On March 31, The Podcast Academy revealed the winners of its Fifth Annual Awards for Excellence in Audio also known as The Ambies. Held at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, the ceremony was hosted by multi-hyphenate comedian Tig Notaro and can be viewed on the Podcast Academys YouTube channel. Actor and comedian Matt [...]The post The Ambies: Matt Rogers Honors Trans Community During Ceremony; Ronan Farrow Urges Support For New Vanguard of Confronting Journalism first appeared on GLAAD.

More than a month after Kelly Clarkson left Sapphics and straight women alike in shambles, the singer-turned-talk show host is finally explaining the wink people couldnt stop talking about.On Wednesdays episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, guest Whitney Cummings playfully took over hosting duties when she grilled Clarkson on her drool-worthy rendition of The Outfield's Your Love, which had lesbians weak in the knees and straight women questioning their sexuality. In the Kellyoke moment that went viral on TikTok back in February, Clarkson sings the lyrics, You know I like my girls a little bit older, and offers the audience a flirty wink. If you somehow missed the moment, we suggest checking it out pronto! Dont worry, well wait.@nomadd.7That wink though. #kellyclarkson #fyp #trendingvideoTaking over Clarksons role on the show, Cummings pointed out just how earth-shattering her rendition of the song was to women on social media, Do you know that your cover of Lose Your Love has broken the internet?When Clarkson admits she found out it blew up from her shows musical director.Blew up? No, no women are leaving their husbands, Cummings announced to a cheering audience.So I heard its because of the wink, Clarkson said while playfully winking at the comedian.Dont wink at me Kelly! She just winked at me. Im not strong enough! Cummings responded before explaining the viral moment to the audience by saying, She winks at the camera like a home-wrecker!Clarkson said she started adding winks into performances to be cute and playful with the audience so she started more and more. So now I incorporate like a wink here and there. But I happened to do it on a line that it was on purpose. It was cute, she explained.It was a cute line and if I was a lesbian, I would shoot for an older woman, Im just saying, Clarkson said, giving sapphics everywhere hope.

In whats quickly becoming one of the most alarming digital privacy failures of the year, a series of LGBTQ+, fetish, and sugar dating apps have been exposed for leaking troves of sensitive user data and the worst breach yet might be an app called Gay Daddy.Touted on the App Store as a private and anonymous space for gay and bisexual men over 40, Gay Daddy: 40+ Date & Chat was found by Cybernews researchers to be leaking over 50,000 user profiles and more than 124,000 private messages, including locations, names, HIV status, relationship details, and explicit photos. The database was so unprotected that anyone with a little technical savvy could snoop through users most intimate content without restriction.Users expect the app to be discreet, but it is completely the opposite, Aras Nazarovas, a Cybernews security researcher, said in the April 2 report. The leak stemmed from hardcoded credentials in the apps code and a misconfigured Firebase database a back-end tool developers use to manage things like logins and chat features. Gay Daddy also leaked its cloud storage bucket, authentication keys, and other sensitive endpoints, potentially giving attackers long-term access to its users' data.The apps developer, Surendra Kumar, did not respond to Cybernews request for comment, though the leaking database has since been taken offline. Still, the damage may be done especially for queer users in countries where being gay can mean harassment, arrest, or worse.This data leak compromises app users security, allowing threat actors to read private messages and obtain contact lists and location data, said Nazarovas. Not only does this expose individuals to cyber threats, but also to risks of financial, psychological, and even physical harm, particularly given the prevailing stigmas surrounding homosexuality in certain countries. And Gay Daddy wasnt alone. Cybernews also revealed on April 1 that apps like BDSM People, CHICA, TRANSLOVE, PINK, and BRISH many owned by a single developer, Mobile Apps Developers Limited (MAD) were all found leaking private user photos due to similarly shoddy coding practices. In total, more than 1.5 million explicit images were exposed, many of which were shared in private chats or used for profile verification.While none of the leaks directly exposed names or emails, experts warn that open-source intelligence tools like reverse image searches make it possible to identify individuals raising the risk of blackmail, harassment, and outing.As Nazarovas put it to Metro, Images accessed by bad actors could have been used for blackmail and intimidation. Finding out that these images were leaked would likely cause distress, trust issues, as well as other harm to the users mental health.With LGBTQ+ users already vulnerable to targeted attacks, the implications of such a sweeping breach are chilling. At a time when queer lives are increasingly politicized and policed, privacy should not be optional.

Poppers have been a staple in the gay community for decades, often used to enhance sexual experiences and provide a quick rush of euphoria. But what exactly are poppers? Heres what you need to know about this widely used, yet misunderstood, substance. Poppers is the slang term for alkyl nitrites, a class of chemicals used primarily for recreational purposes. Though often associated with theSource

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08813-6A pyramidal cell type and the 5-HT2A receptor in the medial frontal cortex have essential roles in psilocybins long-term drug action.

