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MGM's CEO says tentative deal to avoid strike will be reached with Las Vegas hotel workers union
MGM's CEO says tentative deal to avoid strike will be reached with Las Vegas hotel workers union
The CEO of MGM Resorts International says the company is close to reaching a tentative deal with the Las Vegas hotel workers union
2023-11-09 13:43
Stablecoin Reshuffling Chips Away at Tether’s Crypto Market Dominance
Stablecoin Reshuffling Chips Away at Tether’s Crypto Market Dominance
Tether, the digital token that underpins much of cryptocurrency world’s ecosystem, saw its market capitalization decline for the
2023-09-02 22:00
Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman
Oklahoma executes a man for the 1995 butcher knife slaying of a Tulsa woman
Oklahoma has executed a man for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995
2023-07-20 23:50
Russia-Ukraine war – live: Kyiv launches multiple attacks across frontline
Russia-Ukraine war – live: Kyiv launches multiple attacks across frontline
Ukraine has launched attacks at a number of points across the frontline with Russia’s forces – suggesting its long-waited counteroffensive could finally be kicking into gear. So far though it is unclear whether the strikes represented the start of the long-heralded move against Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and Ukrainian officials made no mention of any broad, significant new campaign or sidestepped questions on the matter. Ukrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said the nation’s forces were “shifting to offensive actions” in some areas but sought to play them down as “local attacks”. On Monday, Moscow claimed to have repelled a major Ukrainian offensive in the south of the Donetsk region but the chief of private army Wagner admitted Russian forces had lost ground around Bakhmut further north. Wagner captured Bakhmut last month after the longest battle of the war and handed its positions there to regular Russian troops, but Kyiv has since been attacking Russian-held areas to the north and south of the city. Read More He fled Ukraine under the barrel of a gun. Now his invention could turn the tide of Putin’s war Russia's most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests Ukraine piles on pressure after Russia declares victory in Bakhmut
2023-06-06 12:03
Georgia hold potent sting, warns Australia lock Arnold
Georgia hold potent sting, warns Australia lock Arnold
Australian lock Richie Arnold says Australia will "get stung" if they under-estimate their first Rugby World Cup opponents Georgia on Saturday...
2023-09-06 01:28
Josef Martinez to leave Inter Miami after 2023 MLS campaign
Josef Martinez to leave Inter Miami after 2023 MLS campaign
Inter Miami head coach Gerardo 'Tata' Martino revealed Josef Martinez will not form part of the team in 2024.
2023-10-23 00:30
Work anywhere with this refurbished MacBook Air, on sale for $263
Work anywhere with this refurbished MacBook Air, on sale for $263
TL;DR: Pick up a refurbished MacBook Air (Core i5, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD) for only
2023-07-23 17:00
Trump staff moved boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago day before DoJ visit, report says
Trump staff moved boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago day before DoJ visit, report says
Two members of Donald Trump’s staff moved boxes of documents just a day before the Department of Justice visited Mar-a-Lago, according to a report. The files were moved the day before FBI agents and a prosecutor visited the private club in Florida’s Palm Beach. The timing of the move is suspicious and a sign that obstruction may have taken place, according to The Washington Post. Mr Trump and his associates are alleged to have conducted a “dress rehearsal” for moving the sensitive files even before getting a subpoena in May last year. More follows...
2023-05-26 02:40
A shock confession, spiteful obituary and boozy boat party: What the new Murdaugh Murders Netflix series revealed
A shock confession, spiteful obituary and boozy boat party: What the new Murdaugh Murders Netflix series revealed
Over the last few weeks, the sprawling crime saga surrounding Alex Murdaugh has once again been catapulted into the spotlight. Six months after he was convicted of killing his wife Maggie and son Paul on 7 June 2021, Murdaugh filed a motion demanding a new trial based on a damning accusation against Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill. His attorneys claim that Ms Hill tampered with the jury, pressuring them to find him guilty and breaking her oath as an elected official. New details continue to emerge about this – including a random Georgia man’s unlikely links to the case – and legal experts have warned that if the allegations are in fact true, a new trial is almost certain. At the same time, Murdaugh’s other criminal charges are progressing through the courts. He appeared in court on 14 September for a hearing on a slew of state financial charges – marking his first court appearance since his murder trial sentencing. On Thursday, he is slated to appear in court to plead guilty to 22 federal financial criminal charges including wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering – after signing a plea deal with prosecutors on Monday. Now, Netflix has dropped its second series of “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” – bringing new details and claims about the Murdaugh saga to light. Here are some of the key revelations from the new series: Cousin Eddie claims Murdaugh all but confessed to murders Curtis “Cousin Eddie” Smith has claimed that Murdaugh made a bombshell confession about his wife and son’s murders before orchestrating the now-infamous botched hitman plot. On 4 September 2021, Mr Smith – Murdaugh’s former law firm client, distant cousin and alleged drug dealer – allegedly shot the double murderer in the head along the side of a road in Hampton County in an assisted suicide scheme. Mr Smith claimed in the show that Murdaugh begged him to shoot him but he refused. When he