Author: Gesi Lloyd

Ye pulled up to Houston for Halloween, and Reliant Stadium made sure everybody knew the house rules before the first beat dropped. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was booked for a Saturday night show at the stadium on Oct. 31, his first major Houston concert in years. In a Friday Instagram post, the venue told fans that hateful expressions would not fly. That meant no clothing or signs carrying hate symbols. Anyone who ignored the policy would be turned away at the gate. The stadium also banned masks, face coverings and face paint for the night, citing security…

Josh Jacobs scored twice in the Green Bay Packers’ 27 to 19 win over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night, Oct. 29. Less than a day later, police in Hobart, Wisconsin, released records showing three more women had accused the running back of physical abuse. The files were released Friday night, Oct. 30, in response to a public records request first reported by NBC 26 in Green Bay. They include body and dash camera video of his May arrest. Jacobs has not commented on the new allegations, and none of them has led to charges. Those 24 hours started with…

Ilhan Omar faces new scrutiny over a 2009 Minnesota marriage license application that reportedly shows her last name changed twice on a single line. A certified Hennepin County copy, published by the New York Post on Oct. 30, shows the surname first written as Omar. It was then crossed out and replaced with Elmi, then crossed out again and changed back to Omar. The application was for her marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British citizen. The form matters because the Justice Department is investigating whether Ilhan Omar obtained U.S. citizenship in 2000 using an inaccurate name or birthdate.…

One person is dead and six others are wounded after gunfire broke out inside a Spirit Halloween store at Solano Town Center in Fairfield, California, at about half past eight Friday night, Oct. 30. Fairfield police say at least three of the wounded are in critical condition. No one has been arrested. Investigators have not named a suspect, and no motive has been released. Most people scrolling past this headline have missed one detail. This was the second deadly shooting inside a Spirit Halloween store that same day. About nine and a half hours earlier, a man was shot and…

The Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 80 to 69 in Game 6 today, Oct. 29, at State Farm Arena, tying the WNBA Finals at 3 games apiece. That sets up the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history, Saturday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. ET at Golden State. Neither franchise has ever won a WNBA title, so somebody’s first championship arrives on Halloween night. Allisha Gray led Atlanta with 23 points, and Rhyne Howard added 21. Gabby Williams scored 26 for the Valkyries. But the most telling number of the night came from someone else, and it may…

A Los Angeles judge today, Oct. 29, dissolved the domestic violence restraining order Olivier Martinez obtained against Halle Berry. The same judge gave Martinez primary physical custody of the former couple’s 13-year-old son, Maceo. Superior Court Judge Shelley Kaufman also ended Berry’s overnight visits but rejected Martinez’s request to limit her time with their son over the holidays. Headlines called it a loss for Berry. The full picture is more complicated, and one detail has been nearly buried. What did the judge decide in the Halle Berry custody case? Martinez, 60, accused Berry, also 60, of physically abusing Maceo during…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Sunday, Oct. 25, that statewide races in the traditionally Republican South, including Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina, are in play for Democrats this year. On ABC’s ‘This Week,’ Moore told co-anchor Jonathan Karl that his party made mistakes by not investing in the region earlier, not just this cycle but for a generation. Moore tied that underinvestment to history. He noted he is only the third Black American ever elected governor, and argued that reflects years of neglect, not a shortage of qualified candidates. With Election Day nine days away, the polls offer a mixed…

Former President Barack Obama rallied in Detroit on Saturday, Oct. 24, for Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed at Cass Technical High School, on the first day of in-person early voting in Michigan. President Donald Trump is scheduled to rally in Port Huron on Sunday for Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers and gubernatorial candidate John James. The back-to-back visits show how much is riding on Michigan. Beneath the star power, both campaigns are chasing the same prize, and it’s sitting in Detroit. What did Obama say at the Detroit rally? Obama criticized what he called years of chaos, cruelty and corruption…

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, when most Americans set their clocks back one hour and return to standard time. Hawaii and most of Arizona skip the change, along with Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. Daylight saving time returns Sunday, March 14, 2027. The fall switch gives you an extra hour of sleep, and sleep doctors say it’s easier on the body than spring’s lost hour. But the change still comes with a few surprises, starting with one that began this weekend overseas. Why are the US…

Rick Ross says his Wingstop money has moved into the stock market. The rapper made the case in a video this week after investor Eric Jackson posted on X that Wingstop’s own state filings show the Boss Wings companies tied to Ross’s family went from 21 open restaurants at the end of 2016 to just one, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, by the end of 2025. 50 Cent jumped on it right away, mocking Ross on Instagram for having a single location. Ross didn’t dispute the count. He said he still loves Wingstop and called franchising an amazing experience, but argued that…