Day: May 24, 2024

Essence Festival adds Usher to 2024 talent headliners

11:59 pm May 24, 2024

R&B superstar Usher will join the night concert lineup for this summer’s 30th anniversary of the Essence Festival of Culture. Organizers announced late Thursday that Usher, who is no stranger to the event, will perform during the festival, which this year runs July 4-7 at various venues in New Orleans. As the festival marks its […]

Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel ‘The Alienist,’ dies at 68

11:57 pm May 24, 2024

Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat, Masha, has died at 68. Carr died of cancer Thursday, according to an announcement from his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. CONSERVATIVE WRITER […]

Louisiana classifies abortion drugs as controlled, dangerous substances after Gov. Landry greenlights proposal

11:56 pm May 24, 2024

First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. The measure affects the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, which […]

Notre Dame cathedral cross reinstalled in Paris amid restoration efforts

11:40 pm May 24, 2024

The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, was reinstalled atop the cathedral’s framework Friday after a meticulous restoration by artistic ironworkers from Normandy. The imposing cross, spanning 12 meters and weighing 1.5 tons, is the only element of the choir roof that resisted the flames. NOTRE DAME […]

Police officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler has been suspended, reprimanded multiple times: report

11:37 pm May 24, 2024

An officer with the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) in Kentucky received “corrective action” after an internal investigation into the arrest of two-time PGA major winner Scottie Scheffler revealed the officer did not follow proper protocols and turn on his body camera. It’s apparently not the first time Det. Bryan Gillis has gotten into trouble. […]

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