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The “Queen of Tejano” Selena Quintanilla-Pérez‘s family is relieved that Yolanda Saldívar, the woman who was charged with murdering her in 1995, was denied parole.

Soon after the decision on March 27, Selena’s family released a statement via the late singer’s Instagram account. 

Here’s what Selena’s family said in a statement

“Today, we are grateful that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has chosen to deny parole for Yolanda Saldívar,” the message read. “While nothing can bring Selena back, this decision reaffirms that justice continues to stand for the beautiful life that was taken from us and from millions of fans around the world far too soon.”

The family also shared their life goal is to always keep Selena’s memory alive.

“Selena’s legacy is one of love, music, and inspiration. She lived with joy, gave selflessly, and continues to uplift generations with her voice and her spirit,” their statement continued. “As her family and loved ones, we remain committed to preserving her memory and ensuring that her story is honored with the dignity and respect it deserves.”

The statement concluded with an appreciation for the fans: “We thank Selena’s fans for their unwavering support throughout the years. Your love has been a source of strength and healing. We will continue to celebrate Selena’s life — not the tragedy that took her from us — and we ask that all who cherish her do the same.”

Why did Selena and her family fire Yolanda Saldívar?

According to People, Saldívar fatally shot Selena at a Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 31, 1995. At the time, Saldívar managed her clothing stores, Selena Etc., and served as both the founder and president of her official fan club. Just prior to the shooting, Selena and her family had dismissed Saldívar from these roles after accusing her of forging checks and embezzling over $30,000 from the businesses and fan club.

Former Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez, who led the prosecution in the widely publicized case, warned that releasing Saldívar would be “a serious mistake,” according to KHOU.

“Lord knows what will happen if she is released,” Valdez said. “Based on what I’ve seen so far, I think it would be a serious mistake to grant her parole. I believe, I really believe, that the safest for Yolanda would probably be where she is.”

Saldívar has always maintained that fatally shooting Selena was a mistake.

Did the CIA use psychics to locate the Ark of the Covenant, one of the world’s holiest objects, lost for thousands of years? The claim made in declassified documents has resurfaced recently, drawing attention online.

The Daily Mail recently reported on a CIA program to use people who claimed psychic abilities to locate the Ark of the Covenant, the chest described in the book of Exodus of the Old Testament of the Bible that contained the Ten Commandments God gave to Moses.

Finding the biblical ark containing the Ten Commandments

As detailed in the biblical account, the holy object was once housed within the temple that King Solomon built during his reign over the ancient kingdom of Israel, with only the high priest allowed to view the ark once per year during the Day of Atonement. The ark has been lost for thousands of years, with the circumstances of its disappearance or eventual fate uncertain. There have been numerous legends and speculations about its location, ranging from it being hidden in Ethiopia or somewhere in the Middle East to the fictional account that placed the object in a government warehouse after being recovered by Indiana Jones in the Raiders of the Lost Ark film.

A psychic claimed to find the ark through visions

According to CIA documents initially declassified in 2000, the agency employed purported psychics during the 1980s to conduct “remote viewings,” the use of extrasensory perception to find distant or hidden targets, The Daily Beast reported. One of these psychics claimed to have seen visions of the ark “somewhere in the Middle East” in the vicinity of Arabic-speaking individuals. According to this psychic viewer, the ark was hidden in an “underground, dark and wet” location, guarded by mysterious “entities,” with drawings of people and other creatures accompanying the report in the CIA files. Project Sun Streak, the program that used these psychics, was discontinued in 1995.

The fact that this information is decades old did not stop it from becoming a trending topic on social media on Thursday. Some people naturally referenced Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Some saw the trending story about the ark as a distraction from current scandals, such as Trump officials’ accidental leak of secret military plans.

