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Kate Martin is SO L.A. 🤩 Martin has signed to the Sparks' player development pool 🏀(via @LAsparks)

Chicago Sky had three players finish with 19+ in their season-opener 👏 This is just the third time in Sky history that multiple players have gone for 20+ points and 10+ rebounds in the same game‼️

Congrats, @Reese10Angel!

NEW: Don Lemon is expanding Lemon Media Network, his independent media co, which he says has surpassed 10 million followers across all social platforms… • McKinsey alum Douglas Robins is joining as Director of Operations. • Spectrum News alum Daniel Grimes is joining as first dedicated Washington, D.C. Correspondent. • DLN is launching daily newsletter ahead of 2026 midterms…

THE WNBA’S 30TH SEASON BEGINS TONIGHT 🔥🏀

Opening Day WNBA Gamecocks! Laeticia Amihere 🐔 Aliyah Boston 🐔 Kamilla Cardoso 🐔 Zia Cooke 🐔 Sania Feagin 🐔 Allisha Gray 🐔 Ty Harris 🐔 Raven Johnson 🐔 Ta’Niya Latson 🐔 Madina Okot 🐔 Te-Hina Paopao 🐔 A’ja Wilson 🐔 The Dream Merchant’s kids.

Sen. Charlane Oliver and a Senate Sergeant at Arms tug over her banner that says “No Jim Crow 2 Stop the Steal.”

The NAACP has filed a lawsuit to block Tennessee's attempt to remove the only majority-Black congressional district in the state naacp.org/articles/naacp…

A NYC student Olivia Connie-Perkins, has become the first person at her school to get accepted into an Ivy League college. A viral video showed her classmates cheering and celebrating after the school announced she got into Brown University. [🎥: successacademy/ig ]

BREAKING 🚨 The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill that would allow a new special primary to take place if the Supreme Court allows the state to reuse its previous redistricting plan from 2023. cbs42.com/alabama-news/a…

The WNBA didn’t just change women’s basketball — it changed us | Opinion usatoday.com/story/sports/c…

MEMPHIS SENATOR @SenAkbari: “This is an act of hate. You cannot call it anything but racism. You cannot sugarcoat this.” Tennessee Republicans are diluting Black representation with white power, stripping their seat in Congress. #JimCrow @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

Democrat Chedrick Greene won a special election in Michigan, securing the party’s control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s term. apnews.com/article/michig…

“He stood up strong in this healthcare fight, on the ICE funding fight and then not just taking the gerrymandering lying down, but actually fighting back,” CPC Chair Chair Greg Casar said. “If we win the majority, I expect that he’ll be speaker.” punchbowl.news/article/house/…

After top Trump administration officials spent all Tuesday trying to explain “Project Freedom” — the U.S. effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to civilian shipping — President Donald Trump announced he was suspending the mission. Read the latest: punchbowl.news/article/white-…

1 of 1. Thank you for an incredible journey, Tina Charles 🧡

Tina Charles, the WNBA's career leader in rebounds and field goals over her 14 seasons, announced her retirement from basketball on social media. More: spr.ly/6010BBji8m

Our fashion idol Rihanna gave us the inspiration behind her look, but she couldn’t help but fangirl over her man, A$AP Rocky. We love us love Robyn and Rakim!

@dawnstaley Happy Birthday 🎂 Coach

Sending lots of light and love to everyone who took time of your day to wish me a happy birthday. I’m blessed because of all of you! Another trip around the sun which is never promised but always a blessing. Thankful! Grateful! Filled with love. God is the greatest!

After years of worsening pain, irregular periods and soaring hormone levels, doctors discovered it wasn’t her reproductive organs driving her illness. wapo.st/4dksws0