Billy Porter Is Skipping the 2024 Met Gala After His Mother’s Death: ‘I Have to Take Care of Myself’
Mike Marsland/WireImage Billy Porter will not be attending the Met Gala on Monday, May 6, to grieve his mother, Cloerinda Jean Johnson, who died in February. “I just lost my mom,” Porter, 54, told E! News at the TIME100 Gala on Thursday, April 25. “I have to take care of…
Gas pumps are seen at a Chevron gas station in Orlando. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesChevron beat earnings expectations Friday, but its profit fell from the year-ago period as its refineries and international gas business faced headwinds.Here is what Chevron reported for the first quarter compared…
Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who previously said that Donald Trump shouldn’t be near the Oval Office, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Friday that he would vote for the former president over President Joe Biden in the 2024 election. “I think that Biden is unfit for office,” Barr said on “The…
Talks between protesting students and Columbia University remained at a stalemate Friday, demonstrators said, as a pro-Palestinian encampment seemed destined to stretch into its second weekend. With time ticking toward final exams and commencement ceremonies, both sides appear to be entrenched and unwilling to bend, student negotiators said.The students want…
Mortgage rates increased this week again, marking the second week in a row rates were above 7%. The average 30-year mortgage rate was 7.17%, up from last week when the average was 7.1%, Freddie Mac reported. Last year at this time, 30-year mortgages were slightly better off, but not by…
The San Francisco 49ers are certainly welcoming Brandon Aiyuk trade rumors with open arms.The speculation is that Aiyuk has been on the trade block for quite some time — even fellow 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has been a name discussed in recent weeks.Aiyuk’s name, though, is in circles as…
A young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island swam past a bottleneck at high tide early Friday, reaching an inlet that could take it to the open sea, officials said.The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations said in a statement that…
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President Joe Biden. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Care Can’t Wait Action President Joe Biden revealed he contemplated suicide after his first wife, Neilia Biden, and their infant daughter died in a car crash. During a surprise interview with Howard Stern on Friday, April 26, Joe, 81, recalled how his mental…
Viewstock | View Stock | Getty ImagesLast year, Americans’ confidence that they would have enough money to live comfortably in retirement fell the most since the global financial crisis.New research shows both workers’ and retirees’ confidence has not recovered. But some signs of optimism have emerged, particularly as wage growth…
Who is the best candidate to defend American democracy? Well, it’s not Joe Biden. Biden and his lawfare allies have launched a legal campaign to tie up Donald Trump in court, actually out of court with gag orders, even putting him in the Supreme Court where his immunity plea is…
Art Schallock, the oldest living former MLB player, celebrated his 100th birthday on April 25, 2024. Schallock, a left-handed player, pitched 58 games with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles over his MLB career back in the 1950s, according to MLB.com. He spent five years with the league. “Those were some…
A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency and accessed personnel files of over 8,600 employees of the organization, which still goes under its Soviet name.The authorities have not commented on the claim, but the website of the Belarusian KGB…
NBA player Joel Embiid got candid about a severe health issue that he is facing off the basketball court. Following the Philadelphia 76ers’ win against the New York Knicks on Thursday, April 25, Embiid, 30, shared that he was diagnosed recently with Bell’s palsy, a condition that causes weakness in…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Microsoft — Shares gained 4% after the tech giant reported fiscal third-quarter results that topped expectations as its Azure business continued to show momentum. Alphabet — The tech behemoth surged more than 11%. Alphabet posted first-quarter results that topped estimates and…
A Colorado paramedic was sentenced to four years of probation Friday for his role in the killing of Elijah McClain, bringing a close to the yearslong effort to prosecute those involved in the Black pedestrian’s death.Jeremy Cooper, a one-time Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic, had faced up to three years in…
Massachusetts Senate candidate John Deaton isn’t letting the busy campaign trail prevent him from fighting the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the crypto industry. FOX Business was first to report that the crypto-enthusiast and lawyer, now turned political candidate, filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of…
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Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States blocked access to a campus building at a prestigious French university Friday, prompting administrators to move all classes online.The pro-Palestinian protest kicked off a day of drama at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as…
A judge on Friday ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member to remain jailed pending trial on charges he attempted to make ricin, a biological toxin.Russell Vane, 42, of Vienna, Virginia, was arrested two weeks ago after authorities searched his house and found traces of ricin along with…
Gonzalo Marroquin/for BHRC Jon Gosselin is still not on speaking terms with ex-wife Kate Gosselin and six of their children, but he hopes the tide will change — eventually. “I always wish for the best for everything, but as adults now they have to make that decision,” Jon, 47, exclusively…
Researchers are increasingly interested in the health risks from chemical additives in microplastics.A new study used 3D human skin-equivalent models to examine how flame retardant additives in microplastics are absorbed by the skin. The findings demonstrate that several flame-retardant additives passed through the skin barrier. Research is moving forward in…
Klaus Vedfelt | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The wealth gap between rich millennials and the rest of their age group…
After Fran Smith vanished in 1991, her husband’s dark secrets began to unravel. In the three decades since, John Smith, 73, was convicted of killing his first wife in Ohio years earlier, in a murder authorities weren’t even aware of until they began investigating Fran’s disappearance. Fran’s body has never been found,…
The Biden administration delayed a plan in the works since 2021 to ban menthol cigarettes, the White House confirmed on Friday. “This rule has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of feedback, including from various elements of the civil rights and criminal justice…