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08804-7In thromboinflammation, early tissue plasminogen activator administration directly improves endothelial barrier function, prophylactic defibrotide and enoxaparin suppress microvascular thromboinflammation through endothelium-mediated mechanisms and combining enoxaparin with crizanlizumab reduces microvascular occlusion and protects endothelial function in sickle cell disease.

Arizona State freshman Jayden Quaintance underwent successful surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee on March 19.

The Padres and Jackson Merrill have agreed to a nine-year, $135 million contract extension, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Elon Musk speaks at a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)2025-04-02T17:19:59Z WASHINGTON (AP) DOGEs days appear to be numbered.Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that at some point, hes going to be going back to running his companies. As far as the Department of Government Efficiency, Trump said it will end.All of that talk was before Musk faced a setback Tuesday in Wisconsin, where voters rejected his choice for a state Supreme Court candidate despite more than $21 million in personal donations and his campaign appearance over the weekend. There are more problems for the billionaire entrepreneur at Tesla, his electric automaker, which saw a 13% drop in sales in the first three months of the year.The White House has not disclosed any clear timeline for closing down DOGE, and the government cost-cutting organization was never supposed to become a permanent fixture in Washington. But it could be reaching a conclusion faster than anticipated. DOGE was originally intended to operate until July 4, 2026. Now there are signs that it already is winding down. DOGE employees have been shifted to various federal agencies, which are supposed to take the lead on cutting costs. Government-wide layoffs are underway to accomplish some of the goals laid out by Musk and Trump. We think probably over the next two or three months, well be pretty much satisfied with the people that are working hard and want to be members of the administration, Trump said last week. The potential end of DOGE does not mean Trump will stop shaking up Washington. But it appears the administrations efforts will be entering a new phase that is less focused on Musk, whose chain saw-wielding work as a presidential adviser made him a political lightning rod.DOGE was initially envisioned as an independent advisory panel, with Musk sharing leadership with Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur. Ramaswamy dropped out and is running for Ohio governor, and DOGE became part of the government. It was stocked with Musks allies, who were dispatched throughout the bureaucracy to cancel contracts, access sensitive data and push for cuts. Musk presumably has a ticking clock on his tenure. He was hired as a special government employee, which means he can only work 130 days in a 365-day time period.I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within that time frame, Musk told Bret Baier of Fox News on March 27. So far DOGE is well short of that target, according to its own calculations, which have been criticized as inflated and inaccurate. Musk did not commit to leaving the administration by any particular date, and it is unclear how the administration is tracking Musks time. On May 30, it will be 130 days since Trumps inauguration on Jan. 20.Trump told reporters on Monday in the Oval Office that Id keep him as long as I could keep him and hes a very talented guy.The Republican president was known for explosive breakups with top advisers during his first term, but anyone hoping for such a split with Musk has been disappointed. I think hes amazing, but I also think hes got a big company to run, Trump said. And so, at some point, hes going to be going back.Asked if DOGE would continue without Musk, Trump demurred. He said Cabinet officials have worked closely with Musk and may keep some of the DOGE people at their agencies.But at a certain point I think it will end, Trump said.Musks poll numbers lag behind Trumps, which Democrats believe they were able to use to their advantage in Wisconsin. Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel, who Musk supported, and ensured the state Supreme Courts liberal majority. In the closing days of that campaign, Musk described the race as important for the future of civilization. He struck a different tone afterward.I expected to lose, but there is value to losing a piece for a positional gain, Musk wrote on X at 3:13 a.m. CHRIS MEGERIAN Megerian covers the White House for The Associated Press. He previously wrote about the Russia investigation, climate change, law enforcement and politics in California and New Jersey. twitter mailto

The NWSL season is over for Gotham FC captain Tierna Davidson.Davidson, 26, who plays defense for Gotham FC suffered a torn ACL in her left knee during her team's match against the Houston Dash on Friday, March 28, and will be placed on the season-ending injury list, her team has announced."We are heartbroken for Tierna," said Yael Averbuch West, the general manager and head of soccer operations at Gotham FC. "Our club will do everything we can to support her through this recovery and rehabilitation process. We know she will come back stronger than ever."See on Instagram"In: Matching scars Out: my left ACL," Davidson posted on her Instagram today. "In all seriousness, I feel so fortunate to have the support of my family, teammates and club throughout this process. The beauty of life is its unpredictable nature. While I've found myself on the adverse side of this unpredictability at the moment, I know this experience will be another colorful chapter of my journey. I have no doubt this year will bring me unexpected joys despite this setback."Last year, with Davidson, Gotham FC finished third in the NWSL with 17 wins, five draws, and four losses. They lost in the league semifinals to the Washington Spirit in penalty kicks.In 65 appearances for the USWNT, she has 3 goals and seven assists, and won the 2019 Women's World Cup and a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.See on InstagramDavidson, who recently got married to her former Stanford teammate, Alison Jahansouz, is one of the few out players currently on the U.S. National Women's Team. She recently spoke about what it feels like to represent the U.S. right now when the LGBTBQ+ community is under such heavy attack from the current presidential administration."It's always such an honor to play for this team and to represent this country, but it's kind of hard to grapple with what country am I representing right now? Like am I proud of what our country's doing and who we are?" she told The Women's Game podcast. "And in times like this I think about that more, and how this team has been able to represent out community and been able to push for rights for many different minority groups. That is something that I take with me whenever I put this jersey on is the importance of someone being able to see me in this jersey and say, 'Oh, thats someone like me, and I can do that as well.' I want people to look at our team and say 'that is representative of America,' the queerness, the people of color, the strong women, that is what our country is about, and to be able to see that representation on this team is so important."

