Author: Gesi Lloyd

Meghan Markle says she was warned about troubling allegations against her father, Thomas Markle, as far back as 2018. The Duchess of Sussex released a statement Friday, Oct. 23, after The Sun reported that her half brother, Thomas Markle Jr., found what he described as child sexual abuse images at their father’s former home in Cebu, Philippines, and reported him to authorities. Thomas Markle Sr., 82, denies the allegations and has called them a bunch of lies. Meghan said a letter outlining allegations against her father was sent to London’s Metropolitan Police and its Royalty and Specialist Protection unit in…

The ocean is pushing inland on both sides of the country this week. The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood warning for coastal Orange County and San Diego County from Sunday morning through Thursday afternoon, while a separate set of coastal flood warnings covers Atlantic coastal counties in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, plus the St. Johns River basin, from Saturday through Monday. Two coasts, two oceans, one weekend. The reason the water is climbing is different on each side, and that difference explains how long this could last. Where is the coastal flood warning in effect? In Southern…

Drake celebrated his 40th birthday with a lavish party at Casa Cipriani in New York City on Friday, Oct. 23, the night before he officially turned 40 on Oct. 24. Billboard reported more than 400 guests, designer handbags as party favors, a game show with prizes up to $1 million and a surprise set from the Backstreet Boys, who brought Drake onstage for I Want It That Way. That is the headline. The fuller story lives on Drake’s own feeds, where the biggest rapper of his era spent the days before 40 looking backward instead of up. What did Drake…

The knife used to kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in 1994 has never been found. Newly unsealed federal records and fresh interviews published by The New York Times today, Oct. 18, now offer at least four different accounts of where it went. One came from a federal informant, one from that informant’s brother, one from a rapper’s podcast and one from O.J. Simpson’s own book. None has been proven, but together they point toward something police long dismissed, the possibility that Simpson had help. The murder weapon is the most important missing piece of evidence in the case.…

President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 33%, the lowest ever recorded for him in the ABC News, Washington Post and Ipsos poll. Two in three Americans, 66%, disapprove of the job he is doing, and 52% say they disapprove strongly. The survey was conducted Oct. 9 to 13 among 2,545 adults. It was released Sunday, Oct. 18, with the midterm elections 16 days away. One comparison stands out. Trump is now lower than he was in this poll after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, when 38% approved. The same poll had him at 39% shortly…

The Golden State Valkyries won Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Saturday, Oct. 17, beating the Atlanta Dream 68 to 64 at Chase Center in San Francisco. Gabby Williams led all scorers with 26 points and sank six free throws in roughly the final two minutes to seal it. Golden State now leads the best of seven series by a game. The victory was the first Finals win in franchise history for Golden State. The Valkyries are still unbeaten at home this postseason. The game delivered plenty of drama, but the moment people are still arguing about happened before…

Verizon will charge $10 a month for iPhone Handoff, the new iOS 27 feature that lets one phone number work across two compatible iPhones, such as the new iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro. That’s double the $5 T-Mobile charges. Only one iPhone can use the number at a time, and Verizon says support is coming soon. The iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable, opened for preorder Oct. 16 and hits stores Oct. 23. A $5 gap sounds small. Stretched across Verizon’s own iPhone Duo payment plan, it starts to look like a real bill. What is iPhone Handoff? iPhone Handoff…

Bronny James isn’t going anywhere yet. The Los Angeles Lakers fully guaranteed his contract this offseason, and he’s heading into his third NBA season after a rough preseason. Sports radio host Craig Carton said on his show this week that the young guard should leave basketball and maybe start a tech company. Lakers coach JJ Redick said Bronny hadn’t played well in his first four preseason games but had practiced well. That gap matters. Carton’s harshest point leaned on words Redick never actually said. What did Craig Carton say about Bronny James? On The Craig Carton Show, Carton declared the…

Denzel Washington and his wife, Pauletta, bought a 1940 Colonial Revival mansion in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, for $1.1 million in 1988. They sold it in 2000 for $1.9 million to television writer and producer Brenda Hampton, who renovated it and sold it in 2019 for $4.445 million. The current owner hasn’t been publicly identified. The price jump isn’t the real story. The house was designed by Paul Revere Williams, a pioneering Black architect who, because of racist housing rules, was barred from living in many of the neighborhoods where his own homes stood. Who designed Denzel Washington’s former home?…

If an extra $90 showed up in your bank account this week, Medicare is the reason. The federal government is sending a single $90 payment to eligible Medicare Part B enrollees to help cover their October premium. The White House announced the payments on Oct. 2, most direct deposits landed around Oct. 8, and paper checks will arrive later this month. Only 20.8 million of the 62.9 million people enrolled in Medicare Part B qualify. That means roughly two out of every three enrollees will not see a dime. Who gets left out is the real story. Who qualifies for…