Former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Yaya DaCosta recently revealed she’s “fully forgiven” Tyra Banks for the “trauma” she endured while filming the reality competition show in the early 2000s.Banks, who created the show in 2003, has been under fire since 2020 after problematic clips from the show have resurfaced online.During the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards, Tyra Banks gave a speech during which she addressed the negative criticism she’s received over the years about the way she treated women on “ANTM.” On Saturday, March 15, 2025, DaCosta, one of the more recognizable names from the franchise, posted an…
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday (Mar 16) began mass layoffs at Voice of America (VOA) and other United States-funded media, making clear its intent to gut outlets long seen as critical for US influence. Just a day after all employees were put on leave, staff working on a contractual basis received an email notifying them that they were terminated at the end of March. The email, confirmed to AFP by several employees, told contractors that “you must cease all work immediately and are not permitted to access any agency buildings or systems”. Contractors make up much of VOA’s workforce…
Ferran Torres scores twice as Barcelona come from two down to beat Atletico Madrid and claim top spot in LaLiga.Barcelona battled back from two goals down to beat Atletico Madrid 4-2 and land an important blow in the Spanish title race. Lamine Yamal struck in the 92nd minute and Ferran Torres in the 98th to help take the Catalans back to the top of the table on Sunday, after Real Madrid beat Villarreal on Saturday to briefly claim pole position. Barcelona have a game in hand on the champions, with both sides level on 60 points, while Atletico trail the…
A week after Justin Allgaier lost in heartbreaking fashion at Phoenix Raceway, the defending Xfinity Series champion held off Aric Almirola to win his first race of 2025 and the 26th of his Xfinity Series career. Almirola got the deficit to Allgaier down to as little as two-tenths of a second in the closing laps, but a bobble from Almirola with four laps to go was enough for Allgaier to pull away. The victory ensures that Allgaier will return to the Xfinity Series playoffs in 2025, and marks his ninth consecutive season with at least one Xfinity Series victory. The…
“Think we can cross it?” I asked Kasia.She nodded.We strapped on our enormous backpacks and clung to that rope for dear life as we battled the current. When we emerged on the far side, the backpackers cheered. I pumped my fist triumphantly. We raced to the wedding, hearts pounding, eyes gleaming.Some two decades later, deep in the Adirondack woods, there we stood, at the edge of the jagged ice. These two moments felt like the beginning and the end of something, with our lives in the middle. Now our kids, ages 16 and 18, were almost grown. The oldest boy,…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you plan to invest more in email marketing this year, you’re on the right track. Email remains one of the most effective channels for driving revenue. In fact, 87% of marketing leaders say email marketing is critical to the success of their company. But how do you make the most of it without spending hours creating every campaign?By simplifying your workflows, you can get more efficient and boost sales – without burning out. Here are five tactics you can adopt in your business today.Related: Don’t Sleep on Email Marketing — Here’s…
Mars appears light blue in this near-infrared image taken by the Hera spacecraft. Its moon Deimos is the dark mark towards the centre of the imageESA A space exploration mission to study an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into three years ago has taken stunning bonus images of Mars and its moon Deimos en route to its final destination. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) in 2022 was an attempt to show that bodies on a collision course with our planet could be deliberately redirected to avoid catastrophic impact. Observations from Earth showed that by smashing the craft,…
The arrest warrant was delivered to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines in Manila at 3 a.m. Monday. The person named on it: his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, the firebrand whose war on drugs left thousands of people dead.But acting on the warrant from the International Criminal Court was not straightforward, since the Philippines is not a member of the court. So at 6:30 a.m., Mr. Marcos’s government received another warrant for Mr. Duterte, this time from Interpol, which was acting on the court’s behalf and of which the Philippines is a member.Mr. Marcos recalled his next step in…
To win the artificial intelligence race, Google not only has developed its own technologies, but has also pumped money into prominent A.I. start-ups. And to preserve its competitive edge, Google has kept its ownership stakes in those start-ups a secret.Court documents recently obtained by The New York Times reveal Google’s stake in one of those start-ups, Anthropic, as well as how its investment in the young company is set to change.Google owns 14 percent of Anthropic, according to legal filings that the A.I. start-up submitted as part of a Google antitrust case. But that investment gives Google little control over…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Wall Street stocks fell on Tuesday, deepening a recent selloff sparked by investor concerns over the health of the US economy.The S&P 500 resumed its declines after briefly steadying at the market open and was down 0.8 per cent in morning trading. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.6 per cent, following its worst day in two and a half years. In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was down 1.3 per cent, while Germany’s Dax was 0.8 per cent lower.The Nasdaq fell 4 per cent…