Author: Gesi Lloyd

The most decorated tennis player of her generation is returning to the place where she built much of her legend. Serena Williams, 44, has been granted a wild card into both the singles and doubles draws at Wimbledon 2026, marking her first Grand Slam appearance since leaving the sport following a third-round defeat at the 2022 U.S. Open. Her first singles match comes Tuesday against Maya Joint, a 20-year-old Australian ranked 53rd in the world and playing in just her second main draw at the All England Club. Williams, a seven-time singles champion at Wimbledon, has not played a Grand…

At least four people were killed across Kentucky on Saturday after heavy rains pushed rivers over their banks, swallowed roads, and sent floodwaters rushing into homes. Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in Kentucky and urged residents to stay off the roads as rescue teams worked through the afternoon and into the night across multiple counties. Three of the deaths occurred in Madison County, near Lexington, Kentucky. Two people, a man and a woman, drowned in the basement of a home that was already fully submerged by the time police and fire officials arrived. Rescue teams forced their…

SpaceX had one of the most turbulent stock debuts in recent memory, and the volatility is far from over. After pricing its initial public offering at $135 per share earlier this month in what became the largest IPO in history, the stock rocketed 67% to an intraday high of $225.64 on June 16 before pulling back sharply. By Friday, shares had settled at $153.23, still well above the offering price but well below the peak, leaving investors to debate whether what remains is a bargain or a warning. The company raised $75 billion in the offering, targeting a valuation of…

Three days after two devastating earthquakes struck northern Venezuela in rapid succession, the search for survivors is growing more desperate by the hour, and the window to find them alive is narrowing fast. The death toll has climbed to at least 920, with more than 3,360 people injured, according to government officials. Scores more remain unaccounted for, buried under the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings, shopping centers and homes across the country’s northern coast. Authorities say at least 172 people are still believed to be trapped. The twin quakes struck on Wednesday. The second, measured at a magnitude of 7.5,…

With November’s midterm elections drawing closer, a handful of Democratic-led states are not waiting to see what the Trump administration does next. They are already rewriting their laws. Five states, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and Washington, have each passed legislation in recent months designed to limit federal access to voting systems, voter rolls, and polling locations. The push, tracked by the Voting Rights Lab and confirmed through additional research, reflects a growing alarm among Democratic lawmakers that the federal government may attempt to disrupt or reshape how their states conduct elections this fall. The moves come as President Donald Trump…

When a cold storage warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles caught fire on a Wednesday afternoon, crews from the Los Angeles Fire Department expected to knock it out within hours. Four days later, they were still at it, fighting a blaze buried so deep inside 500,000 square feet of steel, foam insulation, and reinforced panels that going in remained too dangerous to attempt. By Saturday, the situation had grown serious enough that Mayor Karen Bass declared a local state of emergency, followed hours later by a separate proclamation from Governor Gavin Newsom covering all of Los Angeles…

The memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran was less than a week old when the talks meant to build on it collapsed. Switzerland had prepared a luxury lakeside resort for the next round of negotiations. Air Force Two sat on a runway outside Washington ready to carry Vice President JD Vance to the talks. At 3 a.m. Swiss time on Friday, a message arrived from Washington: Vance was not coming. No explanation was given and no new date was set. Diplomats later said Iran had pulled out to protest Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where Israel continues to…

M&M’s turns 85 this summer and the celebration comes with a catch. Mars is launching a new line of the iconic candy in August made without artificial dyes, a move driven by mounting pressure from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again initiative. But two of the candy’s six classic colors will not be part of the launch. Blue and brown are out, at least for now, because Mars has not found a way to replicate them using natural ingredients without causing serious problems at the manufacturing level. What the MAHA pressure…

When Apple unveiled iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, most of the attention landed on Siri. The redesigned assistant got a standalone app, cross-device conversation sync, on-screen awareness, and a backend that draws on Gemini models in collaboration with Google. It was a significant upgrade, and Apple knew exactly what it was doing by leading with it. But the more interesting story is what Apple buried underneath all of that. Apple Intelligence is not just powering a smarter Siri. It is running through Safari, Mail, Calendar, Messages, the Phone app, and the Passwords app, changing how each one behaves in ways…

James Harden was arrested in Houston before dawn on Saturday and charged with a misdemeanor for unlawfully carrying a weapon, adding an unexpected chapter to what was already a pivotal stretch in his career. Harris County court records show Harden was taken into custody at 3:41 a.m. after a Houston Police Department officer pulled him over at 1800 Crawford Street for a traffic violation. A handgun was visible on the seat of a vehicle Harden owns. The weapon was not holstered and sat in plain view, which constitutes a violation under Texas law. He was booked into the Harris County…