Author: Gesi Lloyd

The Trump administration has tapped David Venturella, a former official at a private prison contractor, to serve as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the appointment Tuesday. Venturella, who most recently oversaw DHS contracts for immigration detention facilities, will assume the role on June 1, when current acting director Todd Lyons officially retires. Lyons announced his departure in April after leading the agency through one of its most turbulent stretches in recent memory. A quieter approach after a year of chaos The Trump administration selection reflects a deliberate shift in direction at DHS…

“The Roast of Kevin Hart” on Netflix was built on the kind of sharp, boundary-testing humor that roast specials are known for. What nobody anticipated was that a single joke from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe would overshadow the entire production and land the special in a controversy that stretched well beyond comedy circles. Hinchcliffe’s set at the roast of Kevin Hart  included a punchline referencing George Floyd’s final words. The audience audible reaction was immediate. Clips spread rapidly across social media, and within hours the backlash had moved from viewer discomfort to formal condemnation from Floyd’s family. Floyd’s family responded directly…

North Texas is heading into Mother’s Day with unsettled skies and a severe weather threat of storm that is expected to build throughout the afternoon and peak after dark. A powerful cold front sweeping across the region Sunday is forecast to produce large hail, damaging winds, and the possibility of isolated flash flooding before clearing out overnight. Saturday offered a preview of the contrast ahead. After a mostly cloudy morning, skies gradually cleared and temperatures climbed to around 87 degrees before dropping to 68 at night. Sunday will not be nearly as forgiving. What to expect and when The storm…

For most of the American medical system, the story of a pregnancy ends in the delivery room. The months of prenatal appointments, the monitoring, the careful attention to fetal development, all of it builds toward a single event. Once the baby arrives and the mother leaves the hospital, the level of care drops sharply. That drop is killing people. Two thirds of maternal deaths in the United States occur after childbirth, during the weeks that follow a woman home from the hospital and into a period the healthcare system has never adequately tracked or treated. The country spends more on…

Mother’s Day is a time to acknowledge the women who shaped us, and for millions of fans, that circle extends beyond family and into the artists whose music soundtracked entire lifetimes. Some of the most iconic figures in recording history were also mothers, raising children while selling out arenas, cutting platinum records, and pushing through personal hardship that would have stopped most people cold. The idea that women in the music industry had to choose between a career and a family was never true. These four legends proved it, loudly and repeatedly. Tina Turner (1939 – 2023) Few artists in…

On May 6, FBI agents conducted a court-authorized search of Virginia state Senate leader Louise Lucas’s office and her nearby cannabis business, the Cannabis Outlet, which she opened in 2021. Sources familiar with the matter indicated the investigation is related to corruption, though no charges have been filed and no further details about the specific allegations have been made public. Agents were seen entering Lucas’s office, which also houses her disabilities services business, and carrying out boxes and bags from both locations. A court-authorized search of this kind requires a judge to find probable cause that a crime has been…

The Voting Rights Act did not collapse on a single day. When the last of its meaningful protections were effectively eliminated on April 29, 2026, the outcome had been in the making for more than 60 years. What appeared to some as a sudden loss was, in fact, the final chapter of a sustained legal campaign to dismantle a law that changed American democracy when it passed in 1965. Understanding where things stand today requires tracing the sequence of court decisions that methodically stripped the law down to its foundation before removing the foundation itself. The first  Voting challenge Opposition…

When the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement was finalized in March, A’ja Wilson wasted little time signaling where she intended to be. The four-time MVP and three-time champion with the Las Vegas Aces committed to staying, and the contract that followed made history. Wilson signed a three-year supermaximum deal structured at 20% of the salary cap for each year of the agreement. The contract begins at $1.4 million in 2026 and, if the cap rises to its maximum allowable ceiling through 2028, could pay her more than $4.7 million across its full term. At the time of signing, it was…

FIFA has officially announced the performers for the opening ceremonies of the 2026 World Cup, and Nigerian singer Rema is among the headliners chosen for the Los Angeles edition of the event. The 26-year-old, born Divine Ikubor, will take the stage at the Los Angeles Stadium on June 12 alongside South African artist Tyla, American rapper Future, pop icon Katy Perry, Brazilian singer Anitta, and LISA of BLACKPINK. FIFA confirmed the lineup through its official platforms on Saturday, noting that additional artists would be revealed ahead of the event. The 2026 World Cup marks the first time in the tournament’s…

WrestleMania 42 settled some scores and opened plenty of others. Now, less than a month removed from Las Vegas, WWE heads to Tampa’s Benchmark International Arena for Backlash 2026, a five-match card that functions less as a victory lap and more as a pressure test for everything that happened in April. The show begins at 6 p.m. ET. The first two matches air on ESPN2 and ESPN’s streaming platform before the remainder streams exclusively on ESPN. Internationally, the event is available on Netflix. Subscriptions to ESPN’s streaming service start at $29.99 per month and are accessible through DirecTV, Fubo TV,…