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Anderson Cooper is still ‘mortified’ by his ‘terrible’ dancing on stage with Madonna
Anderson Cooper has mixed feelings about the time he briefly shared a stage with Madonna.
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Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launch Maui recovery fund
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have launched a recovery fund for the people who lost housing in the Maui wildfires, the pair announced in a video shared on Instagram Thursday.
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Clarence Thomas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow’s plane
Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed Thursday that Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid for private jet trips for Thomas in 2022 to attend a speech in Texas and a vacation at Crow’s luxurious New York estate, as ethics questions continue to rock the Supreme Court.
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UBS will cut 3,000 jobs in Switzerland as it absorbs Credit Suisse
UBS expects to shed around 3,000 jobs in Switzerland to help it cut $10 billion in costs as it undertakes a sweeping overhaul following its emergency rescue of Credit Suisse earlier this year.
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Commissioner Lesley Briones Announces First Appointees to New Harris County LGBTQIA+ Commission
Six of 11 members selected to serve on historic commission aimed at advancing equality
In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, Harris County Commissioners approved the first six appointees to the County’s new LGBTQIA+ Commission.
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American Religious and Civil Rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968) gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd before …
Published on August 30, 2023
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Houston's Ballot Order for Tuesday, November 7 Election Now Finalized
Over a hundred official candidates vying for positions as Houston Mayor, City Council members, and City Controller gathered at the Houston City Council Annex last Friday, August, to determine their appearance order on the ballot for the upcoming Tuesday, November 7 Election.
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History Cannot Be Unlived
Last Saturday, three African Americans were murdered by a 21-year-old white gunman at the Dollar General Store in Jacksonville, Florida, who then shot himself. The murderer was motivated, Jacksonville Sheriff T K Waters reported, by an “ideology of hate.” The shooting took place 15 months after 10 African Americans were murdered in another racially motivated shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo. Racial violence against Blacks has scarred America since the first slaves were forcibly shipped to America.
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Defending the Dream: 60th Anniversary – March On Washington
This week, we gather in solemn remembrance to honor the diamond anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—a day that has transcended the annals of history and reverberates through the very sinews of our national spirit. As we meditate on this epoch-defining juncture and listen once more to the oratorical tapestry woven by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it becomes ever more incumbent upon us to renew our vows to the ceaseless quest for economic justice and the consummation of Dr. King’s ageless dream. Make no mistake—these luminous ideals are now being cast into shadow, as forces labor unceasingly to revert the wheels of progress through insidious mechanisms like voter suppression and the erosion of our sacrosanct rights.
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Gannett to pause AI experiment after botched high school sports articles
Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers.
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Michael Jackson’s kids mark their late father’s birthday
Blanket Jackson (now Bigi) and his brother Prince Jackson both made an appearance in Las Vegas in honor of their late father’s birthday on Tuesday. Michael Jackson would have turne
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Miley Cyrus says intense childhood work schedule has earned her an ‘endless summer vacation’
Miley Cyrus is reflecting on her childhood work schedule. In the latest of her “Used to Be Young” TikTok videos, Cyrus reads an old schedule from when she was around 12 or 13 years old and starring on “Hannah Montana.”
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Damien Chazelle shows support for WGA strike at Venice Film Festival
The 2023 Venice Film Festival kicked off Wednesday amid the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes in the entertainment industry.
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Damien Chazelle attends a photocall at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on August 30 in Venice, Italy. Mandatory Credit: Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images
Published on August 30, 2023
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How a 14-year-old became part of the animation team behind ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’
Preston Mutanga has found fame as a teen wunderkind whose creativity resulted in the ultimate gig.
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DeSantis faces new leadership test as Hurricane Idalia barrels toward Florida
With the eyes of the country on Hurricane Idalia as it spins toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential ambitions are also under the spotlight as he puts his campaign on hold to manage the crisis at home.
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Trump cited the ‘Scottsboro Boys’ case when he asked for a 2026 trial. Judge Chutkan rejected any comparison
When Donald Trump urged the judge in his federal election subversion case to set his trial for April 2026 earlier this month, he cited a landmark Supreme Court decision concerning the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys cases to bolster his argument that special counsel Jack Smith isn’t giving him enough time to prepare a defense.
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Here’s how Trump may try to challenge Jack Smith and delay his March 4 trial
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have previewed that they will be seeking to launch several legal maneuvers to gum up the federal election subversion case that has been brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith.
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At a hearing in Washington DC’s federal court, former president Donald Trump's attorney John Lauro went into some detail about the challenges to Smith’s case …
Published on August 30, 2023
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Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government
The FBI is investigating more than a dozen migrants from Uzbekistan and other countries allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found that the migrants traveled with the help of a smuggler with ties to ISIS, according to multiple US officials.
