Love is real y'all <3On April 17th, Ashanti posted a cute video to her Instagram where she is got ready for a performance. Her mom, Tina Douglas, asked her how much time she will need and Ashanti responds while holding a pregnancy test, "Ugh, I'm going to need about nine months."In a recent interview in Essence, Miss Ashanti revealed that Nelly asked for her hand in marriage!"This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation," Ashanti said. "Motherhood is something...
A report making a meticulous dissection of the timeline for the Lahaina fire disaster of Aug. 8 has been released by Hawaii’s attorney general, documenting the events of that tragic day and night. Developed from a comprehensive investigation by the Fire Safety Research Institute, it holds great value for Maui County and the entire state in detailing particulars of the fire’s spread, with its deadly consequences, and of the county’s haphazard response.
For Olivia Michel, matzo is the consummate snack. A theater props artisan and social worker who grew up in Harlem, Michel is not Jewish—yet her love of the infamous unleavened bread of Passover is still firmly rooted in nostalgia. During afternoons spent watching TV with her close friend Talia, whose family are Reform Jews, Michel would snack on plain, unsalted matzo spread with peanut butter and honey. “It could be like the week after Passover or something, or any random Wednesday afternoon,...
A person’s past does not define who they are, or who they are going to be
Carson Lowe has wrapped up his day at a regional weightlifting meet on a Saturday in early April feeling good about the results. He finishes with a top six performance in Olympic and traditional, qualifying for state in both competitions.
What can audiences expect from Willie Revillame’s return to television?
The logline for Netflix’s upcoming film, Atlas, reads, “Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.” Which begs the question did an AI write this? Technically, no. The film was penned by Leo Sardarian (StartUp) and Aron Eli Coleite (The...
Demanding more age-appropriate interventions for young adults charged with crimes, youth activists and formerly incarcerated individuals urged lawmakers Thursday to advance bills that would overhaul how 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds are prosecuted. The Judiciary Committee has less than two weeks to take action on what supporters call "Raise the Age" legislation (H 1710 / S 942), which []
We are living in a second golden age for console gaming. Active communities, open developer tools and easy distribution have given new life to many once-dead systems. If there's one company who deserves the most thanks for bringing a love for '80s and '90s cartridge-based console gaming back to the semi-mainstream, it's Analogue. It started with the CMVS, an obsessive (and expensive) wood-grained reboot of the iconic Neo Geo. Then came the Analogue Nt in 2014, which brought easy, high-def NES...
Former competition watchdog head Rod Sims has warned a “made in Australia” approach to the net zero transition could “destroy” the nation’s chances of becoming a clean energy superpower. In a speech to the Melbourne Economic Forum on Wednesday, the former chair of the ACCC said the “buy local” push and support for local industry […]
Bill Foley’s Black Knights to the rescue. It’s a narrative that’s been out there from the very moment we reported on his intent to establish Hibs as the undisputed third force in Scottish football. For six months now, there’s been this promise of great things to come. And, sure, the £6 million up front was undoubtedly a welcome element of the billionaire Bournemouth owner’s buy-in. But the real value of the deal arguably lies in the experience and expertise Foley – and his associates – will...
Crowley and Johnson were joined by Chief Judge Carl Ashley at Community Reintegration Center.