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When Taylor Parker was convicted of capital murder in October 2022 for killing her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock and cutting the unborn baby from her body, one family member stood at the center of the case: her mother, Shona Prior. Prior became one of the most consequential figures during Parker’s trial and the years that followed. She took custody of Parker’s daughter, testified in court, took jail calls from her daughter and offered blunt assessments of the crimes that landed Parker on Texas death row. Her role has come back into the spotlight after Netflix released the documentary Maternal Instinct…
The UK government has said it is likely to intervene in Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The $110billion (£83billion) deal would see Paramount Skydance acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing together major film, TV, news and streaming assets including Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, CNN, TNT Sports, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Channel 5, Paramount+, the DC Universe, Harry Potter, Game Of Thrones and The Lord Of The Rings. However, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has written to the current and proposed owners of Warner Bros. Discovery to say she is “minded to intervene” in the deal on public interest grounds. That does not mean the merger has been blocked in the…
45’+4’HALF-TIME: SWITZERLAND 1-0 ALGERIA45’+3’Algeria look for an equaliser before half-time as Mahrez swings the ball into the box from the right. Aouar does well to cushion it into the path of Maza, but the latter drags his first-time shot wide of goal.45’+1’The fourth official raises his board to indicate there will be a further four minutes at the end of this first half. Petkovic does not look overly thrilled with his players’ performance thus far. He’ll be eager for the half-time whistle for the chance to try and rejuvenate them.43’Algeria look to find a route back into the contest at…
Relief quickly turned to outrage Thursday when Kenzo, the white Bengal tiger that escaped from a private facility in México state five days earlier, was pronounced dead by Profepa, the same federal environmental protection agency that had reported the animal’s successful recapture under sedation just hours earlier. According to Profepa, the animal was killed by security forces that accompanied the rescue team when it attacked one or more rescue workers. Citing irregularities that allowed the Bengal tiger’s escape, Profepa shuttered Animal Experience México, a licensed wildlife center about 40 kilometers east of Mexico City. (Profepa) “During the sedation and capture operation,…
Domenico Fornas/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash The latest employment report showed that 57,000 jobs were added in June, down from May’s 129,000 gain. This figure was significantly lower than the projected addition of 114,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate unexpectedly ticked
Taylor Hicks is clarifying the seemingly flirty message he had for Kelly Clarkson. “I think that’s manifested, not by Page Six or by us, but by somebody else,” the American Idol season 5 winner said in a Wednesday, July 1, interview with SiriusXM’s Page Six Radio. Earlier this year, Hicks, 49, raised eyebrows when he flirtatiously responded to Clarkson’s revelation that she did not receive a car after winning the inaugural season of American Idol. “I am a big fan of Kelly Clarkson and consider her one of the most incredible voices to emerge from American Idol,” Hicks told Page…
Jorja Smith has set a release date for her third album. What Are The Odds lands on FAMM on August 21, and Smith previewed it today with a new song with Wizkid, “Alive.” A music video, which follows the singers as they dance, sweat, and flirt their way through a Paris summer night. Watch it below.Smith’s frequent collaborator P2J produced the 12-track What Are The Odds, which marks Smith’s first new album since 2023’s Falling or Flying. Per a press statement, the pair began discussing making a dance record shortly after finishing their 2023 hit “Little Things.” Besides Wizkid, the…
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Thursday appointed an immigration hard-liner and former political rival to be state comptroller, his latest move to unify the Republican Party by embracing its increasingly ascendant hard right faction.The former rival, Don Huffines, has long been a figure on the right flank of Texas politics. He is a former state senator and Dallas-area real estate magnate who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Abbott for re-election in 2022 by arguing that the governor was not sufficiently conservative.But with Democrats newly energized behind what they believe will be a favorable national political moment this fall, Mr. Abbott and…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two Mexican individuals and nine entities allegedly involved in a fuel theft scheme linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). One of the two individuals sanctioned is Oscar Guillermo Juraidini Silva, who the Treasury Department (Treasury) said is “a key business person facilitating CJNG’s fuel theft enterprise.” A tanker and IBC totes seized by Mexican authorities at an illegal border fuel distribution hub in Nuevo León in June. Fuel smuggling is “currently the most significant non-drug revenue source for Mexican cartels and other illicit actors,”…