Lala Kent is finally speaking out about the rumors that she had a falling out with former assistant Jessica Walter. “How funny that Jess texted me over the weekend and she sent me a clip of the podcast that we all used to do together,” Kent, 35, said during the Wednesday, May 27, episode of her “Untraditionally Lala” podcast after a fan asked whether she was “still friends” with Walter. “And she was like, ‘This just popped up in my memories. I miss you. This is where I live now. If you’re ever in the area, we should get a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Texas man allegedly made online threats directed toward an upcoming Turning Point USA event and the CEO of the conservative nonprofit, Erika Kirk.Jacob Wenske, 26, is charged with a third-degree felony count of making a terroristic threat involving public fear of serious bodily injury or public disruption.UNIVERSITIES CRACK DOWN ON EMPLOYEE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS CELEBRATING, DEFENDING KIRK’S DEATH An investigation into Wenske began after a local newspaper published a Facebook post promoting the TPUSA Women’s Leadership Summit scheduled for June, which features Kirk as a keynote speaker. The event is set…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two-term Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a high-profile Democrat whom political pundits view as a possible 2028 presidential contender, says she doesn’t plan to run for the White House in the next election cycle.”There will be a robust group of people running for president,” the term-limited Whitmer told a reporter in Michigan on Thursday. “I will not be one of them in 2028. I can tell you that.”Whitmer has long been considered one of the leading members of a large group of nationally known Democrats who might jump into what’s expected to be…

Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp as the company expands premium features and artificial intelligence offerings across its platforms. Meta head of product Naomi Gleit announced the rollout in a video posted Wednesday, describing the subscriptions as part of a broader effort to offer enhanced tools across Meta’s apps and AI products.”We’re starting to roll out Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, WhatsApp Plus with enhanced features that our community already loves,” Gleit said in the video. Meta said Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus will cost $3.99 per month, while WhatsApp Plus will cost $2.99 monthly.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Top-ranked tennis pro Jannik Sinner was a single game away from defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo in straight sets in the second round of the French Open on Thursday. Then, the overwhelming Paris heat took hold of him, and the Italian ultimately had his impressive winning streak snapped in stunning fashion.Sinner entered Thursday’s match against the unseeded Argentine on a 30-match winning streak going back to February. In the early stages of the match, it appeared that the 24-year-old was going to cruise to victory after winning the opening two sets with ease…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli officials blasted the United Nations after accusing the body of adding Israeli entities to a sexual violence blacklist that also includes the terrorist group Hamas.”We are done with this UN Secretary-General. Guterres has put Israel on the same blacklist along with Hamas, ISIS and the most depraved terrorist organizations in the world. This is a moral disgrace that proves that Guterres has lost all credibility,” Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.A spokesperson for Danon said Israel was officially freezing relations with…

Quinn VanAntwerp and Mackenzie Bell have a very special place in their hearts for the musical Shucked.  Bell, 38, performed in an early iteration of the musical, then under the title Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical, and her husband VanAntwerp, 39, opened Shucked on Broadway. Their daughter Lennon was born during previews in New York in 2023.  After the show played its final performance at the Nederlander Theatre, both Bell and VanAntwerp were given the special opportunity to go on tour with the musical. When the couple was deciding whether or not to take the job and hit the road…

Legendary hotelier Ian Schrager’s long-awaited PUBLIC West Hollywood — a glitzy new luxury hotel taking over the former Standard Hotel site — is set to open its doors on July 15, promising a fresh dose of high-end hospitality on the Sunset Strip. Once the absolute epicenter of late 90s Hollywood decadence, the landmark property at 8300 Sunset Boulevard has been totally redone and reimagined. Say goodbye to the antics of yesteryear, and hello to a sprawling, three-quarter-acre rooftop garden with Adirondack chairs, a campfire, wellness classes and an outdoor movie screen. There will be no actual television sets at the…

SANTA ANA, Calif. () — With less than a week before Election Day, operations are intensifying at the Orange County Registrar of Voters, where ballots are collected and ultimately counted.During a tour of the facility, Orange County Registrar of Voters’ Bob Page outlined how ballots from vote centers and drop boxes are securely transported and processed.”This is where ballots that have been cast at our vote centers that have been open since Saturday, May 23, paper ballots, will come back here,” Page said.Page said teams responsible for collecting ballots from drop boxes use tracking and communication tools to ensure security…

Italy said on Thursday it was seizing more than €200 million in assets belonging to late Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro derived from drug trafficking and reinvested in Europe and beyond. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The “vast fortune” of the ruthless Cosa Nostra boss, a legendary figure finally captured in 2023 in Palermo after three decades on the run, had been amassed since the 1980s, Italy’s financial police said in a statement. Messina Denaro, head of Sicily’s Castelvetrano clan who had six life sentences to his name, died in prison a few months after his arrest at age 61. The investigation by…

Gayle King was married to ex-husband William Bumpus for 11 years before they decided to split. King has been outspoken about her ex’s past infidelity, discussing the moment she caught him cheating with a friend in June 1990. “I said, ‘I can’t believe that you are here and that you are doing this,’” King recalled during a May 2026 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, telling host Alex Cooper that she sounded “so pitiful” when confronting Bumpus and her friend. King caught them after coming home unexpectedly following a canceled flight. She was with their two kids, daughter Kirby…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX — The FBI says it has seized a record-setting $8 billion in cryptocurrency and arrested hundreds of suspects as part of an intercontinental crackdown on “scam compounds” and organized crime, including one group known as the “Democratic Karen Benevolent Army.”They have been blamed for a global wave of theft from Americans, including as much as $3 million from a single U.S. citizen who fell victim to an online scam. The FBI confiscated more than 127,000 bitcoin during the arrest of one leader, Chen Zhi, the CEO of a Cambodian enterprise…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Republicans were hit with a minor setback this week in the redistricting war when two states set to redraw maps changed course. Alabama and South Carolina were primed for new maps, but a court order and move to buck the process by state lawmakers in the Palmetto State have, for now, nixed the act. It comes as both sides of the aisle are in an arms race to redraw their maps to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections. While the South Carolina legislature opted against redistricting, Republican leaders in Alabama have…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Legendary NHL star Claude Lemieux has died just days after making an appearance at Montreal’s Bell Centre ahead of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. He was 60.Lemieux was regarded as one of the greatest pests in NHL history, but also had an uncanny ability to come up clutch in big moments. He broke into the league with the Montreal Canadiens and was part of their Stanley Cup-winning team in 1986.He won four Stanley Cups in his career and in 1995 and 1996 became the 10th player in NHL history to…

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