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Jay-Z is breaking his silence on the now-dismissed sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in 2024. In an interview with GQ, the 56-year-old rapper reflected on the lawsuit, filed by a woman who accused Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs of drugging and raping her at a party hosted by Combs following the MTV Music Awards in 2000.Carter and Combs both denied the allegations and the case was dropped in February 2025 after the woman’s lawyers announced the voluntary dismissal did not include any reasons or explanation for the withdrawal. The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed…

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ControlMonkey, an Infrastructure Governance and Resilience Platform, today announced the expansion of its Cloud Configuration Disaster Recovery platform to include observability and monitoring platforms. Building on its recent expansion into network configuration recovery, the platform now protects observability configurations across leading providers, including Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, Grafana Cloud, and Splunk. ControlMonkey automatically captures daily snapshots of critical observability configurations, including dashboards, alert rules, monitors, escalation policies, and service monitoring definitions, enabling teams to restore monitoring environments and maintain operational visibility during incidents and outages. Observability platforms are often the first…

The jury in a landmark trial testing claims about social media addiction against Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube determined that the two companies failed to warn users about the risks of using their products. The jury found the companies’ negligence was a substantial factor in harms like the mental health issues sustained by a now 20-year-old woman Kaley G.M., who used Instagram and YouTube.The jury ordered both companies to pay a total of $3 million in compensatory damages, with Meta responsible for 70 percent of that balance, according to jurors’ responses shared by a firm representing plaintiffs including Kaley. Jurors…

SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cloudbeds, the intelligent unified platform powering hotel growth, today released data findings from its 2026 State of Independent Hotels Report, the fourth annual edition of the hospitality industry’s definitive benchmark for independent hotel performance. Compiled from 90 million bookings spanning tens of thousands of properties in 180 countries, the report delivers a detailed quantitative view of 2025 performance across global independent hotel markets. The central finding is one of accelerating divergence. Across key performance metrics, independent hotels lost ground relative to OTAs in 2025. Yet the data also surfaces regional bright spots…

TORONTO, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A growing majority of Canadians say networking no longer feels like relationship-building but a thinly veiled transaction, and new survey data shows just how pervasive that discomfort has become. According to a recent Express Employment Professionals–Harris Poll survey, 70% of Canadian hiring managers and 76% of job seekers say networking today feels more like a business transaction than a genuine personal connection. At the same time, 69% of job seekers and 64% of hiring managers say networking is primarily about identifying job opportunities, rather than building relationships, revealing a widening gap between what…

New York City, NY, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Introduction In today’s skincare landscape, the conversation is gradually shifting. For years, the focus has largely been on covering imperfections—using layers of foundation, concealers, and powders to mask wrinkles, fine lines, and sagging skin. While these solutions can provide temporary visual improvement, they often come with trade-offs: heaviness on the skin, time-consuming routines, and results that disappear as soon as the makeup is removed. As a result, many individuals are beginning to explore alternatives that focus less on concealment and more on improving the natural appearance of the skin itself. …

New York, New York, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Direxion, a leading provider of Single Stock Leveraged & Inverse ETFs, today announced the launch of four new ETFs offering 2X daily exposure to Adobe Inc. (ADBE), PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL), Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) and UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH). As trading activity increasingly centers on company-specific catalysts – from earnings and guidance to sector and macro developments – individual stocks are driving a growing share of short-term market moves. These ETFs are designed to provide targeted tools for expressing bullish views on four widely followed names across software, digital…

BOSTON, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — This spring, Hard Mountain Dew is stepping up to address a problem no one else has the nerve to tackle: the annual re-emergence of neglected feet as outdoor drinking season arrives. Introducing Hard Mountain Dew Man-i Pedi, a one-day-only nail salon takeover in Philadelphia to offer complimentary pedicures to lucky Hard Mountain Dew fans. Philly is one of the nation’s most walkable cities, which means Philly feet have been working just as hard as the people attached to them – and Hard Mountain Dew is here to help.   And Philly isn’t the only city getting some love. To ensure drinkers everywhere step into spring with confidence, Hard Mountain Dew is also launching a nationwide pedicure reimbursement program,…

LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pepper Lunch, the Japanese-born experiential fast-casual concept with more than 560 locations across 17 countries, today announced the grand opening of its newest restaurant in Frisco, Texas. Located at 9180 Warren Parkway, Suite #150 (Frisco Ranch on Preston Road and Warren Parkway) in the same shopping center as 99 Ranch Market, the restaurant will officially open its doors on March 28. Daily hours of operation will be Sunday – Thursday from 11am – 9pm and Friday and Saturday from 11am – 10pm. To celebrate the opening, the first 100 guests in line beginning at…

By Payton Zillich Global News Posted March 25, 2026 3:03 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size When you lose a loved one, your world can change within a matter of seconds. How a person responds to death is a totally unique experience that can come in many forms. “Some people are more emotional … some people more cerebral…. There’s no right or wrong way; it’s how it works,” explains Brenda Gibbs, owner of Living and Loss Grief Counselling.The “five stages of grief” are often listed as denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. But the…