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Danielle Weisberg (left) and Carly ZakinJake Rosenberg According to Carly Zakin, co-founder of theSkimm, when she and Danielle Weisberg started their company nearly 13 years ago, “we never could have imagined that we’d be here today.” For Zakin and Weisberg, “here” is selling theSkimm to Ziff Davis’ Everyday Health Group (EHG), an acquisition announced March 19. While the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, theSkimm had raised a total funding of about $29 million from investors including Shonda Rhimas, Tyra Banks, Goldman Sachs and Google Ventures, according to Variety. Speaking to me via email on March 20, Weisberg…

A Latina with flowersCorbis via Getty Images During Women’s History Month, Latinas’ contributions, accomplishments, and struggles are too often overlooked. Latinas In The U.S. Just over two-thirds of the Latina population is native-born, and their numbers are increasing. There are over 31 million Latinas in the U.S., according to the U.S. Census Bureau, an increase of nearly 90% from the 16.6 million in 2010. Among racial and ethnic groups, this growth constitutes the largest increase for females. According to the 2023 U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, Latinas comprise 49.4% of the total Hispanic population and 17% of all adult…

Mexico’s Senate voted to approve a series of joint military exercises. In the coming days, 155 U.S. Marines will head south to train Mexican Navy infantrymen. This week, Mexico’s Senate voted unanimously for the joint exercise, which calls for 53 Mexican troops to travel to California for training sessions. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, who is from the country’s ruling party, MORENA, pushed the move. Information by Mexico’s Naval Secretariat (SEMAR) revealed that the joint exercise is called Amphibian Phoenix 2025. In preparation for the exercises, Semar released a series of short videos showing their naval personnel boarding a ship and…

United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in the U.S. after meeting President Donald Trump, a White House official said on Friday. The new framework will “substantially increase the UAE’s existing investments in the U.S. economy” in AI infrastructure, semiconductors, energy, and American manufacturing, an official told Reuters in confirming the meeting and outcome. A full rundown of the financial commitments made by the oil-rich Gulf state has already been shared on social media after the Tuesday exchange in the White House: The Reuters report specified further elements of the breakthrough in trade and…

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group is praising Republicans in the Alabama Senate for reaching across the aisle and supporting a ban on Glock switches — which are already illegal at the federal level. On February 5, 2025, Breitbart News warned that Gov. Kay Ivey (R) had caved to the gun control lobby and intended to ban Glock switches in Alabama. The Associated Press noted that the Alabama Senate voted for the ban 24-2 on Tuesday, and that means the gun control now goes to Gov. Ivey’s desk. Giffords applauded the fact that Republicans crossed the aisle to make the gun…

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysDonald Trump’s fascination with and rhetoric about airplanes became an unexpected staple of his first term, which came to mind anew as the president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the new F-47 fighter jet during an Oval Office event. The New York Times reported:President Trump announced that Boeing has won the contract for the next-generation fighter, which he said would be called the F-47 — a number clearly chosen…

Supporters of Kiev are shifting their strategy toward air and sea patrols, according to the newspaper European nations supporting Ukraine in the conflict with Russia are shifting away from the idea of deploying troops to the country, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.The claim is based on public statements from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who this week hosted military planners from 31 countries, as well as insider accounts of the discussions on how European nations could approach the end of hostilities.Russia has insisted that it will not tolerate troops from NATO countries in Ukraine, regardless of how such a…

U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking with attendees at the 2021 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr) Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is demanding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pull approval of the dodgy coronavirus vaccines. The conservative firebrand pointed out in a post on the X platform that the vaccines are causing “permanent harm and deaths.” She wrote: FDA approval for COVID-19 vaccines needs to be pulled and they need taken off the childhood vaccine schedule ASAP. COVID-19 vaccines are causing permanent harm and deaths. I’ve been saying this ever since they were…

US’ Sunisa Lee competes in the floor exercise event of the artistic gymnastics women’s all around … More final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 1, 2024. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images Olympic Champion Suni Lee hinted at retirement on Thursday. The six-time Olympic medalist took to X to react after learning of breaking news out of Antalya, Turkey. China’s Yang Fanyuwei became the first gymnast to successfully land one of the most challenging skills in gymnastics: a full-twisting Jaeger on…

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 20, 2025 to start dismantling the … MoreAFP via Getty Images The federal student loan system is in crisis, and advocates for borrowers are warning that the situation will likely get even worse for those in repayment and for borrowers pursuing student loan forgiveness, following President Donald Trump’s executive order on Thursday calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be eliminated. The order also suggested that the federal student loan system should be privatized. Millions of borrowers, particularly those in income-driven repayment plans or who are pursuing student loan forgiveness,…