Author: Gesi Lloyd

Nearly half of YouTube’s top 100 podcasts run sports betting ads with no age gate. A new report raises serious concerns about minors’ exposure to gambling content. A new report from the Campaign for Accountability found that 44 of the top 100 podcasts on YouTube are carrying gambling and sports betting advertisements, most of them read aloud by the hosts themselves. The ads are unfiltered by age, meaning a 14-year-old in a bedroom has the same access to them as a 40-year-old on a commute. That is the problem, and it is a bigger one than most platforms are willing…

CinemaCon 2026 opened in Las Vegas with Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison declaring that movies are far from finished. That energy carried through the week as Disney, Warner Bros., Sony, Universal, Paramount, and Amazon MGM each took the stage to walk audiences through what is coming to theaters over the next 18 months. The presentations included footage, surprise appearances, and enough franchise reveals to fill a calendar twice over. Disney and Marvel lead with heavy hitters Disney arrived at CinemaCon with some of the most anticipated titles on the entire slate. The Mandalorian and Grogu, directed by Jon Favreau, brings…

Saturday morning across Central and North Texas starts mild, with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures sitting in the upper 60s to low 70s. The air will feel muggy early, and light south winds will make it easy to forget that a sharp weather change is on the way. That changes fast. The cold front is expected to reach the Hill Country by sunrise and push into Austin Texas by mid-morning. As it moves through, temperatures will begin dropping noticeably, falling into the mid-60s around noon. A few light showers may develop along the front as it arrives, though they are…

The 2026 NBA postseason field came together on Friday night when the Phoenix Suns held off the Golden State Warriors 111 to 96 to claim the Western Conference’s No. 8 seed. Jalen Green carried Phoenix with 36 points while Stephen Curry was held to just 17 points on 4 of 16 shooting, ending Golden State’s postseason run before it could begin. Earlier that same evening, the Orlando Magic left no doubt against the Charlotte Hornets, pulling away 121 to 90 to secure the Eastern Conference’s No. 8 seed. Orlando led 38 to 16 after the first quarter and never let…

Black communities across America are navigating a period marked by shrinking safety nets, challenged rights, and widening systemic gaps, and Stand Up Speak Out was built precisely for this moment. Presented by Mass Konsciousness on April 26 in New York, Stand Up Speak Out draws together Grammy-nominated artists, industry veterans, and community organizers around a shared conviction: that music has always been one of the most reliable tools Black communities have had for resistance, and right now it needs to be picked back up. Pandemic-era protections have expired, access to healthcare and food assistance has narrowed, and the disparities that…

The case traces back to Charles Littlejohn, a former government contractor who stole and leaked confidential tax records belonging to Donald Trump and dozens of other high-profile Americans, including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Littlejohn pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison in 2024. The IRS publicly described his conduct as unacceptable. Trump responded by filing a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department, arguing that both agencies failed to adequately protect his financial records from unauthorized disclosure. His sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization are named as co-plaintiffs.…

Ice Spice had no security with her when she walked into a Hollywood McDonald’s in the early hours of Wednesday morning. She sat down in a booth with a friend, ordered her food and, by all appearances, wanted a quiet night. That is not what she got. A woman approached the booth and tried to start a conversation. Ice Spice was not interested. She asked the woman to leave. The woman, who later identified herself to TMZ as Vayah, kept pushing. When Ice Spice told her to go, Vayah asked where she was from. Ice Spice’s response was simple and,…

Oil prices dropped sharply Today after Iran’s foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial shipping for the duration of a newly announced ceasefire, delivering an unexpected jolt to energy markets that had been under severe strain for weeks. Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell 13% to $86.30 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate, the American benchmark, declined by the same margin to $79.20. Both contracts hit their lowest levels since early March, though they still trade above their pre-war figures of $73 and $67 per barrel, respectively. What Iran’s foreign minister said Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi announced…

Ford is recalling nearly 1.4 million F-150 pickup trucks in the United States after a transmission defect was linked to at least one crash and two injuries. The recall, announced April 14 on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website, covers 1,392,935 trucks built between 2015 and 2017. At the center of the problem is a signal failure between the transmission range sensor and the powertrain control module. When that connection breaks down, the truck can unexpectedly drop into second gear while moving, which can cause drivers to lose control. Ford confirmed that by April 2 the company had tallied…

While most of the crypto market has been sitting on its hands, XRP has been doing something unusual. It went up. The token posted a roughly 6.4% gain over the past seven days, making it the top weekly performer among major cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, ether, and BNB all trailed behind during the same stretch. That kind of relative strength would be notable in any environment. In the middle of a market where the global Fear and Greed Index has collapsed to a reading of 23, a level classified as extreme fear, it stands out even more. XRP climbed to around $1.43…