The second season of Doctor Who featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the fifteenth Doctor is set to premiere next week, and ahead of its release, the BBC has dropped a series of teaser images that have already sent fans into a frenzy. The highly anticipated season includes Gatwas new companion, Belinda Chandra, played by Varada Sethu, known for her roles in Andor and Jurassic World Dominion. HoweverSource

Poppers have been a staple in the gay community for decades, often used to enhance sexual experiences and provide a quick rush of euphoria. But what exactly are poppers? Heres what you need to know about this widely used, yet misunderstood, substance. Poppers is the slang term for alkyl nitrites, a class of chemicals used primarily for recreational purposes. Though often associated with theSource

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01020-3The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated population.

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08719-3A modelling study shows that the trace-element composition of Earths Hadean protocrust is similar to that of the current average continental crust, severely compromising geochemical arguments for when and how plate tectonics began.

Glen Taylor has agreed to the Marc Lore-Alex Rodriguez group acquiring 100% ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx at the same $1.5 billion price the sides agreed on in 2021, sources told ESPN.

LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka says he thought the breakaway league would be "further along" four years into play, but new CEO Scott O'Neil says he likes the league's current "positioning."

Sgt. Tyler Midyett of the Emmet County Sheriff's Department works along with Sgt. Mitch Wallin, not pictured, to clear fallen trees from along Eppler Road in Petoskey, Mich., Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as cleanup from the weekend's ice storm continues. (Jan-Michael Stump/Traverse City Record-Eagle via AP)2025-04-02T05:02:23Z Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the Midwest and South on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned. There were already tornado warnings Wednesday morning near the Missouri cities of Joplin and Columbia merely the opening acts of what forecasters expect will be a more intense period of violent weather later Wednesday, as daytime heating combines with an unstable atmosphere, strong wind shear and abundant moisture streaming into the nations midsection from the Gulf.The potent storm system will bring significant, life-threatening flash flooding starting Wednesday and continuing each day through Saturday, the National Weather Service said.With more than a foot (30 centimeters) of rain possible over the next four days, the prolonged deluge is an event that happens once in a generation to once in a lifetime, the weather service said in one of its flood warnings. Historic rainfall totals and impacts are possible.The flood fears come as residents in parts of Michigan continued to dig out from a weekend ice storm. Floods could inundate towns, sweep cars awayThunderstorms with multiple rounds of heavy rain were forecast in parts of Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and the Ohio Valley beginning midweek and lasting through Saturday. Forecasters warned the storms could track over the same areas repeatedly and produce heavy rains and dangerous flash floods capable of sweeping cars away.Rain totaling up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) was forecast over the next seven days in northeastern Arkansas, the southeast corner of Missouri, western Kentucky and southern parts of Illinois and Indiana, the weather service warned.Were potentially looking at about two months of rain in just a handful of days, Thomas Jones, a weather service meteorologist in Little Rock, Arkansas, said Monday.Parts of Arkansas, west Tennessee, western Kentucky and southern Indiana were at an especially high risk for flooding, the weather service said. Tornado seen in Kansas and more could be comingAt least one tornado was spotted Tuesday night in Kansas. Take cover now! the weather services office in Wichita warned residents on the social platform X. No injuries were reported.Another tornado touched down in the northeastern Oklahoma city of Owasso about 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service office in Tulsa. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but the twister heavily damaged the roofs of homes and knocked down power lines, trees, fences and sheds. Tornado warnings were also issued in Missouri on Wednesday. Authorities in eastern Missouri were trying to determine whether it was a tornado that damaged buildings, overturned vehicles and tore down utility poles, tree limbs and business signs Wednesday morning in and around Nevada, Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that the damage shut down a portion of U.S. Route 54 in the city of about 8,300 about 95 miles (153 kilometers) south of Kansas City, Missouri.Along with tornadoes, high winds with gusts of up to 50 mph (80 kph) were also expected across large parts of the Midwest. The ominous forecast comes nearly two years to the day that an EF-3 tornado struck Little Rock, Arkansas. No one was killed, but that twister caused major destruction to neighborhoods and businesses that are still being rebuilt today.More than 90 million people are at some risk of severe weather in a huge part of the nation that stretches from Texas to Minnesota and Maine, according to the Oklahoma-based Storm Prediction Center. Strong and long-lasting tornadoes appear likely in highest-risk areaAbout 2.5 million people are in a rarely-called high-risk zone. That area most at risk of catastrophic weather on Wednesday includes parts of west Tennessee including Memphis; northeast Arkansas; the southeast corner of Missouri; and parts of western Kentucky and southern Illinois.A tornado outbreak was expected Wednesday, and multiple long-track EF3+ tornadoes, appear likely, the Storm Prediction Center said. Tornadoes of that magnitude are among the strongest on the Enhanced Fujita scale, used to rate their intensity.Hours before the storms were expected to arrive in the Memphis area and in eastern Arkansas, the National Weather Service reported peak wind gusts of 58 mph (93 kph) in Memphis and 51 mph (82 kph) in Jonesboro, Arkansas.At a slightly lower risk for severe weather on Wednesday is an area that includes Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Louisville, Kentucky, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Dallas, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Nashville, Tennessee, were also at risk. Wintry mix blasts Upper MidwestIn Michigan, crews worked to restore power after a weekend ice storm toppled trees and power poles. More than 135,000 customers in northern Michigan and 11,000 in northern Wisconsin were still without electricity Wednesday morning, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.Schools in several counties in Michigans the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula have been closed as deputies used chain saws to clear roads and drivers lined up at gas stations. And more wintry weather was on the way: A mix of sleet and freezing rain could keep roads treacherous into Wednesday across parts of Michigan and Wisconsin, the weather service said.Heavy, wet snow also was forecast into Wednesday across the eastern Dakotas and parts of Minnesota.___Associated Press writers Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City; Isabella OMalley in Philadelphia; Ed White in Detroit; Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed. JEFF MARTIN Martin covers breaking news in the southeastern U.S. for The Associated Press. He is based in Atlanta. mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

