Author: Gesi Lloyd

Sean Combs returned to federal court Today, this time through his attorneys, as a three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan heard arguments over whether his 50-month prison sentence was excessive and legally flawed. Combs, who has been serving his sentence at the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in New Jersey since his conviction last July, did not attend the hearing. The panel did not issue a ruling after two hours of arguments. Circuit Judge William J. Nardini described it at the close of proceedings as an exceptionally difficult case raising questions no federal court in…

Gospel artist and Bishop Marvin Sapp married Dr. La’Boris Cole on March 20 at The Chosen Vessel Church in Fort Worth, Texas. The ceremony itself passed quietly enough, but when wedding photos surfaced over Easter weekend, the internet had questions. A helicopter entrance, a ballet performance, and three wedding dresses later, speculation about how the celebration was funded began spreading fast across social media. The central question being asked online was pointed: did church money pay for it? Dr. La’Boris Cole-Sapp responds from the pulpit Rather than let the rumors run unchecked, Cole-Sapp addressed them directly during Easter Sunday service…

One of the most anticipated cultural openings in recent memory is now just weeks away. The Obama Presidential Center will open its doors on June 19 in Chicago’s South Side Jackson Park, and the Obama Foundation has begun laying out exactly how the public can get in. General ticket sales open on May 6, but Obama Foundation founding members will have a head start. That group can begin purchasing timed entry tickets on April 21, two weeks before the public window opens. Timed entry tickets grant access to all four levels of the museum. What visitors will find inside the…

The Justice Department has opened a formal investigation into the NFL, examining whether the league has used anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The probe centers on affordability and whether the current structure of NFL broadcasting creates an uneven playing field for both fans and providers. The Wall Street Journal first reported the investigation. The NFL and the Justice Department declined to comment on the record. What triggered the DOJ investigation into the NFL The investigation follows a letter sent last month by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee…

Oil markets moved fast when the United States and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire Tuesday evening. Crude prices fell more than 16%, markets across Asia and Europe surged between 4% and 5%, and Wall Street futures shot higher before Wednesday’s opening bell. The Dow added more than 1,000 points. For a moment, it felt like a turning point. But for drivers staring down a $4.16 average gallon of gas, the road to relief is far longer. What the ceasefire actually changed at the pump According to AAA, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline has climbed $1.18 since…

Meta has launched Muse Spark, its first major AI model since the company overhauled its artificial intelligence division from scratch. The release, announced Wednesday, is the flagship product of Meta Superintelligence Labs, the unit led by Alexandr Wang, who joined the company in June as part of a $14.3 billion investment tied to his former company, Scale AI. The launch sent Meta’s stock up nearly 9%, its sharpest single-day rally since January. Muse Spark, which was internally codenamed Avocado during development, is the opening entry in a new product line Meta is calling the Muse series. The company said its…

More than 71 million Americans receive Social Security benefits each month, but not all of them get paid on the same day. In April 2026, the timing of your payment comes down to one thing: the date you were born. The Social Security Administration began sending out the first round of April payments Today, April 8. Two more disbursement dates follow over the next two weeks, completing the month’s full payment cycle by April 22. The April Social Security payment schedule For recipients who began receiving benefits after May 1997, the April payment dates are structured around birth dates. Those…

For anyone still logging into an email address they made as a teenager, Google has some overdue news. Starting in April, Gmail users in the United States can change their primary email address without opening a new account or losing a single message. The announcement came through a video posted to Google’s official YouTube channel, where a spokesperson explained that the company is making it possible to update a Google Account username from scratch in just a few steps. No data migration. No awkward forwarding setup. Just a new address attached to everything you already have. How the Gmail address…

What began as an April Fool’s Day joke spiraled into one of the most hotly contested documentary deals in recent streaming history. Hulu has officially won the rights to a three-part docuseries on Curtis Jackson, the man the world knows as 50 Cent, beating out Netflix, Starz, and Apple in a competitive bidding war. The project, still untitled, will span 50 Cent’s full arc. That means his childhood in South Jamaica, Queens, his near-fatal shooting in 2000, the seismic cultural arrival of Get Rich or Die Tryin’ in 2003, and his eventual transformation into a television and film producer with…

Shaquille O’Neal spent years watching the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest lose its footing. The biggest names in basketball stopped showing up, the creativity faded and what was once one of the most electric nights in sports became something fans largely tuned out. Rather than continuing to voice his frustration from the inside, O’Neal did something about it. Warner Bros. Discovery officially announced Dunkman on Tuesday, confirming that O’Neal has partnered with Authentic Brands Group, TNT Sports and Eli Lilly and Company to launch what is being billed as the world’s first professional dunking league. The inaugural season is scheduled for…