Author: Shekari Philemon

When most people think about rising oil prices, they picture gasoline. But the fuel driving the bigger spike right now is diesel, and the consequences could reach far beyond the pump. The national average for gasoline climbed to $3.25 per gallon this week, its highest point of the year, rising about 27 cents over the span of just seven days. Diesel, however, jumped by 41 cents over that same period, landing at $4.16 per gallon, a level the country has not seen since 2023. The gap between the two tells a story that goes well beyond fill-up frustration. Diesel markets…

Terrence Howard has never been shy about speaking his mind, and in a recent podcast appearance he connected that quality to one of the most significant professional setbacks of his career. The actor, now 56, described a backstage confrontation with a powerful Hollywood producer that he believes set off a chain of events leading directly to his removal from the Iron Man franchise. The incident, Howard explained, took place at the 2007 Venice Film Festival during promotion for The Brave One, a film in which he starred opposite Jodie Foster. A reporter had asked him why he did not share…

Bianca Censori is rarely described as understated. The architect and wife of Kanye West has built a public image defined by daring, often boundary-pushing fashion that generates attention wherever she goes. So when she walked into the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning, the simplicity of her look was itself a statement. Censori arrived dressed in a long black skirt and a fully buttoned, long-sleeved black top. Her hair was pulled neatly back, and she wore a pair of glasses that added a polished, composed quality to the overall appearance. The outfit was a significant departure…

Oracle is preparing to cut thousands of jobs across multiple divisions of the company, a move driven in large part by the enormous financial pressure created by its aggressive push into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The reductions could begin as early as this month and are expected to be broader in scope than the company’s typical workforce adjustments. The planned cuts reflect a calculation that is becoming increasingly familiar across the technology industry: the cost of building the data center capacity needed to compete in AI is arriving faster than the revenue that capacity is supposed to generate. For Oracle, that…

Clocks across most of the United States will spring forward one hour early Sunday morning, marking the start of daylight saving time and the annual ritual that millions of Americans have come to either tolerate or openly resent. For residents of at least one part of North America, however, this weekend’s change will be the last one they ever have to make. The debate over whether the country should continue switching between standard time and daylight saving time twice a year has persisted for decades without resolution. In 2026, that conversation is moving in new directions, with a Canadian province…

A dangerous and expanding weather pattern is setting up across a wide stretch of the central United States, with multiple rounds of heavy rain expected to push from Texas northeastward through Ohio and into southwestern Pennsylvania over the coming days and into next week. The threat is not coming from a single catastrophic storm but from a series of systems moving along the same corridor, each one adding to ground that is already wet and rivers that are already rising. The greatest immediate danger comes from flash flooding in urban areas and along smaller waterways where water levels can climb…

Most people know Octavia Spencer from her unforgettable performances, the kind that leave audiences quoting lines years later. Her portrayal of Minny in The Help earned her an Academy Award and cemented her place among the most beloved screen presences of her generation. But the 55-year-old has spent recent years building something beyond her acting resume, and in a new interview, she opens up about why she considers her work as a producer the most meaningful chapter of her career so far. Spencer says the instinct toward producing came before the acting did. She has always understood the role not…

For much of the past year, one of the most persistent questions in morning television has been whether Gayle King would stay at CBS. Reports surfaced last fall suggesting she was expected to leave when her contract expired in May, with speculation swirling about whether she might shift into a production role or step back from daily broadcasting altogether. That uncertainty has now been resolved. King has signed a new agreement with CBS News, recommitting to CBS Mornings and putting an end to months of public guessing about her future at the network. King addressed the rumors directly in a…

Kanye West made headlines recently when he published an open letter in the Wall Street Journal addressing the antisemitic remarks that have followed him for years. In the piece, which he titled in a way that signaled remorse toward those he had wronged, he acknowledged that staying silent had made things worse and expressed regret over statements and actions from his past. For much of the public, it was a notable if overdue moment of accountability from one of music’s most polarizing figures. For Kris Jenner, it appears to have landed quite differently. According to people familiar with her thinking,…

Khloé Kardashian has never been one to shy away from honest conversation, and a recent fan-driven question segment on her podcast Khloé in Wonder Land proved no different. When a listener asked whether she would want more children if she found the right partner this year, her answer was more layered and more personal than a simple yes or no could contain. The 41-year-old shared that her ideal path to expanding her family would still involve marriage, a more traditional structure she says she continues to value. But she also revealed something she has been quietly sitting with on her…