The West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (WHCC), in partnership with the City of West Hollywood, is introducing a new initiative aimed at boosting the local economy and supporting small businesses. WeHappy Wednesdays, which runs throughout April 2025, will offer free parking at all parking meters, city-owned surface lots, and city parking structures every Wednesday evening from 4 PM to midnight.Source

More than a month after her viral moment sent waves through both sapphic and straight communities, Kelly Clarkson is finally addressing the wink that sent fans into a frenzy. The singer-turned-talk-show host has been receiving endless attention for a playful moment during her performance of The Outfields Your Love on The Kelly Clarkson Showa moment that has continued to stir social mediaSource

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08760-2Measuring acoustic oscillations in 27 stars within the M67 cluster presents evidence of a rapidly evolving convective zone as stars evolve from subgiants to red giants.

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08796-4Neonatal antibiotic use is shown to reduce immune response to infant vaccines, accompanied by reduced abundance of Bifidobacteria in the gut microbiota, with experiments in mice indicating that probiotic therapy could be beneficial.

The NBA is looking into Grizzlies star Ja Morant using his hands and arms to mimic shooting a gun toward the Warriors' bench during Tuesday's game, sources told ESPN.

Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson won't be surprised if Augusta National Golf Club is in spectacular condition at next week's Masters, which will be played about six months after the course was heavily damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Scott Gatz founded Q.Digital in 2008 withGayCities and soon after, it became the home for Queerty, LGBTQ Nation, INTO, and Outsports. The media banner became a leading voice in LGBTQ+ media and journalism, providing news that amplifies the diversity within the LGBTQ community. For the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, Q.Digital was honored with GLAADs [...]The post Q.Digitals Scott Gatz Talks Being Honored With Barbara Gittings Award for Excellence in LGBTQ Media and Importance of LGBTQ Voices in News first appeared on GLAAD.

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08761-1Non-classical correlations between two photons in the near-field regime give rise to entanglement in their total angular momentum, leading to a completely different structure of quantum correlations of photon pairs.

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08744-2A general reinforcement-learning algorithm, called Dreamer, outperforms specialized expert algorithms across diverse tasks by learning a model of the environment and improving its behaviour by imagining future scenarios.

NJ/NY Gotham FC and United States women's national team defender Tierna Davidson tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee and has been added to the NWSL's season-ending injury list.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has said he does not feel "disrespected" by Mauricio Pochettino claiming he wants to manage the club again and insisted he hopes it happens one day.

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08800-xUsing a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of 7 years by approximately one-fifth.

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08784-8A chiral copper catalyst, generated in situ from commercially available components, can be used to achieve photoinduced deracemization of alkyl halides through carbonhalogen bond cleavage.

USMNT midfielder Tyler Adams has voiced his support for bringing promotion and relegation to MLS, saying it would improve the competitiveness of the league.

Chris Beard, who had discussions with Texas A&M over its head coach vacancy, is staying at Ole Miss, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

Mid-Century Modern follows three best friends gay gentlemen of a certain age who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother. As a chosen family, they prove that no matter how hard things get, theres always someone around [...]The post Hulus Mid-Century Modern is the Quintessential Window into Queer Joy and Culture We Need on TV Matt Bomer, Nathan Lane and Nathan Lee Graham Dish on Their New Series first appeared on GLAAD.