Everyone: “that Signal chat seems to be a pretty big screw up by someone in the administration.”Administration: “well uh… ya know… ummm… HEY EVERYONE! THE CIA FOUND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT! WOW, WOULD YA LOOK AT THAT!”— 🪨🇺🇸🦅 (@BravesAndStuff) March 26, 2025

Even though the CIA did not recover the Ark of the Covenant based on these psychic reports, the story that the top U.S. spy agency used such unusual means fuels speculation and interest online. As the Trump administration continues to release previously secret information, from sharing files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to transmitting attack plans to journalists accidentally, such speculation will continue about what other secrets the government holds.

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Bishop T.D. Jakes opened up about his health scare that happened in front of his congregation in the fall of 2024.

In a recent appearance on the Today, the pastor was candid about what caused his medical emergency in November 2024 while preaching on stage. He told journalist Craig Melvin that he was unaware of what was happening to him in real-time. He later found that what he experienced was a heart attack.

“I didn’t really realize what was happening to me onstage until I got to the hospital in an ambulance and fussing that it happened onstage, by the way, because I didn’t want it to happen, and the doctor leaned over my ear and said, ‘You had a massive heart attack,’” Jakes told Melvin according to the news outlet.

The preacher went on to share that he ultimately wasn’t aware of what happened because he didn’t feel any physical indicators.

“The reason I didn’t realize it was because I had none of the symptoms that they say,” Jakes explained. “No numbness, no sharp pain, no anything. I just kind of drifted off to sleep. I didn’t know what it was, but I almost died.”

“(The doctor) said five minutes later, I’d have been dead on arrival,” he added. “The right side of my heart had completely stopped getting blood at all.”

Additionally, the 67-year-old described what he recalled at the moment. 

‘I was on my way out’

“As long as I was up preaching, I felt fine,” he said. “But when I sat down, the adrenaline dropped, and it exposed the fact that I was preaching with half of my heart closed through a clot. And they had to go get it.” 

Despite the pastor’s not being a fan of rewatching the live stream video of the alarming occurrence, he briefly discussed what he could recall at that moment. 

“It’s hard for me to look at that video,” he mentioned. “They had to claw the microphone out of my hand. But in my mind, I was in a quiet, peaceful, serene, white-enveloped, cloud-enveloped space.

“I was on my way out,” he remarked to elaborate. “Afterwards in retrospect, it was such a privilege to stand on the other side, to get a little glimpse of what it might be like, or at least what it was like in that moment for me. I think it was absolutely amazing.”

T.D. Jakes suffered a near-fatal heart attack.

As Blavity reported, after about an hour of delivering a sermon during a typical Sunday service at his nondenominational church, The Potter’s House in Dallas, TX, members and visitors were alarmed as they witnessed Jakes encounter a threat to his health shortly after he prayed the biblical scripture of Psalms 19:14, per Christian Post.

The same day, a spokesperson for the religious organization released a statement on its social media channels to update and soothe the public’s worries.

“During today’s service, Bishop T.D. Jakes experienced a slight health incident and received immediate medical attention following his powerful hour-long message. Bishop Jakes is stable and under the care of medical professionals,” the statement read. “The entire Potter’s House family is grateful for the outpouring of love, prayers, and support from the community. Thank you for your understanding and continued prayers.”

On Dec. 1, just one week after he underwent emergency surgery, Jakes uploaded a self-recorded video to his Instagram that was played for his churchgoers during service. The caption read: “I’m incredibly grateful to have shared an update with you earlier this week, and today brought another special moment. Please take a moment to check out my brief message—I eagerly anticipate the day when we can worship together in person once again. #TPHOnline.”   

Jakes preached again for the first time since his heart attack at the annual New Year’s Eve service The Potter’s House hosts.

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Social media was set ablaze after a series of videos of Bishop Marvin Sapp started to circulate online. According to The Shade Room, the clips are of a sermon Sapp gave in which he asked his congregation to help him reach a $40,000 goal.

In one clip, Sapp repeatedly instructed the church ushers to close the doors to keep the congregation from going anywhere.

Sapp told churchgoers to open their wallets

“We all gon’ leave together,” he said. “Y’all ain’t going no place but to the restaurant.”

