Brittney Griner and wife Cherelle are expecting their first child – 2024

Brittney Griner is expecting her first child with her wife, Cherelle Griner. The couple announced Saturday on Instagram that they are expecting their baby in July. “Can’t believe we’re less than three months away from meeting our favorite human being,” the caption read, with the hashtag, #BabyGrinerComingSoon and #July2024. Brittney and Cherelle Griner met at Baylor … Read more

Disney revamping park policy that helps visitors with disabilities avoid waiting in line – 2024

Disney is revamping its policy for park visitors with disabilities, limiting how many people are eligible for the program that helps guests avoid lines because it says too many people are exploiting it. Disney’s Disability Access Service program, or DAS, was launched in 2013, according to a Disney spokesperson. The free program is intended for … Read more

Travis and Jason Kelce ‘graduate’ from college during a surprise ceremony in Cincinnati – 2024

The Kelce brothers took their podcast to their alma mater this week and the live show ended with a surprise — a long-overdue college graduation ceremony at the University of Cincinnati. Travis and Jason Kelce returned to the university Thursday night to record a live episode of their podcast, “New Heights,” in front of thousands … Read more

Anti-Arab hate, harassment and threats loom over this year’s Arab American Heritage Month – 2024

Arab American Heritage Month is intended to commemorate and honor the achievements of the some of the roughly 3.7 million members of the community residing in the U.S. But this year, many Arab Americans don’t feel inclined to celebrate. Instances of anti-Arab hate and sentiment have been on the rise in the U.S. since the … Read more

Permanent birth control procedures increasing after abortion laws, new research finds – 2024

The number of young adults who chose tubal ligation and vasectomies as birth control jumped abruptly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and has continued to rise, new research shows.  The paper, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, is the first to focus specifically on the contraception choices of women and … Read more

Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93 – 2024

NEW YORK — Robert MacNeil, who created the evenhanded, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93. MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil. MacNeil first gained … Read more