Voters in Wisconsin have elected two candidates who support LGBTQ equality in the states hotly contested Spring Election. Susan Crawford was elevated to the state Supreme Court and Jill Underly will return as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Both candidates defeated opponents and campaign ads that targeted LGBTQ people, including a late surge of ads [...]The post Pro-LGBTQ Candidates Prevail in Wisconsins Spring Election; Voters Reject Campaigns Targeting Transgender People first appeared on GLAAD.

Almost two years to the day after legendary drag queen Heklina was found dead, her close friend and fellow queen Peaches Christ still feels traumatized by her death and the lack of answers provided by the London Metropolitan Police Department, who she has accused of homophobic bias.Peaches Christ, also known as Joshua Grannell, was the one who found Heklinas body in a flat the two were sharing together as they prepared for a two-week run of the musical parody Mommie Queerest at the Soho Theatre.While finding her friend dead has left Peaches with emotional scars for which she is still in therapy working to heal it's the lack of real answers that continues to haunt her, Peaches Christ tells PRIDE.Theres the trauma of finding her, which was it was like a horror movie and Ill spare you specific details, but it was horrific, she says. It was bad and then not to be listened to or to be communicated with by the people who are supposed to be giving you answers, who assured you that they would keep you in the loop and communicate with you. It just felt so retraumatizing and created a whole other layer of nightmare to the situation.Heklina, born Stefan Grygelko, was a beloved drag star in San Francisco whose punk aesthetic influenced a generation of drag queens. She was also the co-founder of the Trannyshack drag night at the iconic Stud bar in 1996 and helped transform Oasis into a drag and cabaret club.After years of working to keep Heklinas name in the headlines in the hopes of pressuring the police into action, investigators have finally released new information in the case, but Peaches Christ says she still doesnt have an official cause of death. She was beginning to lose hope that there would ever be progress made in the case it took the police 21 months to release CCTV footage of three unnamed men leaving Heklinas apartment building on the night of her death until a new team of five investigators traveled from London to San Francisco to get more statements.On March 17, London authorities visited Peaches Christ and dropped a bombshell about her friends death. She was told that Heklina had a lethal combination of drugs in her system when she died, but the police still refused to confirm her cause of death.The authorities reinterviewed Peaches Christ and asked for her cooperation in locating people Heklina had slept with and done drugs with who might have information that could help in their investigation. They also traveled to visit Heklinas next of kin and executor of her estate, Nancy French, to speak with her and retrieve Heklinas iPhone, which Peaches Christ alleges the police had in their possession two years ago, but never unlocked despite being told that Heklina had been setting up dates Grindr shortly before her death.Heklina had no shame about her casual sex life, its something she talked about on stage, she says. "I knew what was going on, its why I went and stayed at a hotel [on the day of her death]. I didnt want to be there while my friend was hooking up.Just a few days after the London police came to California, Peaches Christ, still determined to get more answers, was in London leading a protest against the polices alleged homophobic bias in Heklinas case. The idea of the protest was to call attention to the case of Heklina, but just as important was to create change, institutional change, so that this sort of homophobic bias wasnt brought to other cases in the future, she says.Peaches Christ has been told that drugs were found in Heklinas system and that there was no foul play, but the fact that investigators have picked up the case again and feel strongly enough about it to fly to the U.S. leads her to believe there is more to the story.If she had a lethal combination of drugs in her system like they say she did, she wonders aloud, then why not just wrap it up? Like why didnt we wrap it up immediately? You would have known that before you cremated her in 2023. So why, if thats how she died? What's going on? Why is there no death certificate?See on InstagramPeaches Christ felt from the very beginning that Heklina being part of the LGBTQ+ community and a drag queen meant that her case was never taken seriously. It took 10 months of unanswered emails and phones calls before an anonymous source from inside the Westminster morgue told her that there was a coverup taking place and that there was still disagreement over Heklinas cause of death.Stranger still, Peaches Christ alleges that in a Zoom meeting, investigators told her and French that the police officer first assigned to the case had a conscious or unconscious negative bias.So that was the point where I was like, 'Oh wow, theyre saying its homophobia,' she says.While in London for the protest to demand more action in Heklinas case, where fellow drag queens and activists marched holding signs reading, We Deserve Justice, Not Discrimination, Queer Safety Over Police Power, and End Met Police Homophobia Now, the police asked Peaches Christ to provide a new DNA sample (she previously provided one to rule her out of samples they collected from the scene) because the old one had expired. Combine that with the fact that the CCTV footage was only released after the press contacted them, and she says it started to look like negligence on the part of the Metropolitan Police.So all of this stuff is just really angering me because it does feel intentional. Its either extremely sloppy or just truly intentional negligence, Peaches Christ says, explaining that she thinks the police only started to act once they found out she is well known in the drag world.I think before they just thought I was just some trashy drag queen, who just should go away and leave them alone. And it probably was a mixture of homophobia and probably the fact that were not there, we dont live there, were all the way in California, she says.Two years ago Peaches Christ would have settled for just being provided with a cause of death, but now she wants The Met to be overhauled and homophobic bias to be weeded out so that no other loved ones have to go through what she has. She explained that in her experience, being LGBTQ+, using drugs, and having casual sex means that the cops will treat your case like it doesnt matter.My hope is that maybe we can move the dial and change their viewpoint on us institutionally so that they see us as human beings and treat us like people in the future, Peaches Christ says. My really big hope is that the terrible, terrible service that Heklina has received from these folks by us blowing it up and getting angry maybe itll change the next time they get a case like this.

