxidermied head mislabeled as a fox, then confirmed through X-ray and CT scans that it belonged to a Tasmanian Tiger, an apex predator extinct since 1936. James Cranfield, a 38-year-old natural history relics dealer who specializes in collecting unusual fox heads, was scrolling an auction site when […] The post Flea market 'fox head' turns out to be one of two known Tasmanian Tiger specimens on Earth appeared first on American Almanac .
A British antique collector paid $85,000 for a taxidermied head mislabeled as a fox, then confirmed through X-ray and CT scans that it belonged to a Tasmanian Tiger, an apex predator extinct since 1936. James Cranfield, a 38-year-old natural history relics dealer who specializes in collecting unusual fox heads, was scrolling an auction site when he spotted a listing for a "19th century fox head" consigned to Auctioneum, an auction house in Bristol, England. The image stopped him cold. The proportions were wrong. The teeth were wrong. Cranfield counted eight upper incisors in the photograph, two more than any fox has ever carried. He believed he was looking at the head of a thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger, a carnivorous…Open
A 30-year-old man was charged with attempted murder and released on bail after allegedly hurling a three-year-old boy into a crocodile pit at a small English zoo, where the owner's wife jumped in to rescue the child before the animals could reach him. The attack happened at Johnsons Zoological Gardens in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, a rural […] The post Man with learning disabilities charged with attempted murder after throwing toddler into crocodile enclosure at English zoo appeared first on American Almanac .
A 30-year-old man was charged with attempted murder and released on bail after allegedly hurling a three-year-old boy into a crocodile pit at a small English zoo, where the owner's wife jumped in to rescue the child before the animals could reach him. The attack happened at Johnsons Zoological Gardens in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, a rural area near Cambridge, England. The suspect, a 30-year-old man from Norfolk with learning disabilities, was on a supervised day trip with a caretaker when he allegedly grabbed the boy, a complete stranger, and threw him into the crocodile enclosure. The caretaker had momentarily looked away when the incident occurred, the New York Post reported . The toddler suffered a broken arm and pelvis in the fall.…Open
Gary Oldman claims Amazon MGM Studios has already chosen the next James Bond but hasn't announced it yet, and he's backing his Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden for the role. In an interview with Canada's Global, the veteran British actor said the studio has made its decision on who will play Ian Fleming's secret agent. […] The post Gary Oldman says James Bond has been cast, names co-star Jack Lowden as his pick for 007 appeared first on American Almanac .
Gary Oldman claims Amazon MGM Studios has already chosen the next James Bond but hasn't announced it yet, and he's backing his Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden for the role. In an interview with Canada's Global, the veteran British actor said the studio has made its decision on who will play Ian Fleming's secret agent. Oldman stopped short of confirming Lowden is the pick, but his phrasing left little room for ambiguity. He noted that Lowden has been rumored for the Bond shortlist, then added that "they have picked him" and that "they have made their choice." Deadline reported Oldman's full comments and noted that Amazon MGM Studios was approached for comment on the claim. Whether the studio responded was not disclosed. Oldman told the…Open
A 28-year-old former conservative influencer who says she gave birth to Elon Musk's child told a Venice Film Festival audience she rejected a $40 million non-disclosure agreement so she could speak publicly about the billionaire. Ashley St. Clair made the claim at a press conference for "Musk," a nearly four-hour documentary directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker […] The post Ashley St. Clair claims she turned down $40 million NDA to appear in Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary appeared first on American Almanac .
A 28-year-old former conservative influencer who says she gave birth to Elon Musk's child told a Venice Film Festival audience she rejected a $40 million non-disclosure agreement so she could speak publicly about the billionaire. Ashley St. Clair made the claim at a press conference for "Musk," a nearly four-hour documentary directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney that premiered at the festival on Tuesday. St. Clair, described as Musk's ex, sat alongside Gibney and tech journalist Zoë Schiffer to discuss the film, and her decision to participate in it despite the alleged financial pressure to stay quiet. The documentary arrives as Musk, whose estimated net worth stands at roughly $900 billion across SpaceX, Tesla, the social…Open