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This weekend, the WNBA ecosystem will converge on Indianapolis to celebrate the league’s standout performers.  On site will be all of the WNBA’s biggest movers, shakers and stakeholders, each of whom have contributed to the league’s current period of exponential growth. Historically, Black women have been some of the biggest contributors to propel the league to its current moment, and …

A source close to Aaron Phypers is blaming Denise Richards’ black eye, which she claimed he caused, on her alleged “alcohol problem.” “This is consistent with the ongoing untruthfulness of Denise Richards, who is trying to hide her alcohol problem,” the insider claimed to the Daily Mail Thursday. “That photo was taken in winter 2022, and the fact is she was drunk …

A film of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath‘s final concert, titled “Back to the Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow,” will release in theaters early 2026. The 100-minute concert film documenting the band’s sold-out stadium show in Birmingham is currently in production from Mercury Studios. “Presented as a love letter to Ozzy and the pioneering sound of Black Sabbath, the theatrical release …

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While performing routine maintenance on the Large Lake Observatory’s R/V Blue Heron, a marine superintendent found a mysterious goo. Microbial biologists at the University of Minnesota Duluth found that the goo was a new species of archaea that thrived in the semi-warm and anaerobic environment of the ship’s rudder housing. The …

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is supporting a state agency’s refusal to release body camera footage in the fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old Black college freshman, saying the case must first be thoroughly investigated. Ivey said she was confident “the facts will prevail” when the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency completes its investigation into the June 23 shooting of Jabari Peoples …

When the three-year era of Sword & Shield came to an end in January 2023, it went out with a bang. Crown Zenith was a set so great that it spoiled the next year of the hobby, with its stunning pull rates, incredible art, and fan-favorite pocket monsters. For reasons that are impossible to fathom, The Pokémon Company has chosen …

In 2018, Dr Timberly Baker decided to home school her children after a local school in Arkansas failed to challenge her eldest child. Her daughter, Baker said, is gifted. But despite routinely testing off the charts during standardized exams, the school had no plan on how Baker’s daughter could take more advanced classes. Still new to home schooling, Baker decided …

An image based on numerical simulations of a black hole merger – credit, NASA/Ames Research CenterC. Henze A collaboration between humanity’s three gravitational wave detectors have identified a black hole merger event that created something 225-times the size of our Sun. It’s the largest such event ever detected in the history of gravitational wave astronomy, and pushed the limits of …

Two of the strangest structures in the galaxy just got even stranger. Ballooning above and below the Milky Way‘s center like a massive hourglass, the mysterious Fermi bubbles loom large over our galaxy. These enormous twin orbs of superheated plasma have been gushing out of the galactic center for millions of years. Today, they span some 50,000 light-years from tip …

Comedian Shane Gillis made an abominable joke at the 2025 ESPY Awards that people won’t soon forget. On Wednesday, he kicked off hosting the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles by taking aim at Black women and WNBA star Caitlin Clark. “When Caitlin Clark retires from the WNBA, she’s going to work at a Waffle House so she …