Dylan Efron knows what the gays want!The handsome reality star was one of the four witty competitors to win season three of The Traitors, but his steamy Instagram photos quickly went viral during his time on the show.While attending the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, Efron shared his reaction to his spicy pictures, which gained attention from fans around the world."I hid [the arch pic] in the back of a carousel and that thing resurfaced with a storm! That's why I'm here. I love how inclusive this community is. That's the best feeling in the world to be accepted like that," Efron tells PRIDE. See on Instagram Efron certainly knows how to rock a Speedo with confidence and he even teased more sexy photos this summer."I wouldn't doubt it! That's what I'm good at."Besides thirst traps, the star is hoping to star on more reality shows. After his breakthrough on The Traitors, Efron hopes more TV networks will pick up the phone and give him a call."I'm open to another reality show or doing a travel show myself! I want to commit to something and do it big. I want to go all in, whatever it is!"Fans can keep up with Dylan Efron by following him on Instagram here. To see the full interview from the GLAAD Media Awards, check out the video at the top of the page.

Olympian Yared Nuguse, who earned a bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the mens 1500-meter running event, has publicly come out, introducing his boyfriend to the world in a heartfelt Instagram post. The 25-year-old distance runner, who made history at the Paris Olympics by securing a spot on the podium, is also celebrating a personal milestone. Nuguse shared a sweet selfie with hisSource

Warfare is set to make waves before it even hits theaters, thanks to its two charismatic leads, Kit Connor and Charles Melton. The actors, known for their roles in Heartstopper and Riverdale, respectively, recently made headlines after sharing a kiss during a promotional event for the A24 film, igniting a frenzy among fans. Set against the backdrop of the Iraq War in 2006, Warfare is a tenseSource

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08798-2Spontaneous parthenogenesis in sunflower has been used to develop a scalable doubled haploid breeding system.

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08747-zThe acetylene hydrogenation activity and stability of a palladium single-atom catalyst are both controlled by the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the oxide support.

Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho was involved in a bizarre altercation with Galatasaray boss Okan Buruk on Wednesday.

Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte has agreed to a six-year, $116.5 million contract extension which begins this season, his agent told ESPN.

A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)2025-04-02T17:48:13Z WASHINGTON (AP) Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Amazon offer was made in a letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.The New York Times first reported on the bid.President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that had been upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court, which said the ban was necessary for national security.Under the law, TikToks Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance is required to sell the platform to an approved buyer or take it offline in the United States. Trump has suggested he could further extend the pause on the ban, but he has also said he expects a deal to be forged by Saturday. Amazon declined to comment. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The existence of an Amazon bid surfaced as Trump was scheduled on Wednesday to meet with senior officials to discuss the coming deadline for a TikTok sale. Although its unclear if ByteDance plans to sell TikTok, several possible bidders have come forward in the past few months. Among the possible investors are the software company Oracle and the investment firm Blackstone. Oracle announced in 2020 that it had a 12.5% stake in TikTok Global after securing its business as the apps cloud technology provider. In January, the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI presented ByteDance with a merger proposal that would combine Perplexitys business with TikToks U.S. operation. Last month, the company outlined its approach to rebuilding TikTok in a blog post, arguing that it is singularly positioned to rebuild the TikTok algorithm without creating a monopoly. Any acquisition by a consortium of investors could in effect keep ByteDance in control of the algorithm, while any acquisition by a competitor would likely create a monopoly in the short form video and information space, Perplexity said in its post.The company said it would remake the TikTok algorithm and ensure that infrastructure would be developed and maintained in American data centers with American oversight, ensuring alignment with domestic privacy standards and regulations.Other potential bidders include a consortium organized by billionaire businessman Frank McCourt, which recently recruited Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian as a strategic adviser. Investors in the consortium say theyve offered ByteDance $20 billion in cash for TikToks U.S. platform. Jesse Tinsley, the founder of the payroll firm Employer.com, says he too has organized a consortium and is offering ByteDance more than $30 billion for the platform. Wyoming small business owner Reid Rasner has also announced that he offered ByteDance roughly $47.5 billion.Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that ByteDance could share user data such as browsing history, location and biometric identifiers with Chinas authoritarian government. TikTok said it has never done that and would not do so if asked. The U.S. government has not provided evidence of that happening. Trump has millions of followers on TikTok and has credited the trendsetting platform with helping him gain traction among young voters. During his first term, he took a more skeptical view of TikTok and issued executive orders banning dealings with ByteDance as well as the owners of the Chinese messaging app WeChat.Parvini reported from Los Angeles. AAMER MADHANI Madhani covers the White House for The Associated Press. He is based in Washington. twitter mailto SARAH PARVINI Parvini covers artificial intelligence for The Associated Press. She is based in Los Angeles. mailto

