Black voters in Detroit are telling anyone who will listen that the Democratic Party takes their support for granted, and the Michigan Senate primary results suggest the party's progressive wing isn't even trying to change that. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive activist who narrowly won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary earlier this month, built his victory on […] The post Black voters in Detroit say Democrats treat them as an afterthought — and El-Sayed's primary numbers prove it appeared first on American Almanac .
Black voters in Detroit are telling anyone who will listen that the Democratic Party takes their support for granted, and the Michigan Senate primary results suggest the party's progressive wing isn't even trying to change that. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive activist who narrowly won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary earlier this month, built his victory on strong turnout in Arab-American enclaves like Dearborn and Hamtramck. In counties where Black residents make up 15 percent or more of the population, his opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens, beat him by an average of eight points, according to a county-level analysis by The Hill. That gap matters. El-Sayed's margin of victory was razor-thin, fewer than 15,000 votes out of more than 1.5…Open
More than 160 Haitians landed in Cap-Haitien on Thursday after a U.S. deportation flight, the first since the Trump administration won its legal fight to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 people. The plane touched down in northern Haiti because Port-au-Prince, the capital, is too dangerous. Gangs control an estimated 70 percent of the […] The post First U.S. deportation flight lands in Haiti after Trump administration ends Temporary Protected Status appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 160 Haitians landed in Cap-Haitien on Thursday after a U.S. deportation flight, the first since the Trump administration won its legal fight to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 people. The plane touched down in northern Haiti because Port-au-Prince, the capital, is too dangerous. Gangs control an estimated 70 percent of the city. The U.S. government has banned commercial flights there through early September. So the 161 deportees stepped off in Cap-Haitien, where Haitian immigration officials handed each one a maximum of $65, some food, and a drink. That was the welcome package, $65 and a country where, by United Nations estimates, more than 3,100 people were killed and another 1,189 injured in the first six…Open
A new documentary reveals how comedian Dane Cook's half-brother and business manager looted at least $12 million from his accounts, and stashed bricks of cash inside containers of pasta sauce before vanishing after prison. Darryl McCauley grew up alongside Cook. Both wanted to be stand-up comedians. Cook made it, becoming one of the most commercially […] The post Dane Cook's half-brother stole $12 million, then hid the cash in jars of pasta sauce appeared first on American Almanac .
A new documentary reveals how comedian Dane Cook's half-brother and business manager looted at least $12 million from his accounts, and stashed bricks of cash inside containers of pasta sauce before vanishing after prison. Darryl McCauley grew up alongside Cook. Both wanted to be stand-up comedians. Cook made it, becoming one of the most commercially successful comics of the 2000s. McCauley became a corrections officer. Then Cook handed him the keys to his finances, and McCauley helped himself to a fortune. The full scope of the theft is the subject of "Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story," a documentary set to premiere on September 29 and available to stream on demand. Variety first reported on the film and its details, including…Open
Marshall Manning, the freshman son of Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, made his high school football debut on ESPN2, completing a pass on his very first varsity snap for Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The younger Manning entered Baylor's season-opener against Nashville-based Brentwood Academy midway through the second quarter, spelling starting quarterback Keegan Croucher, […] The post Peyton Manning's son Marshall completes first varsity pass in ESPN2 debut for Baylor School appeared first on American Almanac .
Marshall Manning, the freshman son of Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, made his high school football debut on ESPN2, completing a pass on his very first varsity snap for Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The younger Manning entered Baylor's season-opener against Nashville-based Brentwood Academy midway through the second quarter, spelling starting quarterback Keegan Croucher, an Ole Miss commit. On his first play under center, Manning rolled right and threw a six-yard completion over a Brentwood Academy linebacker's outstretched arms to junior receiver Antwaun Adams, picking up a first down. Baylor ran the ball on the next play, and Croucher returned to finish the drive. The national broadcast on ESPN2 gave the moment an…Open
Lead guitarist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliott, the final two members of the Hollies' classic 1960s lineup, have ended the British rock band's touring career, closing a run that stretched back more than six decades. The band posted its farewell on Instagram Thursday, announcing that Hicks, 80, stepped away from the road due to […] The post After 63 years, the Hollies' last original members retire from touring appeared first on American Almanac .
Lead guitarist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliott, the final two members of the Hollies' classic 1960s lineup, have ended the British rock band's touring career, closing a run that stretched back more than six decades. The band posted its farewell on Instagram Thursday, announcing that Hicks, 80, stepped away from the road due to health concerns. Elliott, 84, chose to walk away alongside him. No farewell concert was announced. No victory lap. Just a short statement and a curtain call for one of the longest-running acts in rock and roll history. The group's official post kept things brief: Hicks made his decision for health reasons, and Elliott followed "out of respect for Tony and everything they have shared throughout their remarkable…Open
A massive billboard tore loose and crushed a car on the outskirts of Mexico City, killing a 53-year-old teacher and therapist, and the cement truck driver maneuvering nearby now faces a manslaughter charge. CCTV footage captured the moment the billboard detached, tipped forward, and slammed onto a busy road near the Plaza Interlomas shopping center. […] The post Billboard collapse on Mexico City road kills woman in her car as cement truck driver faces manslaughter charge appeared first on American Almanac .
