Tim Graham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Access to clean and safe water is the “great connector” of our world and critical in promoting peace, according to the 2024 United Nations World Water Development Report released on World Water Day. Globally, 2.2 billion people still live without access to safely managed drinking water and 3.5 billion […]
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Dayton International Airport, on March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee are, right now, facing a serious financial disadvantage in the early stages of the general election […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (TULSA, Okla.) — No charges will be filed in connection with a fight that Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict was involved in a day before they died, the Tulsa County district attorney said Thursday. Benedict, a member of the 2SLGBTQ community, got into a physical fight with several other students in a bathroom […]
Theo Whitman/HBO Are you Team Alicent or Team Rhaenyra? HBO’s House of the Dragon is asking fans to pick a side in the two new trailers it debuted to promote season 2 of the Game of Thrones prequel series on Thursday. One trailer focuses on Queen Alicent’s team green: those who make their home at […]
LaFace Records Twenty years ago, Usher confessed his way to the bestselling album of his career — and the bestselling album by a Black artist in the 21st century. The singer’s fourth album, Confessions, arrived March 23, 2004. It stemmed from Usher’s desire for fans to get to know him as a person. As he said at […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (not pictured) following a meeting between the U.S. top diplomat and Arab envoys, in Cairo on March, 21, 2024. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As U.S. and Israeli officials publicly sound off over a potential […]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (NEW YORK) — For anyone who purchased a shimmery metallic mug with Starbucks branding over the holiday season, it’s time to take stock of what’s in your cupboard and immediately stop using any recalled items. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday that four types of ceramic mugs […]
Sen. Bob Menendez arrives for a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2024. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said on Thursday that will not seek another term as a Democrat, as he faces corruption and other charges that he denies — but he left open […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEAtlanta 5, NY Yankees 2Tampa Bay 6, Philadelphia 5Houston 9, St. Louis 1Washington 9, Minnesota 8NY Mets 10, Detroit 5Toronto 3, Pittsburgh 2Seattle 7, Cincinnati 6 AMERICAN LEAGUECleveland 8, Kansas City 5Chi White Sox 3, Kansas City 3Boston 3, Baltimore […]
Homeless encampment in the East Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis, MN. (Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Karen Staples Gonzalez had been living out of her car with her son from 2015 until 2023, when she was first approached by Hennepin County, Minnesota workers, who began to check in on her and […]