asked Murdaugh why he wanted him to kill him, Mr Smith revealed that Murdaugh had given a chilling response. “Because they’re going to be able to prove that I’m responsible for Maggie and Paul,” Murdaugh allegedly said. Cousin Eddie also asked Murdaugh “what did happen” that fateful night. Murdaugh is said to have given the damning response: “Things just got all f***ed up.” Randolph Murdaugh published obituary as ‘warning’ to wife Murdaugh’s now-late father Randolph Murdaugh once wrote and published a fake obituary for his wife when she was still alive as a “warning” because she wanted to divorce him, it has been claimed. In 1976, an obituary for Libby Murdaugh – Murdaugh’s mother – appeared in the local paper The Hampton Guardian. The obituary has long been a source of mystery as to who published it and why. In the Netflix show, Paul Murdaugh’s former girlfriend Morgan Doughty claimed that Maggie once told her that the obituary came about because Libby told Randolph she wanted to divorce him. Randolph then took the step to write Libby’s obituary himself and have it published in the paper. “I think it was a gesture to scare her into staying,” said Ms Doughty, who also took Maggie confiding in her as a warning. “I think that was her way of letting me now what I was signing up for. I think it was kind of like a warning.” Paul Murdaugh hosted booze-fuelled boat party weeks before murder Paul Murdaugh was pulled over by police for hosting a booze-fuelled boat party just days before he was brutally murdered by his father – and at a time when he was awaiting trial over a 2019 deadly boat wreck. Housekeeper Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson revealed that the 22-year-old had a fresh brush with the law in the run-up to the 7 June 2021 murders. The incident took place around a week before Memorial Day weekend, when Ms Turrubiate-Simpson said Maggie told her that “Paul got in trouble again”. “He was on the boat with friends and they were drinking,” she said. “But they called Alex and he said he was going to take care of it.” Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill also confirmed that the DNR had stopped the 22-year-old with a boat full of people and confiscated a cooler “full of booze”. At the time, Paul was awaiting trial over a February 2019 drunken boat wreck that killed friend Mallory Beach, 19. Court clerk reveals daughter was ‘almost’ on jury The South Carolina court official at the centre of Murdaugh’s bid for a new murder trial has revealed that her own daughter was almost seated as a juror in the case. “So my daughter almost became a juror,” said Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill. She added: “She was so excited.” Ms Hill went on to describe her first encounter with Murdaugh on the opening day of the trial – an encounter that appeared cordial and as though the now-convicted killer expected the saga to soon be over. “The first day of trial, Alex was coming in and said ‘good morning Ms Becky, how are you?’” she said. “It was more of a lightheartedness. It was a ‘we’re going to get through this in about a week or two, we’re all gonna go home. All of this is going to go away’.” Ms Hill – who is a regular feature throughout the new three-part series – is an elected official of the court whose role was to maintain the courtroom proceedings and even read out Murdaugh’s verdict. Now, she has been accused of jury tampering by Murdaugh’s attorneys as the convicted killer fights for a new trial. Bubba the dog’s new life Among the familiar faces from the Murdaugh saga returning in the Netflix series is Bubba the dog. Bubba’s name cropped up multiple times during the murder trial as he was likely something of a witness to the killings of Maggie and Paul. That night, Paul, Maggie and Alex were down by the dog kennels. Paul was filming a brown labrador named Cash on his cellphone for his friend Rogan Gibson. In the video, Maggie and her husband are heard shouting off-camera about Bubba catching a chicken in his mouth. Just minutes later, Maggie and Paul were shot dead at the kennels. It was this video – and Bubba’s antics – which led to Murdaugh’s voice being caught on camera at the kennels at the time of the murders. In the Netflix show, Bubba is seen with Ms Turrubiate-Simpson – after the dog began a new life with her in the wake of Maggie’s death. Ms Turrubiate-Simpson, who was a close friend of Maggie’s, and Bubba are also seen visiting Maggie’s grave. “Maggie loved Bubba,” she said. “He was her prized possession, he was not a kennel dog.” Read More Alex Murdaugh’s alleged co-conspirator shares convicted killer’s bombshell confession in documentary - live Paul Murdaugh hosted booze-fueled boat party days before his murder – as he faced charges for deadly crash Alex Murdaugh’s bombshell confession before infamous botched hitman plot revealed Court clerk accused of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh trial says daughter was ‘excited’ to be on jury
2023-09-21 00:33
Who are James Morris and Ryann McCracken? 'The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On' couple to tackle trust issues
Who are James Morris and Ryann McCracken? 'The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On' couple to tackle trust issues
James Morris and Ryann McCracken are getting ready to either marry or move on in the second season of 'The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On'
2023-08-23 12:30
3 reasons the Miami Marlins are the surprise of the 2023 season
3 reasons the Miami Marlins are the surprise of the 2023 season
The Miami Marlins are now 10 games over .500, but they've done it in the most unconventional way.For the first time since 2011, when they were still named the Florida Marlins, the Miami Marlins are 10 games over .500, standing at 42-32.But none of it really makes sense.Not only does...
2023-06-21 21:55
Tyler Lockett questionable for Seahawks because of hamstring issue
Tyler Lockett questionable for Seahawks because of hamstring issue
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams after not practicing all week because of a hamstring injury
2023-11-18 07:06