A massive billboard tore loose and crushed a car on the outskirts of Mexico City, killing a 53-year-old teacher and therapist, and the cement truck driver maneuvering nearby now faces a manslaughter charge. CCTV footage captured the moment the billboard detached, tipped forward, and slammed onto a busy road near the Plaza Interlomas shopping center. María del Carmen Piña Arce was driving a white car directly beneath it. She did not survive. A red car traveling just ahead of hers escaped by seconds. The footage, first reported by The Sun , shows a cement mixer truck maneuvering beside the billboard moments before the structure gave way. The billboard bounced on impact with the car, and pedestrians nearby scrambled to get clear.…Open
Archaeologists working at an ancient adobe pyramid in Lima, Peru, have unveiled the skeletal remains of a man they believe was sacrificed roughly 1,400 years ago during a ceremonial ritual, a discovery that opens a new window into a civilization that vanished centuries before the Inca Empire rose. The team, led by archaeologist Gladys Paz, […] The post Archaeologists in Peru unearth 1,400-year-old skeletal remains believed to be a ritual sacrifice appeared first on American Almanac .
Archaeologists working at an ancient adobe pyramid in Lima, Peru, have unveiled the skeletal remains of a man they believe was sacrificed roughly 1,400 years ago during a ceremonial ritual, a discovery that opens a new window into a civilization that vanished centuries before the Inca Empire rose. The team, led by archaeologist Gladys Paz, found the adult skeleton buried inside a canal near the base of Huaca Pucllana, a massive stepped pyramid that straddles Lima's upscale Miraflores and San Isidro districts. The body was resting on its left flank, its skull positioned to face both the pyramid and the Pacific Ocean. Peru's culture ministry released a statement and multiple images of the excavation site, dating the burial to approximately…Open
The Vatican's top diplomat bowed and kissed the skull of a third-century Christian martyr during an elaborate ceremony in Sicily, a moment of reverence that quickly drew accusations of idolatry from critics online. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State and Pope Leo XIV's official representative, leaned forward and pressed his lips to the […] The post Cardinal Parolin kisses 1,700-year-old skull in ancient Catholic ceremony marking 900th anniversary appeared first on American Almanac .
The Vatican's top diplomat bowed and kissed the skull of a third-century Christian martyr during an elaborate ceremony in Sicily, a moment of reverence that quickly drew accusations of idolatry from critics online. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State and Pope Leo XIV's official representative, leaned forward and pressed his lips to the ancient relic of Saint Agatha during a ceremony at Catania Cathedral on August 17. He then placed a crown atop the saint's 14th-century gold reliquary bust as church bells rang across the archdiocese. The ceremony marked 900 years since Agatha's remains were returned to her birthplace from Constantinople in 1126. The skull, roughly 1,700 years old, had been temporarily removed from…Open
DNA testing has confirmed the identities of two Belgian mountaineers whose bodies emerged from a retreating glacier in southern Switzerland, 34 years after they vanished without a trace. A hiker spotted the remains on the Trift Glacier on July 26 and reported the find to regional police in Wallis canton, the Swiss administrative region that […] The post Melting Swiss glacier reveals two Belgian climbers missing since 1992 appeared first on American Almanac .
DNA testing has confirmed the identities of two Belgian mountaineers whose bodies emerged from a retreating glacier in southern Switzerland, 34 years after they vanished without a trace. A hiker spotted the remains on the Trift Glacier on July 26 and reported the find to regional police in Wallis canton, the Swiss administrative region that borders Italy. The bodies were transported to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Wallis Hospital in Sion, where analysts built DNA profiles and matched them against records of the missing men. Wallis police confirmed the results in a statement, closing a case that had been open for more than three decades. The two men, Belgian nationals aged 39 and 41 at the time, disappeared in the Weissmies…Open
The people who knew Anthony Bourdain best say the late chef was even more compelling off-camera than on it, and that A24's new film Tony captures the man they actually knew. Eight years after Bourdain's death by suicide in France at age 61, three of his oldest friends and colleagues sat down with the New […] The post Anthony Bourdain's closest friends remember the man behind the legend — and say A24's new biopic gets him right appeared first on American Almanac .
The people who knew Anthony Bourdain best say the late chef was even more compelling off-camera than on it, and that A24's new film Tony captures the man they actually knew. Eight years after Bourdain's death by suicide in France at age 61, three of his oldest friends and colleagues sat down with the New York Post to share stories from the years before fame found him, back when the 6-foot-4 cook in ripped jeans and cowboy boots was grinding through New York City kitchens, writing crime novels nobody read, and drinking until dawn at a dive bar called Siberia. Their verdict on the biopic, directed by Matt Johnson and starring an actor known as Sessa in the title role: it works. And their memories of Bourdain himself, raw, profane,…Open