“I love who I am,” Lil Nas X says, and that’s not going to change despite backlash over his “sexual” performance of “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” at the BET Awards. 

From the Andrea Grossi ballgown he wore on the red carpet to his Ancient Egypt performance that concluded with the pharaoh-attired singer locking lips with a male background dancer, the 22-year-old Grammy winner did nothing but turn heads Sunday. 

The crowd roared loudly in approval with audience members jumping out of their seats in praise, but not everyone was receptive of Lil Nas X’s public display of affection. Some users on Twitter argued it was inappropriate.

Lil Nas X (real name: Montero Lamar Hill) took to Twitter Monday

An April letter sent from the president of the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association said that damage to the doomed building’s basement garage had “gotten significantly worse” since an inspection about two and a half years earlier and that deterioration of the building’s concrete was “accelerating.”

The letter also suggested that millions of dollars in needed repairs had been a subject of frustration among residents. The letter offers a glimpse into the events leading up to the building’s deadly collapse last week in Surfside, Florida, that has left 11 people dead and over 150 missing.

“We have discussed, debated, and argued for years now, and will continue to do so for years

Newly formed Tropical Storm Danny made landfall late Monday near the Georgia-South Carolina border, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The tropical storm is forecast to move inland from its landfall location of Hilton Head, across southern South Carolina and eastern Georgia Monday night and early Tuesday, the center said. Danny is expected, however, to weaken into a tropical depression later Monday and dissipate by late Tuesday. 

Tropical storm warnings were issued for portions of the South Carolina coast as the storm approached.

Heavy rainfall and strong gusty winds with dangerous rip currents are forecast for southeast Georgia. Some showers were forecast to arrive throughout the day Monday ahead of the storm’s center.

“Gusty winds are

The NCAA Division I Council on Monday recommended that the association temporarily “suspend amateurism rules” related to athletes’ ability to make money from their name, image and likeness, the association announced.

The Council is the division’s day-to-day policy-making group, primarily comprising athletic administrators. Its recommendation now goes to the Division I Board of Directors, a panel comprising mainly college presidents that is the division’s top rules-making committee. The board is scheduled to meet Wednesday and it seems likely it will approve the recommendation.

Monday’s action came with 10 states having passed laws or seen governors issue executive orders that will allow athletes to make money from their name, image and likeness (NIL),

On Sunday, Portland hit 112 degrees, and Seattle reached 104. A rare heat dome was to blame.There is no timetable for how long a heat dome can last.Heat domes have occurred more frequently as global temperatures have increased over the years.

Much of the Pacific Northwest is currently experiencing some of the highest temperatures in the region’s history.

Portland reached 112 degrees on Sunday, the city’s highest temperature since the National Weather Service started keeping records in 1940. And Seattle hit a record high of 104 degrees the same evening, according to the National Weather Service.

It got so hot on Sunday that the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon had to be postponed

Jamie Lynn Spears is breaking her silence about her sister’s conservatorship and showing her support publicly. 

Days after Britney Spears addressed a Los Angeles court in the ongoing battle over her conservatorship, her younger sister, 30, took to Instagram to stand by her sister and defend their relationship. 

“I just want to take a second to address a few things,” Jamie Lynn said in a lengthy video posted Monday. “The only reason I hadn’t before is because I felt like until my sister was able to speak for herself and say what she felt she needed to say publicly that it wasn’t my place and it wasn’t the right thing to do. But now that she’s

The death of Guillen was the catalyst for members of Congress to attempt to pass military reforms.The legislative push was followed by several investigations into Fort Hood’s command climate.

In a swift effort to take the power of prosecution for sexual crimes against military members away from their direct chain of command, several U.S. House members have teamed up with dozens of senators in hopes of quickly passing new legislation named in honor of slain Fort Hood Spc. Vanessa Guillen.

The Vanessa Guillen Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act — a bipartisan bill sponsored by Reps Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Michael Turner, R-Ohio — is now the House companion to the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention

Kim Kardashian may not be an Olympic athlete, but she is going to be a part of Team USA for the Tokyo Games.

Kardashian announced Monday in Instagram and Twitter posts that her clothing brand SKIMS is designing the official undergarments, loungewear and pajamas for Team USA athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The brand, which launched in September 2019, sells bras, underwear, shapewear and various loungewear items including sweatpants, leggings and t-shirts.

Kardashian said in her posts that being around Caitlyn Jenner’s track and field meets growing up gave her a lifelong appreciation for the Olympics and what the Games mean to athletes.

“When I received the call inviting Skims to be a part of