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Lifetime’s Wendy Williams documentary will air this weekend after effort to block broadcast fails

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NEW YORK – Lifetime’s “Where is Wendy Williams?” documentary will air this weekend as scheduled after a New York court rejected an attempt to block the broadcast. The order signed Friday by a New York appellate judge says blocking the documentary from airing would be an “impermissible prior restraint on speech that violates the First … Read more

Eight found inside stash house, including 2-year-old, after BCSO busts human-smuggling operation

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Authorities said the victims showed signs of being mistreated. A Mexican man wanted for alleged murder was among them. SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County authorities busted a human smuggling operation on the southwest side Thursday evening after someone called in a tip to law enforcement, finding eight victims inside, including a 2-year-old boy.  Three people … Read more

‘It’s unbelievable’: Judge in Texas foster care legal battle slams the state for requesting relief from federal oversight

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Last week, the state’s attorneys filed a 27-page motion that argued the state had complied with 12 of the remedial orders handed down from a federal judge. TEXAS, USA — Just more than a week after attorneys representing the State of Texas filed a motion for relief from judgment in the state’s ongoing legal battle … Read more

NCAA barred from enforcing some NIL rules under injunction granted by federal judge

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The ruling undercuts a fundamental principle of the NCAA’s model of amateurism for decades: Third parties cannot pay recruits to attend a particular school. WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to recruit athletes, granting a request for a preliminary … Read more

New designers make a splash at Moschino, Tod’s and Blumarine during Milan Fashion Week

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Designers are giving their first impressions at their new fashion houses during Milan Fashion Week. In a game of musical chairs, Matteo Tamburini showed his first collection for Tod’s on Friday just hours before his predecessor there, Walter Chiapponi, made his debut as creative director of Blumarine. Recommended Videos Adrian Appiolaza premiered his first collection … Read more