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)2025-04-02T22:55:27Z MEXICO CITY (AP) The sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war.The fact that the tariffs fell most heavily on parts of the world sleeping through the night appeared to at least temporarily delay some of the potential outrage.Trump presented the import taxes, which he calls reciprocal tariffs and range from 10% to 49%, in the simplest terms: the U.S. would do to its trading partners what he said they had been doing to the U.S. for decades.Taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, he said. But it is not going to happen anymore.The president promised that Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country. He framed it not just as an economic issue, but a question of national security that threatens our very way of life. Nobody wants a trade warShortly after Trumps announcement, the British government said the United States remains the U.K.s closest ally. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the U.K. hoped to strike a trade deal to mitigate the impact of the 10% tariffs on British goods announced by Trump.Nobody wants a trade war and our intention remains to secure a deal, said Reynolds. But nothing is off the table and the government will do everything necessary to defend the U.K.s national interest. British officials have said they will not immediately retaliate, an approach backed by the Confederation of British Industry, a major business group.Italys conservative Premier Giorgia Meloni described the new 20% tariffs against the European Union as wrong, saying they benefit neither side.We will do everything we can to work towards an agreement with the United States, with the aim of avoiding a trade war that would inevitably weaken the West in favor of other global players, Meloni said in a Facebook post. In any case, as always, we will act in the interest of Italy and its economy, also by discussing with other European partners, she added. No basis in logicSome countries took issue with the White Houses calculations.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the U.S. tariffs imposed on his country were totally unwarranted, but Australia will not retaliate.President Trump referred to reciprocal tariffs. A reciprocal tariff would be zero, not 10%, said Albanese. The U.S. and Australia have a free trade agreement and the U.S. has a $2-to-$1 trade surplus with Australia. The administrations tariffs have no basis in logic and they go against the basis of our two nations partnership. This is not the act of a friend.Trump said the United States bought $3 billion of Australian beef last year, but Australia would not accept U.S. beef imports. Albanese said the ban on raw U.S. beef was for biosecurity reasons.New Zealand also took issue with Trumps tariff logic.Trade minister Todd McClay rejected the figure on the administrations chart about the tariffs New Zealand imposes and said he had asked his countrys officials to clarify it. We dont have a 20% tariff rate, he said, adding that New Zealand was a very low tariff regime and the correct figure was below the 10% baseline rate applied by the U.S. to all countries.We wont be looking to retaliate. That would put up prices on New Zealand consumers and it would be inflationary, he said.Spared for the moment from the latest round of tariffs were Mexico and Canada, so far as goods that already qualified under their free trade agreement with the United States. Yet, the previously announced 25% tariffs on auto imports were scheduled to take effect at midnight.Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday she would wait to take action on Thursday when it was clear how Trumps announcement would affect Mexico.Its not a question of if you impose tariffs on me, Im going to impose tariffs on you, she said in a news briefing Wednesday morning. Our interest is in strengthening the Mexican economy.Canada had imposed retaliatory tariffs in response to the 25% tariffs that Trump tied to the trafficking of fentanyl. The European Union, in response to the steel and aluminum tariffs, imposed taxes on 26 billion euros worth ($28 billion) of U.S. goods, including bourbon, prompting Trump to threaten a 200% tariff on European alcohol. Little to gainAs Trump read down the list of countries that would be targeted Wednesday, he repeatedly said he didnt blame them for the tariffs and non-tariff barriers they imposed to protect their own nations businesses. But were doing the same thing right now, he said.In the face of unrelenting economic warfare, the United States can no longer continue with a policy of unilateral economic surrender, Trump said.Speaking from a business forum in India, Chilean President Gabriel Boric warned that such measures, in addition to causing uncertainty, challenge the mutually agreed rules and the principles that govern international trade. Ultimately, Trump announced Chile would face the baseline reciprocal tariff of 10%. The U.S. is Chiles second most important trading partner after China.Analysts say theres little to be gained from an all-out trade war, neither in the United States or in other countries.Once again, Trump has put Europe at a crossroads, said Matteo Villa, senior analyst at Italys Institute for International Political Studies.If Trump really imposes high tariffs, Europe will have to respond, but the paradox is that the EU would be better off doing nothing, he added.Villa also noted that retaliation would certainly be a further blow to the United States, but it would hurt Europe even more, as the EU bloc depends more on exports to the U.S. than vice versa.On the other hand, Trump seems to understand only the language of force, and this indicates the need for a strong and immediate response, Villa said. Probably the hope, in Brussels, is that the response will be strong enough to induce Trump to negotiate and, soon, to backtrack.__AP journalists around the world contributed to this story.

