Author: Gesi Lloyd

Terry Pitchford has been on Mississippi’s death row since 2006. On March 31, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether the jury that put him there was chosen fairly. Pitchford was convicted of murder in connection with a robbery in which a shopkeeper was shot and killed. The jury that decided his fate included one Black juror. The county where the trial took place is roughly 40% Black. Four Black prospective jurors were removed by the prosecutor during jury selection. Pitchford’s legal team has argued for years that those removals were racially motivated, a violation of the…

When Lamar Odom woke up from his coma, doctors told him he would never walk again. They also told him he would never talk again. He has spent the years since proving both of those predictions wrong, and on March 31 he sits down with Netflix to explain what it actually felt like from the inside. Untold: The Death and Life of Lamar Odom arrives on the streaming platform as part of Netflix’s ongoing sports documentary series, and it promises something more than a career retrospective. Based on the trailer and Odom’s own recent comments, it is a first-person account…

Dawn Staley watched her team win by 26 points on Saturday night in Sacramento and walked away looking for things to fix. That might be the most unsettling detail in the entire story for whoever faces South Carolina next. The Gamecocks defeated Oklahoma 94-68 in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Elite Eight with a performance that was dominant from the opening possession and still left their head coach believing there is another level to reach. South Carolina has now appeared in six of the last eight Final Fours and won three national championships during…

The last day of the Disney Dreamers Academy does not feel like an ending to the students who live through it. It feels like a beginning that nobody is quite ready to start. On Saturday at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 100 high school students from across the country gathered for the Class of 2026 Celebration, the final chapter of a four-day program that has spent more than a decade turning selected teens into the next generation of leaders, creators, and professionals. The farewell was emotional, packed with performances and recognition and the particular weight of…

Tyler Perry did not post about it first. He showed up. On Friday, March 27, the Atlanta-based filmmaker and media entrepreneur distributed $1,000 gift cards to 250 Transportation Security Administration officers working at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a $250,000 gesture directed at workers who have gone weeks without a paycheck during a partial government shutdown that began February 14. The gift cards went through a formal legal approval process, as federal regulations govern what TSA employees are permitted to accept. Aaron Barker, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 554 union representing TSA officers in Georgia, confirmed to…

Body cam footage from the December 10 arrest of former Michigan Wolverines head football coach Sherrone Moore has surfaced, showing a man in visible distress on the same day he lost his job, sitting in handcuffs in the back of a police cruiser and struggling to process what had happened. The footage, obtained by TMZ Sports, captures Moore parked in a church parking lot in Michigan while wearing Wolverines gear when officers first approached his black SUV. As police instructed him to keep his hands visible and exit the vehicle, Moore was openly weeping and told officers that a shoulder…

The Dallas Cowboys signed veteran defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard Today to a one-year deal worth up to $2.5 million, adding an experienced presence to a defensive front that has seen significant turnover this offseason. Bullard, 32, enters his 11th NFL season having played for six franchises since being selected by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2016 draft out of Florida. He most recently spent the 2025 season with the New Orleans Saints, appearing in 15 games with six starts and recording 26 tackles, four tackles for loss and two passes defensed. The signing was reported by…

TSA officers are set to receive paychecks as early as Monday after President Trump issued a memorandum directing the use of existing federal funds to cover their wages. The move came after weeks of congressional deadlock over Department of Homeland Security funding left thousands of airport security workers unsure whether they could cover basic living expenses. The Department of Homeland Security has been operating without full funding since mid-February. The Washington Post reported that the lapse has already created visible strain at airports, with longer wait times drawing complaints from travelers and concerns from security officials about staffing levels. The…

Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, 74, and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested in the early hours of Saturday, March 28, in connection with the deaths of at least 76 people during the Gen Z anti-corruption protests that swept Nepal in September 2025. Both men are being held at the Kathmandu Police Office and are expected to appear in court Sunday. Oli, who has undergone two kidney transplants, was subsequently transferred to a hospital. Police spokesperson Om Adhikari confirmed the detentions and said legal proceedings would follow their course. What set off the protests The crisis began on…

OJ Da Juiceman was arrested on March 15. Six days later, he was rushed to the emergency room. His representatives say those two facts are directly connected, and they are not prepared to stay quiet about either one. The Atlanta rapper, whose legal name is Otis Whitfield Williams Jr., was taken into custody by the Georgia State Patrol and booked into DeKalb County jail on March 16. He faces 10 charges stemming from an incident on January 28, when a state trooper alleged that OJ passed him on I-20 East and pointed a firearm at him on multiple occasions before…