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$15 million settlement.A spokesperson for Fox News issued the following statement on the issue at the time. “We parted ways with Melissa Francis over a year and a half ago and her allegations were entirely without merit.

, the youngest royals can always be counted on to alleviate the mood with random acts of cuteness—such as instructing her brother Prince George on how to bow when their great-grandmother's coffin passed them by. Sure, Prince George is technically closer in line for the throne than his sister Charlotte, but if these things were decided on merit and ability to follow and enforce royal protocol, the 7-year-old princess would be crowned tomorrow.In a short video from the funeral published by , Princess Charlotte can be seen giving her older brother detailed instructions, pointing her finger for emphasis while telling George, “You need to bow,” when the royal coffin passes. Whether or not George appreciated Charlotte's advice (older brothers do tend to resent being told what to do by their little sisters) is not for me to say.

Former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police Sir Peter Fahy has mounted a robust defence in the face of allegations from a force whistleblower that he created a 'culture of cronyism' that promoted under-qualified officers into senior positions.

MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough has been steadfast in his consistent criticism of former president Donald Trump and his mishandling of classified documents – but even he agrees with former attorney general Bill Barr that an indictment could ultimately do more harm than good. On Thursday morning, Scarborough honed in on the potential repercussions that could result from Trump being indicted after the U.S.

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A Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled that Elon Musk may amend a countersuit vs Twitter to include a whistleblower complaint, but denied his request for a trial extension, keeping an Oct. 17 start date.

 A US judge has again dismissed the legal claim against Nirvana by the man who, as a baby, appeared nude on the famous cover of their ‘Nevermind’ album. And this time there won’t be the option to file new proceedings in relation to this claim.Spencer Elden sued Nirvana, their label and other people involved in creating the ‘Nevermind’ artwork in August 2021.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A man who met writer-director Paul Schrader at a campus event at their Michigan alma mater has filed a lawsuit alleging that Schrader later stole his ideas and used them in the film “The Card Counter.” Mark Vanden Berge alleges in the suit that he met Schrader after a screening of “First Reformed” at Calvin University, a Christian college in Grand Rapids, in February 2018. He says he told Schrader about a treatment he was working on for a film called “Blown Odds,” about a gambler’s search for redemption, and asked Schrader for help developing it into a marketable screenplay. According to the suit, Schrader told him to email him the treatment. Vanden Berge sent it to him, according to the suit, but never heard back from Schrader directly, though he says he was told that Schrader had received it.

published an editorial questioning the merit of the FBI affidavit used to search the former president’s home. On Sunday, Graham warned that riots would break out across the country if Trump was prosecuted for keeping classified materials after he left the White House. “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough weighed in on the Republican response during a Monday morning segment.

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“It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot,” they say in the Tom Cruise-starring blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, and that’s kind of what Paramount thinks about a copyright lawsuit they’ve been slapped with over the fighter jet film.

A former JD Sports complaints staff member has said he is ‘terribly sorry’ after stealing over £27,000 to fund his gambling on stocks and cryptocurrency. Siraj Mahmood, 26, was working as an ‘Executive Contact Member’ at the head office in Bury when his managers became aware of irregularities in the bank.

The showrunners of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power promise their fantasy drama for Amazon Prime will feature all new stories and is not “a reboot or a retread” of what J.R.R. Tolkien fans saw in the movies.

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It’s all go at Murrayshall these days.

Nick Cannon is doubling down on his views on monogamy.

Seems like Gabby Petito‘s family has a better case than some experts predicted!

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed calls from Labour MP Steve McCabe to introduce a new £20 weekly uplift for all legacy benefit claimants and people on Universal Credit to help them through the cost of living crisis.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has dismissed a call from Conservative MP, Virginia Crosbie, to assess the “potential merits of extending the £650 support for the rise in energy” to include people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Carer's Allowance.

“Good morning aviators,” says Tom Cruise in a line from blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. “This is your captain speaking. Today’s exercise is dogfighting.”

The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun” on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s blockbuster sequel “Top Gun: Maverick”.

Ralf Rangnick's prediction about Paul Pogba at Manchester United was wrong.

A row has broken out over the amount to be paid to senior West Lothian councillors, after a bid by the SNP to delay a decision on salaries for further scrutiny was defeated.

UPDATED with WTA, ATP, All England Club statements: Exactly one month ago the All England Club, which puts on Wimbledon, announced that in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine it would not allow Russian or Belarusian players to take part in this year’s event.

last week threw out the suit less than a week after it was initially filed. The same group of plaintiffs and legal teams has now refiled the suit in the 11th Judicial Circuit state court in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The move was expected.

Fred Savage has been fired from his role as executive producer of ABC’s reboot of “The Wonder Years” due to what’s being characterized as “inappropriate conduct.”

Guy Lodge Film CriticMiriam Toews’ 2014 novel “All My Puny Sorrows” thrives on the kind of fraught tonal whiplash that comes with the most intimate of relationships to one’s subject. Inspired by the suicide of the author’s sister, the book is a veiled grief memoir that veers wildly between plangent, poetic despair, plainspoken journaling and blunt, cutting humor — a spectrum mirroring the variable stages of grief itself.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticAmong the many social movements that arose in the 1960s and ’70s, one just about everyone on the liberal spectrum could agree on was anti-“nuke.” Hiroshima and Nagasaki left behind a lingering horror at the ways technological advancement might be turned to mass destruction. Power plant accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl seemed to confirm fears that this energy source’s risks outweighed its benefits.

In the annals of full-tilt ad pitches that have left buyers razzled and dazzled, Amazon’s NewFront presentation tonight may not merit an especially lengthy or detailed chapter.

Almost three years after CNN anchor Don Lemon was accused of sexually assaulting a man in a Sag Harbor, NY, bar in 2018, the incendiary lawsuit ended in a whimper.

Pete Davidson is stepping up for his girlfriend!

A remorseless sex pest who 'laughed' at a teenage girl as she bravely recounted how she'd been sexually assaulted by him in Piccadilly Gardens has been locked up. Delovan Najeeb, aka Najeed, assaulted the 16-year-old girl while she was out with friends last summer.

Johnny Depp continues to wallow in the couple’s personal issues.Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post referring to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article doesn't mention Depp by name, but his lawyers say the article contains ”defamation by implication" because it clearly refers to allegations of domestic abuse made by heard when she filed for divorce in 2016.The psychologist, Shannon Curry, was hired by Depp's legal team. She said she reached her diagnosis during 12 hours of interviews with Heard, as well as from reviewing her mental-health records.Curry also testified that Heard does not suffer post-traumatic stress disorder from her relationship with Depp, as Heard has claimed.Depp's team hopes Curry's testimony bolsters their contention that Heard was the aggressor in the couple's troubled relationship.

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Johnny Depp took the stand in a Virginia courtroom Monday for his fourth day of testimony in the trial over his allegations that ex-wife Amber Heard falsely portrayed him as a domestic abuser.Heard's lawyers are expected to continue their onslaught of questions during their cross-examination.

The owner of a home on 'millionaires' row' wants to knock it down - with a Grand Designs style project to replace it.

What is it that they say? That when it comes to comfort food, you can't beat a bit of Carb on Carb action?