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)2025-04-02T22:42:00Z WASHINGTON (AP) After weeks of anticipation and speculation, President Donald Trump followed through on his reciprocal tariff threats by declaring on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States.In announcing the reciprocal tariffs, Trump was fulfilling a key campaign promise by raising U.S. taxes on foreign goods to narrow the gap with the tariffs the White House says other countries unfairly impose on U.S. products.Reciprocal means they do it to us and we do it to them, the president said from the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday.Trumps higher rates would hit foreign entities that sell more goods to the United States than they buy. But economists dont share Trumps enthusiasm for tariffs since theyre a tax on importers that usually get passed on to consumers. Its possible, however, that the reciprocal tariffs could bring other countries to the table and get them to lower their own import taxes.The Associated Press asked for your questions about reciprocal tariffs. Here are a few of them, along with our answers: Do U.S.-collected tariffs go into the General Revenue Fund? Can Trump withdraw money from that fund without oversight?Tariffs are taxes on imports, collected when foreign goods cross the U.S. border by the Customs and Border Protection agency. The money about $80 billion last year goes to the U.S. Treasury to help pay the federal governments expenses. Congress has authority to say how the money will be spent. Trump largely supported by Republican lawmakers who control the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives wants to use increased tariff revenue to finance tax cuts that analysts say would disproportionately benefit the wealthy. Specifically, they want to extend tax cuts passed in Trumps first term and largely set to expire at the end of 2025. The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, has found that extending Trumps tax cuts would reduce federal revenue by $4.5 trillion from 2025 to 2034. Trump wants higher tariffs to help offset the lower tax collections. Another think tank, the Tax Policy Center, has said that extending the 2017 tax cuts would deliver continued tax relief to Americans at all income levels, but higher-income households would receive a larger benefit. How soon will prices rise as a result of the tariff policy? It depends on how businesses both in the United States and overseas respond, but consumers could see overall prices rising within a month or two of tariffs being imposed. For some products, such as produce from Mexico, prices could rise much more quickly after the tariffs take effect. Some U.S. retailers and other importers may eat part of the cost of the tariff, and overseas exporters may reduce their prices to offset the extra duties. But for many businesses, the tariffs Trump announced Wednesday such as 20% on imports from Europe will be too large to swallow on their own.Companies may also use the tariffs as an excuse to raise prices. When Trump slapped duties on washing machines in 2018, studies later showed that retailers raised prices on both washers and dryers, even though there were no new duties on dryers. A key question in the coming months is whether something similar will happen again. Economists worry that consumers, having just lived through the biggest inflationary spike in four decades, are more accustomed to rising prices than they were before the pandemic.Yet there are also signs that Americans, put off by the rise in the cost of living, are less willing to accept price increases and will simply cut back on their purchases. That could discourage businesses from raising prices by much. What is the limit of the executive branchs power to implement tariffs? Does Congress not play any role?The U.S. Constitution grants the power to set tariffs to Congress. But over the years, Congress has delegated those powers to the president through several different laws. Those laws specify the circumstances under which the White House can impose tariffs, which are typically limited to cases where imports threaten national security or are severely harming a specific industry. In the past, presidents generally imposed tariffs only after carrying out public hearings to determine if certain imports met those criteria. Trump followed those steps when imposing tariffs in his first term.In his second term, however, Trump has sought to use emergency powers set out in a 1977 law to impose tariffs in a more ad hoc fashion. Trump has said, for example, that fentanyl flowing in from Canada and Mexico constitute a national emergency and has used that pretext to impose 25% duties on goods from both countries.Congress can seek to cancel an emergency that a president declares, and Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, has proposed to do just that regarding Canada. That legislation could pass the Senate but would likely die in the House. Other bills in Congress that would also limit the presidents authority to set tariffs face tough odds for passage as well. What tariffs are other countries charging on US goods? U.S. tariffs are generally lower than those charged by other countries. The average U.S. tariff, weighted to reflect goods that are actually traded, is just 2.2% for the United States, versus the European Unions 2.7%, Chinas 3% and Indias 12%, according to the World Trade Organization. Other countries also tend to do more than the United States to protect their farmers with high tariffs. The U.S. trade-weighted tariff on farm goods, for example, is 4%, compared to the EUs 8.4%, Japans 12.6%, Chinas 13.1% and Indias 65%. (The WTO numbers dont count Trumps recent flurry of import taxes or tariffs between countries that have entered into their own free trade agreements, such as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement that allows many goods to cross North American borders duty free.) Previous U.S. administrations agreed to the tariffs that Trump now calls unjust. They were the result of a long negotiation between 1986 to 1994 the so-called Uruguay Round that ended in a trade pact signed by 123 countries and has formed the basis of the global trading system for nearly four decades. CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Rugaber has covered the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for the AP for 16 years. He is a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb award for business reporting. twitter mailto