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The 3-year-old tech company utilizes a patented matching process that requires interested singles to video chat before texting. But its exclusive iOS app isn’t just for any and everybody—it’s specifically for singles seeking to connect with professional Black women (initially in the Washington, DC area, with plans for eventual expansion to other cities), and there’s a membership process to even join the platform. “We want to be that space where if Barack and Michelle were online dating, they would have met on CarpeDM,” Shelley told Lifewire in a phone interview....

Based on the first season of Slate’s Slow Burn podcast, Gaslit explores several untold stories from inside Nixon’s White House during the Watergate scandal and, in particular, stories told from the perspective of Martha Mitchell, the wife of Nixon’s attorney general John Mitchell. Oscar-winning duo Julia Roberts and Sean Penn have joined forces to bring one of the most infamous political scandals to life but who do they play and who else is in the cast?...

The NHL’s newest franchise hits the ice for its inaugural season’s opener on Tuesday night against the Golden Knights. Tons of questions abound for this club based out of the Pacific Northwest, none bigger than, “How will they do?” Will they be like the expansion teams of old who struggle night in and night out? Or will they take after their first opponent, Vegas, and make a deep Stanley Cup run?...

Alida, 31, and her son Bogdan show off Kira’s amazing domestic life in Ufa, Russia, on her own Instagram page “She’s A Wolf,” where she has 63,000 followers. As well as humans, Kira also shares the home peacefully with the family cat Splyushka. Alida says Kira’s mom was a grey wolf and her dad was a hybrid of a Canadian wolf and an Alaskan malamute. Alida, who runs a pastry shop, told Zenger News that Kira is now 2 years old, but is still very young and expected to be ready to start a family next spring....

The winning numbers were 2, 24, 25, 31 and 65 with the Mega Ball 18 and the Megaplier 4x, according to the Mega Millions website. Nobody purchased a ticket that successfully matched all white numbers and the gold Mega Ball, meaning that the jackpot will be even higher for the next drawing on Tuesday. However, one lucky ticket did match five numbers for the second biggest prize of $1 million....

The “Hot Girl Summer” rapper—whose real name is Megan Pete—testified against Tory Lanez in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The Canadian hip-hop star is accused of shooting her in the foot in July 2020. Lanez—real name Daystar Peterson—was charged in October 2020 with one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle. He pleaded not guilty to both charges in November 2020....

The book contains interviews with their friends and promises “unknown details of Harry and Meghan’s life together.” The book was already known to be in the pipeline and an early working title surfaced last week. However, this is the first time the final title and cover art have been disclosed for Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan, and the Making of a Modern Royal Family. The biography was rumoured to have been put together with the co-operation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex....

Monaco overtake Barca as Europe’s top scorers Often compared to Thierry Henry, the striker scored his side’s second goal at the Etihad Stadium when he latched onto a long ball forwards and fired into the top corner of Willy Caballero’s net. It meant that he has scored in Europe’s top competition at a younger age than the Arsenal legend, who also started his career at Monaco, but did not score at the elite level until he was 20, when he registered on his debut against Bayer Leverkusen....

MCA vice-president Ashish Selhar announced the news during the press meet. “The managing committee of MCA has decided to lift the ban it imposed three years ago on Shah Rukh Khan from entering the Wankhede Stadium,” Selhar said. “On the proposal of MCA president Sharad Pawar and me, the managing committee has decided to lift the ban. The ban was imposed on him for many years, so today we thought it would not look good to bar somebody like this....

McAdoo led the Giants to the playoffs in 2016, but was fired in December with New York 2-10, they went on to end the campaign 3-13. Former Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur was hired as his replacement and McAdoo expects the Giants to succeed, expressing scepticism over Super Bowl champions the Philadelphia Eagles’ ability to maintain their form of last season. Speaking to the New York Post, McAdoo said of the Giants: “I think they’ve made a lot of the moves I wanted to make....

McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, admitted on Friday that the Senate may not flip to Republican control as the party deals with increased Democratic turnout due to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, candidates perceived as polarizing to moderate or independent voters, lagging fundraising numbers, and a slew of disappointing polls in key swing states. Polls indicate Democrats may be poised to expand their majority—despite initial expectations they would be plagued by President Joe Biden’s struggling poll numbers....

Speaking at an event in Kentucky, McConnell said both parties have been tempted to do away with the chamber’s 60-vote threshold while they hold the majority. “That’s what we had on full display this past week,” McConnell said. “Fortunately—even though many, many Democrats who, when the previous president was in office, were anxious to defend the filibuster all of a sudden lost their zeal for it and flipped their position— we had a pretty narrow victory....

Bust was more like it for the Buffalo Bills running back on Monday night, when McCoy totaled 13 yards on 12 carries in continuing what’s been a season-long struggle for the 10th year player. “I’ve had bad games, but this? The flow of the season and everything is bad,” McCoy said following a 25-6 loss to the New England Patriots. “I’m 30 years old. I’ve been playing since high school....

Anthony Heredia, 19, was arrested moments after the girl was shot in the 2500 block of S. Kolin Avenue, near the parking lot of a McDonald’s, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood about 3 p.m. on Friday, Chicago Police said. Tierra Franklin, a student at Curie High School, has been identified as the victim. Heredia is charged with first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance....

The viral TikTok showcasing the moment, captioned, “The customer service is unmatched, someone promote this man #fyp,” has been viewed 1 million times and liked 217,800 times since it was shared on March 25. According to Statista, as of 2020, the worldwide revenue for McDonald’s totaled $19.21 billion. As of that same year, there were 39,198 McDonald’s restaurants in total in the world. The website also reported that in a 2020 survey of customers in the United States, 60 percent of respondents did additional business with companies because of good customer service....

Reddit user u/lostcrafts posted a photo of the burger in the 19.5 million-strong r/mildlyinteresting group. The February 23 upload was titled “Asked for extra pickles and got 25.” The photo has attracted more than 43,000 upvotes and nearly 2,000 comments since it was posted. Many Reddit commenters shared their own experiences of working in fast-food restaurants in their attempts to explain how the generous number of pickles ended up between the buns....

The national selectors have named a squad of 15 that sees the recall of Parnell and McLaren in the places of the retired Jacques Kallis and leg-spinner Imran Tahir. Coincidentally, both all-rounders made their debut in the same Test match against England at the Wanderers Stadium in 2010, a match that South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs. Parnell went on to play in South Africa’s next two Test matches in India and both players have been involved in several of South Africa’s Test squads abroad....

According to Sports Director Sam Michael, McLaren is slowly inching its way to the front of the field in 2013. He said that the still uncompetitive MP4-28 showed signs of improvement at Monaco, and will have some more minor improvements on board this weekend in Canada. “We’re developing the car, the car is getting better,” Michael said during a Vodafone media phone-in, “though not as fast as we would hope....

The report investigated the way Baylor handled sexual assaults on campus, including incidents involving Baylor football players. MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes The report found Baylor inadequately handled reports of sexual assaults, and now McLennan County, where Baylor is located, wants those findings. According to ESPN, the district attorney wants to see if there is evidence of other crimes committed by student-athletes, along with criminal activities committed by Baylor coaches, faculty or staff that could be in relation to the sexual assaults....

Two first-half goals from Herve Renard’s men were enough to subdue the Europeans in their first preparatory game ahead of the Fifa World Cup in Russia. Hakim Ziyech’s penalty in the 29th minute opened the scoring for the north African nation before Dusan Tadic’s restored parity for the Eagles eight minutes later. With five minutes remaining before half-time, Ziyech assisted Yeni Malatyaspor forward Khalid Boutaib for the Atlas Lions’ match-winning goal....