In January 2021, Nevada officials made an announcement that felt almost too good to be true. Every K-12 student learning remotely in the state, they said, now had a computer and an internet connection at home. For anyone who had spent the pandemic watching children crouch outside libraries with laptops balanced on their knees, or parents driving to fast-food parking lots to steal a signal for an online class, it was more than a headline. It was a lifeline. The announcement was the result of Connecting Kids Nevada, a public-private coalition created under Governor Steve Sisolak’s COVID-19 Task Force. At…

The internet loves a good narrative, especially when it can turn a passing comment into a full-blown celebrity controversy. That is exactly what happened to Victoria Monét, the Grammy-winning singer behind hits like “Coastin” and “On My Mama,” who recently found herself at the center of a discourse cycle involving none other than Drake. Reports began circulating that Monét had called the rapper a “professional trick” or even a “trickster master” during an interview, and the clip quickly made its way across social media platforms. But Monét was quick to shut it all down. In a statement shared with fans…