Author: Gesi Lloyd

The knife used to kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in 1994 has never been found. Newly unsealed federal records and fresh interviews published by The New York Times today, Oct. 18, now offer at least four different accounts of where it went. One came from a federal informant, one from that informant’s brother, one from a rapper’s podcast and one from O.J. Simpson’s own book. None has been proven, but together they point toward something police long dismissed, the possibility that Simpson had help. The murder weapon is the most important missing piece of evidence in the case.…

President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 33%, the lowest ever recorded for him in the ABC News, Washington Post and Ipsos poll. Two in three Americans, 66%, disapprove of the job he is doing, and 52% say they disapprove strongly. The survey was conducted Oct. 9 to 13 among 2,545 adults. It was released Sunday, Oct. 18, with the midterm elections 16 days away. One comparison stands out. Trump is now lower than he was in this poll after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, when 38% approved. The same poll had him at 39% shortly…

The Golden State Valkyries won Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Saturday, Oct. 17, beating the Atlanta Dream 68 to 64 at Chase Center in San Francisco. Gabby Williams led all scorers with 26 points and sank six free throws in roughly the final two minutes to seal it. Golden State now leads the best of seven series by a game. The victory was the first Finals win in franchise history for Golden State. The Valkyries are still unbeaten at home this postseason. The game delivered plenty of drama, but the moment people are still arguing about happened before…

Verizon will charge $10 a month for iPhone Handoff, the new iOS 27 feature that lets one phone number work across two compatible iPhones, such as the new iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro. That’s double the $5 T-Mobile charges. Only one iPhone can use the number at a time, and Verizon says support is coming soon. The iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable, opened for preorder Oct. 16 and hits stores Oct. 23. A $5 gap sounds small. Stretched across Verizon’s own iPhone Duo payment plan, it starts to look like a real bill. What is iPhone Handoff? iPhone Handoff…

Bronny James isn’t going anywhere yet. The Los Angeles Lakers fully guaranteed his contract this offseason, and he’s heading into his third NBA season after a rough preseason. Sports radio host Craig Carton said on his show this week that the young guard should leave basketball and maybe start a tech company. Lakers coach JJ Redick said Bronny hadn’t played well in his first four preseason games but had practiced well. That gap matters. Carton’s harshest point leaned on words Redick never actually said. What did Craig Carton say about Bronny James? On The Craig Carton Show, Carton declared the…

Denzel Washington and his wife, Pauletta, bought a 1940 Colonial Revival mansion in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, for $1.1 million in 1988. They sold it in 2000 for $1.9 million to television writer and producer Brenda Hampton, who renovated it and sold it in 2019 for $4.445 million. The current owner hasn’t been publicly identified. The price jump isn’t the real story. The house was designed by Paul Revere Williams, a pioneering Black architect who, because of racist housing rules, was barred from living in many of the neighborhoods where his own homes stood. Who designed Denzel Washington’s former home?…

If an extra $90 showed up in your bank account this week, Medicare is the reason. The federal government is sending a single $90 payment to eligible Medicare Part B enrollees to help cover their October premium. The White House announced the payments on Oct. 2, most direct deposits landed around Oct. 8, and paper checks will arrive later this month. Only 20.8 million of the 62.9 million people enrolled in Medicare Part B qualify. That means roughly two out of every three enrollees will not see a dime. Who gets left out is the real story. Who qualifies for…

Jay-Z has finally answered the Coldplay complaint Kanye West put on wax almost two decades ago. On the seventh episode of his docuseries JAŸ-Z in 8, the 56-year-old told producer Rick Rubin that West’s 2007 song Big Brother made it sound like he had betrayed West by recording with Chris Martin. Jay’s side is simple. Martin was already his friend, and he was the one who introduced Martin to West in the first place. He called West’s reaction partly a case of entitlement and said no artist gets to treat another artist like private property. That is the headline. The…

Halle Berry’s 18 year old daughter, Nahla Aubry, has filed a sworn declaration defending her mother against allegations that the actress physically abused her 13 year old son, Maceo. The declaration was filed Oct. 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court, two days after Berry’s ex husband, Olivier Martinez, sought sole custody of their son. Nahla wrote that she has never seen her mother act violently toward anyone and called the allegations completely inconsistent with the mother she knows. Berry, 60, has denied the claims. A hearing is set for Oct. 16. What is Olivier Martinez accusing Halle Berry of? In…

President Donald Trump attacked the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday, Oct. 9, after it awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay instead of him. Speaking at a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, Trump called the decision disgraceful and embarrassing, said it left a permanent stain on Norway and warned that the country would not be forgotten for it. Trump said he had never heard of Pillay, a former United Nations human rights chief and International Criminal Court judge. He argued the United States, represented by him, should have received the prize. What did Trump…