November is when Haiti commemorates becoming the first independent Black republic in the world. And 120 years later, the country's development continues. Haitian-American actress and humanitarian Garcelle Beauvais and Alex Cantave, senior program officer for Haiti at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation spoke with Cheddar News about their partnership to help the country's Pockets of Hope campaign, which looks to generate $90 million for education, health, and economic development initiatives in Haiti over the next three years.
Tropical storm warnings in the Northeast, more extreme heat in the Southwest, and shellfish baked alive in the Northwest. The climate emergency is here. In less depressing news, space history will be made this weekend, Marvel's Black Widow looks at a huge open and our new Spelling Bee champ. Plus, the kitchen junk drawer...love or hate?
Jill and Carlo have the latest on a growing crisis in Haiti, the Delta strain now dominant in the U.S., and more. Plus, Carlo talks about his experience at the big NYC ticker-tape parade for essential workers and what we all owe them for upholding society.
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates will continue to work together as co-chairs of their foundation even after their planned divorce.
Egyptian authorities have announced the release of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year.
Carlo's back in the office, where Jill has been toiling for months. They're talking Tropical Storm Elsa as it prepares to make landfall in Florida, President Biden shifting the vaccine strategy, Subway reshuffles the deck, an update on the Britney Spears conservatorship, and why aren't we all working 4-day workweeks yet?
Ukraine's defense minister is under pressure from members of the government over the decision to have female military cadets wear mid-heeled pumps in a parade
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Elsa is strengthening and could became a hurricane before making landfall along Florida’s northern Gulf coast.
Jill and Carlo are back after a long weekend, talking about the tropical storm that's heading toward Florida and what it could mean to the recovery operations in Surfside. Plus, the new Covid variant to keep an eye on and Mark Zuckerberg's answer to Facebook's woes: more Mark Zuckerberg.
Americans enjoying newfound liberty are expected to travel and gather for cookouts, fireworks and family reunions over the Fourth of July weekend in numbers not seen since pre-pandemic days.
On the Tribeca Festival's 20th anniversary, it had the mission of adding a spark back to the city after the COVID-19 pandemic.
