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Buttigieg, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, shared his family’s experience when police and Child Protective Services came to his home investigating an anonymous tip that was false.

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Source: NPR.

As Artificial remains in distribution limbo, Luca Guadagnino appears hopeful for the film’s release, but not so much for the state of the world living with AI. Prefacing that he “can’t say much because we are right in the middle of this situation,” the Oscar nominee teased another potential route for his film about OpenAI […]

Source: Deadline.

Suede: Men’s Experience returns to the ESSENCE Festival of Culture with another weekend dedicated to Black men and the conversations shaping their lives today. Taking place inside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center from July 3 through July 5, the daytime destination will feature discussions covering style, wellness, finance, community, and personal growth, alongside appearances from Lance Gross, Curren$y, Wild Wayne, Obio Jones, and more.

One of this year’s biggest additions comes from DJ Envy, whose Drive Your Dreams Car Show makes its ESSENCE Festival debut. Attendees can get an up-close look at custom builds, classic cars, exotic vehicles, and American muscle displayed throughout the Convention Center floor, bringing one of car culture’s most popular showcases to New Orleans.

Suede remains one of several free daytime experiences available during EFOC weekend. Daytime programming is separate from Evening Concert Series tickets, giving attendees another way to experience the Festival before the nightly performances begin.

Guests looking for additional amenities can also purchase ESSENCE VIP access, which includes expedited entry, reserved seating at the ESSENCE Main Stage™, curated gift bags, charging stations, and access to the ESSENCE Luxe Lounge Shopping Experience.

Tickets for the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture® presented by Coca-Cola® are available now. Hotel packages and travel offerings are also available for those planning their stay in New Orleans. Additional talent, programming, and special moments will be announced in the coming weeks. Follow @ESSENCEFest on X, Facebook, and Instagram to stay connected.

The Academy of Country Music Awards has set its 2027 date. The ACMs and Dick Clark Productions announced that the 62nd ACM Awards will return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 16, 2027. Last month’s 61st AMC Awards show was back in Las Vegas for the first time in three […]

Source: Deadline.

The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by
Sunday.

Source: BBC.

The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by
Sunday.

Source: BBC.

The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by
Sunday.

Source: BBC.

The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by
Sunday.

Source: BBC.

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This political spouse sings her country’s anthem right just before kick-off.

That’s Second Lady Usha Vance, who attended the U.S.-Turkey match in Inglewood, California, yesterday.

One of the first people, and the very first doctor, to publicly receive a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States was Dr. Yves Duroseau, the chair of emergency medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.

At a time when fear had emptied city streets and refrigerated trucks were lined up near hospital loading docks, that son of Haiti was a face of hope.

For Haitians, that image carried a deeper resonance. Ours is a community that America has often noticed only in moments of crisis. For once, the country was looking at a Haitian because he represented hope.

That memory from five and a half years ago is one reason the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians hit me so hard. Not with anger, but with deep sadness.

When I took the oath of citizenship decades ago, I believed America rewarded commitment with belonging. I still want to believe that. Thursday’s ruling suggests that, for some immigrants, the word “temporary” didn’t just describe their legal status but the nature of America’s welcome.

The first TPS recipients from Haiti arrived after the magnitude 7 earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince and killed hundreds of thousands of people in 2010. Today, Haiti faces a different catastrophe. Armed gangs control much of the capital, thousands have been killed or displaced and the State Department continues to warn Americans not to travel there.

For many TPS holders, the country they fled has not recovered. In many ways, it has become even more dangerous.

They believed something basic: that the United States would not send them back to a country engulfed by political violence, armed gangs and institutional collapse. TPS was created for those for whom returning home is unsafe. That humanitarian commitment should matter just as much as the lives those TPS holders have built since arriving.

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Plays into a history of racism: Rev. Al slams Vance’s false claims about Haitian immigrants

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They waited for Congress to do what some members had pushed for for years: create a pathway from temporary protection to permanent belonging. Instead, the years passed. Children became adults. Mortgages were paid. Careers were built. Entire lives unfolded while Washington postponed action. Temporary Protected Status became less a bridge than a waiting room. The finish line kept moving. Now, for many, it has disappeared altogether.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Haitian nurses, home health aides and other essential workers were hailed as heroes. Their work was indispensable then, and healthcare leaders say it remains indispensable today.

This dependence is not sentimental. It is measurable. The Boston Globe, citing data from the National Domestic Workers Alliance, reported that roughly 13,000 Haitian TPS holders work as nursing assistants each day, caring for an estimated 65,000 patients.

According to a report by Massachusetts lawmakers Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, ending TPS for Haitians “threatens to seriously disrupt the health care, senior care and disability care workforces amid a nationwide health care crisis and persistent staffing shortages.”

There is nothing temporary about the lives these TPS holders have built. There is nothing temporary about paying taxes for decades, buying a home, planting a garden or knowing your neighbors by name. There is nothing temporary about raising children who begin each school day by pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. There is nothing temporary about risking your life to care for strangers during a once-in-a-century pandemic.

I never imagined that, decades after taking my own oath of citizenship, I would be writing about a generation of immigrants who walked that same path with the same faith only to discover that the road ended before they reached their destination.

As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, it must also confront a question that has shadowed much of its history: Who gets to belong?

Too often, America has answered that question by welcoming people when their labor is needed most, only to question their place later.

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‘Targeted manhunt’: Nearly 200 killed in gang massacre in Haiti

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Perhaps that is the greatest irony of all. The people we continue to call temporary have spent years proving their commitment to this country. This ruling is bigger than Haitians or Syrians. It speaks to the covenant a nation makes with the people who answer its call during moments of need.

Though that process has never been smooth, America has always been at its best when it expanded the circle of belonging. Italians, Jews, Asians and even Black Americans born here were all told at one time that they could never fully be American. The country was not diminished by widening the definition of who belongs — it was strengthened by it.

The question is no longer whether Haitians who have their built lives here belong. They have answered that question through years of work, sacrifice and service.

The question is whether America still remembers what it means to be a country that welcomes immigrants.

The U.S. has every right to enforce its immigration laws. But laws do not exist in a vacuum. They also reflect the promises a nation makes about who belongs. After more than 16 years, the Haitians affected by Thursday’s ruling are no longer strangers passing through. They are co-workers, parishioners, homeowners and taxpayers woven into the fabric of neighborhoods from New York to Florida to Massachusetts.

Pull one thread and you do more than remove one person. You weaken the fabric itself.

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En una salida defensiva de Irak, Ismaila Sarr aprovechá el error tras el pase de Camara para ampliar la ventaja en el segundo tiempo. El equipo senegalés aprovecha los desaciertos iraquíes para asegurar el partido.

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EXCLUSIVE: Amidst renewed American strikes on Iranian targets today and responses from the Islamic Republic, JD Vance kept to his schedule and showed up on Real Time with Bill Maher. Set for a sit-down interview with Marl Twain Prize winner Maher, the Vice President rolled into CBS Television City at Melrose and Fairfax Friday afternoon […]

Source: Deadline.