Author: Gesi Lloyd

Rue is not okay. That has always been true, but in season 3 of ‘Euphoria,’ the stakes have shifted from a high school hallway to an international drug operation, and the gap between who these characters were and who they have become is wider than ever. The new season premieres April 12 on HBO at 9 p.m. ET, with each episode streaming simultaneously on Max. Eight episodes are scheduled to air weekly through May 31, making this the longest the show has run in a single season. Where Euphoria picks up after five years The season jumps forward five years…

On the evening of April 6, a confrontation near the valet area of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida escalated into a shooting. Offset, the Atlanta rapper and Migos member whose legal name is Kiari Cephus, was struck and transported to a local hospital. A spokesperson for the rapper confirmed he was receiving medical care and described his condition as stable. He has since been discharged. Authorities responded to the scene and took two individuals into custody in connection with the incident. One of them was rapper Lil Tjay, identified in Broward County records as Tione…

Hyundai Motor America is recalling 294,128 vehicles in the United States after federal regulators identified a defect that could cause seat belt anchors to separate from their mountings. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration flagged the issue on Friday, warning that a detached anchor would not adequately restrain an occupant during a crash, raising the risk of serious injury. The recall covers four models spanning several recent model years. Affected vehicles include the 2023 through 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 6, the 2023 through 2026 Genesis G90, and the 2024 through 2026 Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Hybrid. Owners of those…

Louis Carr spent nearly four decades at Black Entertainment Television building one of the most productive sales operations in cable television, generating more than $10 billion in advertising revenue over his career. He was not angling for the top job. Then Scott Mills left after a 40-year run with the network, and Carr found himself stepping into the presidency. Ninety days in, he is still defining what the role means. In a recent conversation with Forbes senior writer Jabari Young, Carr laid out a vision for BET that goes beyond ratings and programming schedules. The network, he argued, has an…

The hardest part was the waiting for the Artemis II. When the Orion spacecraft hit the upper atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph on Friday, its heatshield absorbed temperatures roughly half as hot as the surface of the Sun, and mission control in Houston went silent. For six minutes, nobody on the ground knew what was happening inside the capsule the crew had named Integrity. Then Commander Reid Wiseman’s voice came through. Houston confirmed communications were restored, and soon after, the capsule’s red-and-white parachutes deployed over the Pacific Ocean. The crew of four splashed down off the California coast right…

The Los Angeles Lakers handed the Golden State Warriors a 119-103 defeat at Chase Center on Thursday night, and LeBron James made sure the outcome was never really in doubt down the stretch. The 41-year-old finished with 26 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds, shooting 11 of 17 from the field and connecting on three three-pointers in a performance that once again raised the question of how much longer he intends to keep doing this. Stephen Curry was not in uniform. The Warriors held their star guard out of the front end of a home-and-road back-to-back, managing his return from…

ServiceNow closed around $89.81 Today, down nearly 8% on the day, as two separate pressures landed on the stock at the same time. The decline added another bruising chapter to what has already been a difficult year for shareholders of the enterprise software company. The stock has now fallen 38.3% since January 1, and at its current price, it sits more than 56% below its 52-week high of roughly $211, which it reached in mid-2025. A $1,000 investment made five years ago would be worth approximately $858 today. Friday was the 11th session in the past 12 months where shares…

Chris Brown and Usher wasted no time making Friday morning memorable. The two artists jointly announced their upcoming “Raymond & Brown” stadium tour on April 10, sharing the news across their social media pages at roughly the same time. The reveal sent an immediate wave through R&B fan communities online, where speculation about a joint venture between the two had been building for months. No dates or cities have been confirmed yet. The announcement arrived with a promotional trailer, not a tour schedule, leaving fans with the anticipation but none of the logistics. That detail has done little to quiet…

For the first time in five weeks, mortgage rates moved in a direction that favored homebuyers. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 6.38% this week, down from 6.46% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac data. The catalyst was the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, which cooled inflation fears long enough to push the 10-year Treasury yield below 4.3%. The reprieve was real, but economists are already cautioning against reading too much into it. By midday Thursday, Treasury yields and oil prices were climbing again as concerns mounted over how durable the ceasefire agreement would prove…

The U.S. Postal Service took an extraordinary step Today, announcing it would immediately suspend employer contributions to the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System. The move, effective April 10, is expected to conserve roughly $2.5 billion through the end of the fiscal year on September 30. It is the most visible sign yet of how severe the agency’s financial situation has become. USPS notified the White House Office of Personnel Management of the decision, which stops biweekly payments of approximately $200 million that the agency had been making as its share of employee pension funding. The agency…