As the congregation laughed, Sapp explained that if the 1,000 people in the pews and the 1,000 people watching the service online gave $20, which he described as a “small seed,” it would total $40,000.

“I’m challenging each of you all down here to give a $20 seed,” he said in the clip.

He joked that $20 was a lot of money back when his late wife, MaLinda P. Sapp, was alive, and that amount would usually cover their movie date with popcorn and a drink.

He told fellow clergy members to cough up more

The bishop told fellow clergy members to cough up more while churchgoers were busy rummaging their wallets for cash to meet Sapp’s request that 1,000 people get up and donate $20.

“It costs to sit up here,” he said after instructing them to give $100.

The congregation and clergy appeared to oblige. The clip showed churchgoers going to the stage and giving their offerings. As they filled the church baskets, Sapp hushed the crowd repeatedly, saying, “Giving is worship.”

“This ain’t a time to talk,” Sapp said, as he kept encouraging those in person and viewers online to give, calling their contributions “a easy miracle.”

Many viewers had much to say about Sapp’s fundraising sermon clips. Most found it inappropriate and indicative of some questionable church activities.

“Never would’ve gave ittttt 😩,” one user commented on The Shade Room’s Instagram post, a play on Sapp’s “Never Would Have Made It” single from his seventh studio album, Thirsty.

“The pressure is what’s wrong. If ppl want to give, it should be their choice. He up there sounding like it’s an auction not a house of God,” another shared.

“Yall are slow and it shows. Yall quick to go to the liquor store and buy a 5th of Don or go out to eat with $20 but mad bc he challenged them to sow $20 in tithes????? Yall be big money on the internet til yall in church huh…” someone else wrote.

Others on X, formerly Twitter, had much to say about Sapp.

“Marvin Sapp is clearly HUSTLING his congregation for 40k— and using God’s name to do it. he’s calling for the doors to be locked? that’s not faith, that’s a shakedown and a false prophet. someone had a bill to pay, and it wasn’t to the church,” one tweeted alongside a clip.

Marvin Sapp is clearly HUSTLING his congregation for 40k— and using God’s name to do it.he’s calling for the doors to be locked? that’s not faith, that’s a shakedown and a false prophet. someone had a bill to pay, and it wasn’t to the church. https://t.co/MtBRENSb0t pic.twitter.com/SqLtOwRrSW— Boochie is the Name (@stoppfeenin) March 26, 2025

Another captioned a GIF of someone closing a laptop when Sapp called out online viewers to donate.

Not everyone thought Sapp’s intentions were questionable; some social media users defended him.“It’s $20 chill,” one wrote on Instagram.

Another commented, “Can yall plz explain if he was hustling his ppl why tf did he pull 20$ out of his own pocket to give back to his self ?”

“Yall complain to much about tithing. Give to Gods house and stop worrying about where it’s going. That’s why most of you have money troubles now,” someone else shared.

“Those of us who grew up in the church: What he do wrong? This is business as usual. Nothing to see here.🤷🏽‍♀️🥲🤣” a fourth user added.

Dozens of Kohl’s locations across the U.S. are preparing to close for good on Saturday. The closures include several locations in California and stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

Why is Kohl’s closing multiple stores?

As it prepares to close several stores this weekend, Kohl’s has announced that many of its locations are underperforming. According to USA Today, the company revealed its plans earlier this year, saying 27 underperforming stores will be closed by April. 

“While Kohl’s continues to believe in the health and strength of its profitable store base, these specific locations were underperforming stores,” the company said in a January 2025 press release, per USA Today.

Kohls also said all employees have been informed about the closures and they are “offered a competitive severance package or the ability to apply to other open roles at Kohl’s.” 

USA Today reported that Kohl’s stores experienced a significant struggle in the final quarter of 2024, with sales declining by 9.4%.

What are some other changes coming to Kohl’s amid the closures?

