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Renowned Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh secretly digitized and moved his decades‑long diaries from Ramallah to Scotland to shield them from destruction amid conflict; with help from the University of Edinburgh and Exeter, the archive is now housed in Edinburgh and thousands of pages are online, preserving his life’s work, his human‑rights advocacy, and his concept of sumud.
Comedian Bill Maher criticized Sen. Rand Paul for releasing Fauci’s private COVID-19 diaries and threatening contempt, saying the move betrays Paul’s libertarian privacy stance. A public-relations expert advised Paul to focus on why the diaries matter rather than how he obtained them, noting that a public official’s notes on a government computer aren’t a private citizen’s journal. The controversy follows Paul’s release of more than 1,000 pages of the diaries and Fauci’s Fifth Amendment invocation during a Senate hearing.
In week two of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, she spoke aloud to the judge for the first time, sobbed during testimony about her infant son’s autopsy, and her diary entries detailing postpartum anxiety and depression were read to the jury. Psychiatrists described her mental health before and after the killings, while prosecutors argued she acted intentionally and rationally, and the defense contends she was not criminally responsible due to a postpartum psychotic episode. Testimony also covered her physical injuries from a suicide attempt and friends’ and family’s concerns, painting a complex picture of a mother dealing with intense mental health challenges preceding the 2023 killings of her three children.
Florida AG James Uthmeier, joined by Louisiana and West Virginia, subpoena Fauci for records tied to grants, awards and book deals—including a $900,000 grant to the University of Florida Scripps Biomedical Research program—and other financial ties referenced in Fauci’s diary.
FactCheck.org says Rand Paul cherry-picked Fauci’s Jan. 2020 diary to claim a lab leak; the diary notes the wet market as an amplifier, not the source, and Fauci’s public statements at the time—and later—were consistent with a natural origin. While the origin of COVID-19 isn’t definitively proven and some intelligence assessments are split, there’s no evidence Fauci lied, and the article warns against treating private notes as immutable proof that overrides the broader natural-origin evidence.
More than 1,500 pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary, released via subpoena, reveal his thoughts on COVID-19 origins, debates over a lab-leak theory, how school closures were approached, his fraught relationship with Donald Trump, and how the pandemic propelled him to national fame.
Private diary entries from Anthony Fauci portray a growing rift with Donald Trump over COVID-19 messaging, with Fauci calling the president 'out of control' and 'an idiot' at times, while also detailing his ascent to national fame and the intense media spotlight surrounding the pandemic response.
Sen. Rand Paul released Fauci’s personal diary entries showing the former NIAID director privately grappling with how to handle the pandemic while enjoying media coverage and describing President Trump as 'rambling,' shedding light on the internal tensions of the COVID-19 response and Fauci’s public role.
Diaries from February 2020 reportedly show Fauci privately estimated COVID-19’s mortality at about 0.2-0.3%, far below the roughly 2-3% CFR he told Congress weeks later, highlighting a discrepancy as Fauci faced ongoing scrutiny over the pandemic response.
Queen Elizabeth II's final diary entry, written two days before her death at Balmoral, has been revealed by royal biographer Robert Hardman. The entry, which was factual and practical, noted her meeting with her private secretary and the swearing-in of new ministers. The late queen, who maintained a diary throughout her 70-year reign, focused on recording events rather than personal reflections. Her son, King Charles, continues the tradition of diary-keeping, albeit in a less narrative style.
Utah mommy YouTuber Ruby Franke's handwritten diaries reveal horrific abuse inflicted on her children, including starvation, forced labor, and physical punishment, as she believed they were possessed by the devil. Prosecutors allege that religious extremism motivated the abuse, and Franke and her business partner were sentenced to at least four years in prison for their roles. Franke's husband filed for divorce, claiming he was unaware of the abuse as he had separated from Franke.
A UK teacher, Fiona Beal, is on trial for allegedly stabbing and burying her partner, Nicholas Billingham, in their backyard after suspecting him of cheating. Police found Billingham's mummified remains four and a half months after he was last seen. Beal's diary, which detailed her plan to kill Billingham, was presented to jurors. She denied killing him, but prosecutors read from her diary, in which she appeared to confess to the crime and detailed how she carried out the murder.
A UK teacher, Fiona Beal, is on trial for allegedly stabbing and burying her partner, Nicholas Billingham, in their backyard after suspecting him of cheating. Prosecutors presented evidence from Beal's diary, in which she appeared to confess to the crime and detail how she carried it out. Police found Billingham's mummified remains four and a half months after he was last seen. Beal denied killing him, but her diary detailed her treatment at his hands and plan to get back at him.