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Photo: Pete Souza/White HousePhotos of President Obama playing with children flooded Twitter feeds over the weekend in honor of Black History month.The hashtag #ObamaAndKids started trending after activist and entrepreneur Michael Skolnik asked Obama fans to share feel-good pics that illustrate how America’s first black president has inspired young children.Skolnik wrotea postSunday night explaining why he created #ObamaAndKids.“We’ll probably never truly be able to measure the impact that PresidentBarack Obamahas had on our children....

Photo: FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty The death of OlympianTori Bowiefrom complications related to childbirthhas spotlighted a troubling reality: Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate out of any demographic in the United States, and are three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than White women. The track star was about eight months pregnant and was in labor at the time of her death, with a “well-developed fetus....

Photo: Getty Images Canadian police are investigating the theft of “high-value” items worth an estimated $15 million from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. On Thursday, Peel Regional Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn told reporters that a container carrying the items arrived on a plane Monday and was then “unloaded” and taken to a holding facility at the airport, which is standard procedure, per Canada’sCBC News. “What I can say is that the container contained a high-value shipment, it did contain gold but was not exclusive to gold and contained other items of monetary value,” said Duivesteyn at the press conference, per the outlet....

Travis Barker gives Blink-182 fan his drumsticks.Photo:Travis Barker/Instagram Travis Barker/Instagram Travis Barkerjust made a fan cry — in a good way! TheBlink-182drummer, 47, posted a clip to Instagram, showing him surprise a pop-punk fan with the ultimate treat: A pair of Barker’s own drumsticks from tour. “1st day of tour 🥁🥳,” Barker captioned the video. At the end of the video, the fan can be seen crying tears of joy into another guy’s arms....

Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty Travis Kelceis poking fun at the naysayers who didn’t believe in the Kansas City Chiefs this year. When the younger Kelce sibling — whose brother Jason, 35, plays for the Philadelphia Eagles — got up on the champions' platform after his team won Super Bowl 2023, he had a message for the haters. “I got a great team. We had an unbelievable run and man, it feels good!...

Taylor Swift made Grammy historySunday night, andTravis Kelceis singing her praises!On Monday night, the Kansas City Chiefs star, 34, shared his pride about his superstar girlfriend’s latest musical feat.“She’s unbelievable. She’s re-writing the history books herself,” the pro athlete said about her fourth Album of the Year win. “I told her I’ll have to hold up my end of the bargain and come home with hardware, too.“Just one day before the Super Bowl’s annual media event on Monday night, the “Blank Space” hitmaker, 34, wonher fourth Album of the Yearaward at the2024 Grammys....

Ellie and Treat Williams.Photo:Ellie Williams/instagram Ellie Williams/instagram Treat Williams' daughterEllieis memorializing her father one month after he died in amotorcycle crashin Vermont. The 24-year-old shared her thoughts in an emotionalInstagrampost on Wednesday. “I have been home with my family in Vermont for a month now, but it feels like just yesterday that I frantically got on a plane home after I got that phone call,” Ellie captioned the carousel of photos of her and theEverwoodalum....

Chris and Shanann Watts.Photo: Shanann Watts /Facebook For friends oftriple-homicide suspect Chris Watts, the events of the past month have been shocking and confusing, contradicting their impression of the man they thought they knew. “It’s beyond belief, really,” says Kris Landon, who has known the Watts family for about four years. “I never saw this coming.” “His entire persona was as a family man, talking about his wife and his girls,” says Landon....

Tristan Thompsoncan’t get over how much his kids are growing. On Tuesday, the Sacramento Kings player, 30, sharedadorable photosof his 4-year-old son Prince, whom he shares with ex-girlfriend Jordan Craig, and his 3-year-old daughter True, whom he shares withKhloé Kardashian, hanging out together. “Let me love you a little more, before you are not so little anymore#MyEverything❤️❤️,” Thompson captioned the sweet Instagram post. Tristan Thompson Instagram Kardashian, 37, commented on the photo, writing, “They are so beautiful and sweet!...

True Thompsonis growing up! The 1-year-old recently took some of her very first steps – and momKhloé Kardashianwas there to capture it all on camera. TheKeeping Up With the Kardashiansstar, 34, shared two videos of her 1-year-old daughter slowly but surely walking on her own Sunday to her Instagram story. In the first clip, True, wearing a white nightgown, makes her way from a ball pit to Kardashian’s waiting arms....

Photo: Khloe Kardashian/InstagramTrue Thompsonis always ready for a glam session.On Wednesday,Khloé Kardashian, 37, shared an adorable series of photos of her daughter True, 3, during a visit to auntKylie Jenner’s makeup company, Kylie Cosmetics.In the photos, True poses in front of the Kylie Cosmetics lip logo while wearing a cream, long-sleeve dress and a pair of black combat boots.“Welcome to@kyliecosmetics💋,” Kardashian captioned the post, on which Jenner commented with a heart-eye emoji....

Speaker of the HouseNancy Pelosion Thursday said PresidentDonald Trump“leaves us no choice” except to move forward with impeaching him after he lobbied Ukraine to investigate former Vice PresidentJoe Bidenand Biden’s family. “The president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections,” Pelosisaid Thursday morningfrom the Capitol in Washington, D.C., according toThe New York Times. “His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States....

Photo: REX/Shutterstock President Donald Trump‘s administration on Tuesday met with 11 activists in Europe as a part of a worldwide effort aimed at persuading countries to decriminalize being gay — a move met with almost immediate skepticism from LGBTQ activists in the U.S., given Trump’s previous policies. “It is concerning that, in the 21st century, some 70 countries continue to have laws that criminalize LGBTI status or conduct,” an anonymous U....