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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have reached a settlement in their legal battle over the production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.”The settlement announced Monday came two weeks before they were to go to trial in New York on Lively’s claims that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately accused him of sexually harassing her on the movie set.”Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives of domestic violence survivors – and all survivors – is a goal that we stand behind,” Lively and Baldoni said in a joint statement issued…

From Frankland River to the floor of a mock parliament, Tabitha Lawson is stepping into the political spotlight as one of WA’s newest youth leaders.Ms Lawson, who represents the Albany electorate on the Women’s Interest Committee is one of just 59 young Western Australians selected for Y WA’s 2026 Youth Parliament program after a competitive Statewide application process.The cohort brings together a diverse group of students and young leaders from across WA, each taking on the role of a youth member of Parliament to represent their local communities.The program has already begun with its first training camp, the beginning of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Highlight reel plays have been few and far between for the slumping New York Mets this season, but rookie right fielder Carson Benge had one of the best catches of the year on Sunday night.Los Angeles Angels second baseman Vaughn Grissom hit a line drive down the first base side in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and a runner on first. Benge then laid out for a spectacular diving catch, likely saving a run and destroying the Angels’ chances of building momentum for a potential comeback.ZERO BS. JUST…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Arkansas school director  was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 120 days of house arrest with electronic monitoring and nine years of probation after prosecutors accused her of being the “ringleader” of a makeshift child fight club.Mary Tracy Morrison, 51, the owner and director of The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain and the Engage program in Jonesboro, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of permitting child abuse and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, according to KAIT.The judge also prohibited her from working with children in…

BANGKOK: Thailand approved a US$12.2 billion emergency borrowing package on Tuesday (May 5) to cushion the economic impacts of the Middle East war, marking one of the country’s largest borrowing plans in decades.The cabinet said the funding would be used to boost domestic spending and ease economic hardships as inflation rises and growth slows, with the finance ministry last week cutting its GDP growth forecast to 1.6 per cent, from 2.4 per cent last year.The loan of about 400 billion baht will be deployed from June to September, and include aid for more than 20 million low-income people under the…

The Brazilian activist explains to his little girl his motivation to join the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.Published On 5 May 20265 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoFrom inside prison, Thiago dictated this letter to his lawyer:Dear Teresa,I’m sorry for not being home with you right now. Unfortunately your father, your mother, and so many people around the world understood the historical task that we have the responsibility to fulfil.Today over a million children are suffering a genocide, being starved to death, being amputated without anesthesia, and suffering from horrific, hateful ideas, despite not knowing what…

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed last week’s landmark decision striking down Louisiana’s congressional map to take effect immediately, as GOP state officials scramble to redraw the map before this year’s elections — drawing a sharp back-and-forth between two justices.The court ruled 6-3 in Louisiana v. Callais that the state’s U.S. House map — which currently includes two majority-Black districts held by Democrats — is unconstitutional. Louisiana officials reacted by quickly suspending this month’s House primaries and moving to draw a new map.The voters who initially challenged Louisiana’s map asked the justices last week to speed up the usual 32-day…

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WHY THE WEST BENGAL WIN WAS SO SIGNIFICANTWest Bengal has long been a fortress of opposition politics.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a fierce critic of Modi and a key member of India’s opposition alliance, has governed the state since 2011.But her administration had faced mounting criticism over issues such as corruption allegations, unemployment and women’s safety. Infiltration into India was also a key issue for the state which borders Bangladesh.The BJP mounted an intensive campaign led by Modi, his closest aide and Home Minister Amit Shah, as well as several senior party leaders, focusing on what they called illegal immigration from…

Iranian commander says US military attacked two passenger boats, not IRGC vessels, in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.Iran has accused the United States of killing five civilians in the Strait of Hormuz, saying its forces attacked passenger vessels in the waterway rather than boats belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as claimed.The claim on Tuesday contradicted a statement by US Admiral Brad Cooper, who said Central Command forces had sunk six IRGC vessels that had attempted to interfere with a US mission to escort stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend…