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One Washington state high school student is celebrating the beauty of Black coils with Google. Kameirah Johnson, a senior at Lakeside High School in North Seattle, is one of five finalists in Google’s 2025-2026 “Doodle for Google” competition. The annual nationwide art contest invites students in grades K-12 to flex
Source: Brandon Bell / Getty On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated Texas’ congressional map, which was gerrymandered in favor of Republicans last year. The Guardian reports that the move on Monday formally finalizes an emergency decision the court made last December. Despite a panel of lower court judges finding
After public blowback from the State Department’s announcement of a limited supply of U.S. passports featuring printed portraits of President Donald Trump, the White House defended the move by pointing to Trump’s frequent political punching bag: former President Barack Obama. The White House on Tuesday celebrated the new U.S. “Patriot
Source: Tom Brenner / Getty Upon taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump and his administration have done everything in their power to make the United States a crueler, whiter place. Historically, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program has been championed by presidents under both parties, but that’s
Debbie Allen was surprised with a special on-air moment by her husband, former NBA star Norm Nixon, to celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary. On Monday, the award-winning multihyphenate, 76, appeared on “Good Day New York” to promote her latest project, directing the Broadway production of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,”
Jack Thornell, the former Associated Press photographer whose image of a wounded James Meredith on a Mississippi highway became one of the defining photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, died Thursday at a hospital in Metairie, Louisiana. He was 86. PBS NewsHour reported that his son, Jay Thornell, confirmed the
Tristan Thompson has filed for a limited conservatorship over his 19-year-old brother, Amari Thompson, according to court documents reported on April 28. The filing marks a continuation of Thompson’s legal and personal responsibility for his sibling following the death of their mother, Andrea Thompson, in 2023. According to People, the
A 23-year-old man has become the first patient in Louisiana to undergo a groundbreaking gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, marking a significant step forward in the fight against the inherited blood disorder. According to New Orleans’ WWL4, Daniel Cressy was discharged after spending six weeks in the hospital
U.S. gasoline prices have climbed to their highest level in four years, according to the New York Times, reflecting renewed tensions tied to stalled diplomatic talks involving Iran. According to AAA, the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline reached $4.18 on April 28. This marks the highest
Shirlene King-Pearson, known to many “Little Women: Atlanta” fans as Ms. Juicy, was arrested earlier this month in Georgia. Pearson was booked on April 18 on two charges: suspicion of driving while her license was suspended or revoked and suspicion of driving without insurance, per online records. She would be
One Washington state high school student is celebrating the beauty of Black coils with Google. Kameirah Johnson, a senior at Lakeside High School in North Seattle, is one of five finalists in Google’s 2025-2026 “Doodle for Google” competition. The annual nationwide art contest invites students in grades K-12 to flex
Source: Brandon Bell / Getty On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated Texas’ congressional map, which was gerrymandered in favor of Republicans last year. The Guardian reports that the move on Monday formally finalizes an emergency decision the court made last December. Despite a panel of lower court judges finding
After public blowback from the State Department’s announcement of a limited supply of U.S. passports featuring printed portraits of President Donald Trump, the White House defended the move by pointing to Trump’s frequent political punching bag: former President Barack Obama. The White House on Tuesday celebrated the new U.S. “Patriot
Source: Tom Brenner / Getty Upon taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump and his administration have done everything in their power to make the United States a crueler, whiter place. Historically, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program has been championed by presidents under both parties, but that’s
Debbie Allen was surprised with a special on-air moment by her husband, former NBA star Norm Nixon, to celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary. On Monday, the award-winning multihyphenate, 76, appeared on “Good Day New York” to promote her latest project, directing the Broadway production of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,”
Jack Thornell, the former Associated Press photographer whose image of a wounded James Meredith on a Mississippi highway became one of the defining photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, died Thursday at a hospital in Metairie, Louisiana. He was 86. PBS NewsHour reported that his son, Jay Thornell, confirmed the
Tristan Thompson has filed for a limited conservatorship over his 19-year-old brother, Amari Thompson, according to court documents reported on April 28. The filing marks a continuation of Thompson’s legal and personal responsibility for his sibling following the death of their mother, Andrea Thompson, in 2023. According to People, the
A 23-year-old man has become the first patient in Louisiana to undergo a groundbreaking gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, marking a significant step forward in the fight against the inherited blood disorder. According to New Orleans’ WWL4, Daniel Cressy was discharged after spending six weeks in the hospital
U.S. gasoline prices have climbed to their highest level in four years, according to the New York Times, reflecting renewed tensions tied to stalled diplomatic talks involving Iran. According to AAA, the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline reached $4.18 on April 28. This marks the highest
Shirlene King-Pearson, known to many “Little Women: Atlanta” fans as Ms. Juicy, was arrested earlier this month in Georgia. Pearson was booked on April 18 on two charges: suspicion of driving while her license was suspended or revoked and suspicion of driving without insurance, per online records. She would be