Kohl’s has announced that it’s cutting 10% of its corporate workforce and also terminating Amazon returns in some stores, USA Today reported. In May, the company plans to close its e-commerce fulfillment site located in San Bernardino, California, which has been operating since 2010. The company will still operate 1,120 stores after the upcoming closures.

Full list of Kohl’s stores closing on Saturday

Here’s the list, per Newsweek:

Spanish Fort, Alabama: 21000 Town Center Ave.

Little Rock West, Arkansas: 13909 Chenal Pkwy.

Balboa (San Diego), California: 5505 Balboa Ave.

Encinitas, California: 134 N El Camino Real

Fremont, California: 43782 Christy St.

Mountain View, California: 350 Showers Dr.

Napa, California: 1116 1st St.

Pleasanton, California: 4525 Rosewood Dr.

Point West (Sacramento), California: 1896 Arden Way

San Rafael, California: 5010 Northgate Dr.

San Luis Obispo, California: 205 Madonna Rd.

Westchester, California: 8739 S Sepulveda Blvd.

Arapahoe Crossing (Aurora), Colorado: 6584 S Parker Rd.

Duluth Georgia: 2050 W Liddell Rd.

Boise, Idaho: 400 N Milwaukee St.

Plainfield, Illinois: 11860 S Route 59

Spring Hill (West Dundee), Illinois: 3000 Spring Hill Ring Rd.

Stoughton, Massachusetts: 501 Technology Center Dr.

East Windsor, New Jersey: 72 Princeton Hightstown Rd.

Blue Ash, Ohio: 4150 Hunt Rd.

Forest Park (Cincinnati), Ohio: 100 Cincinnati Mills Dr.

Portland Gateway, Oregon: 10010 NE Halsey St.

Pottstown, Pennsylvania: 351 W Schuylkill Rd.

North Dallas, Texas: 18224 Preston Rd.

Riverton, Utah: 13319 S 3600 W Ste 13LOT

Herndon, Virginia: 2100 Centreville Rd.

Williamsburg, Virginia: 100 Gristmill Plz

Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar for $1 billion and ending its 10-year merger with the company. Pending approval, Dollar Tree will sell the discount brand to equity groups Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management.

“The Dollar Tree leadership team and Board of Directors determined that a sale of Family Dollar to Brigade and Macellum best unlocks value for Dollar Tree shareholders and positions Family Dollar for future success,” the company said in a statement, per CNN.

What went wrong in Dollar Tree’s merger with Family Dollar?

After Dollar Tree purchased Family Dollar for $9 billion in 2015, the discount brand store experienced struggles in the following years. Analysts said Family Dollar, which is built to serve families in low-income neighborhoods, struggled due to increasing prices and overexpansion. The company also gained a negative reputation because of its messy stores. As the struggles continued, Family Dollar closed 900 stores in 2924 and became available for sale.

Neil Saunders, an analyst at GlobalData Retail, told clients (per CNN) that this “closes the book on a sad and troubled chapter for Dollar Tree.”

“Dollar Tree bit off far more than it could chew,” Saunders said, per CNN.

Similar to other businesses that are struggling due to inflation, Family Dollar has been forced to increase operating costs, making shopping more difficult for its customers. The company is also facing additional challenges as Donald Trump imposes tariffs on imported goods.

Why are dollar stores struggling in the current economy?

Value stores such as Dollar Tree and Dollar General are facing significant challenges as low-income families are struggling to afford basic necessities.

“Our customers continue to report that their financial situation has worsened over the last year as they have been negatively impacted by ongoing inflation,” Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos said on an earnings call, according to CNN. “Many of our customers report they only have enough money for basic essentials, with some noting that they have had to sacrifice even on the necessities.”

Dollar Tree also announced last year that the company may have to make a series of adjustments, including store closures, as tariffs cause a major challenge. About 40% of Dollar Tree’s products rely on imported goods, per CNN. After selling items for $1 for decades, Dollar Store raised its base price to $1.25 in 2021.