By Shirin Ali, CNN The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced a $1 million partnership with Black Girls Code (BGC) to help educate and support girls interested in technology. ESA, a trade association for the video game industry, announced it is working through
By Lisa Respers France, CNN All hail Queen Bey! Beyoncé went into the Grammys Sunday with nine nominations, the most of any artist for the night. And oh what a night it was for her. By the time it ended, she had
Opinion by Marianne Schnall On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. One year later, the world is still struggling with the myriad ways it has impacted our lives and created hardship for so many — especially women
By Christina Maxouris, CNN There’s good reason to be optimistic about where the US could be by summer as Covid-19 vaccinations accelerate. But right now, there are several threats looming. And the country is at a crossroads. “On the one hand we
By Homero De la Fuente and Travis Caldwell, CNN Former undisputed middleweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler died on Saturday at the age of 66, according to his wife Kay G. Hagler. “I am sorry to make a very sad announcement,” his wife
By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business In March 2020, companies across the US abruptly shuttered their offices and instructed employees to work from home indefinitely as a result of the pandemic. At first, many thought the shutdowns would last a couple months. But
By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business The Weeknd is officially boycotting the Grammys, the singer told The New York Times. The pop star said he will no longer submit songs for the music industry’s most prestigious annual awards show after it declined to
By Christina Maxouris, Ray Sanchez, Steve Almasy and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Exactly one year after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic and about three months since the first Americans outside of clinical trials got shots, one in 10
By Dan Merica, CNN The Democratic National Committee, in cooperation with the Biden White House, will kick off a sweeping effort to sell the newly signed Covid-19 relief package to a politically divided American people on Friday, releasing a new national ad
By Veronica Stracqualursi, Ryan Nobles and Manu Raju, CNN Stacey Plaskett, a Black Democratic delegate, on Wednesday forcefully rebuked her White Republican colleague in the House of Representatives for accusing the Black Lives Matter movement of being a “group that doesn’t like
