The chief executive of LV=, the mutually owned insurance company, is to fall on his sword seven months after a controversial takeover was rejected by members. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Mark Hartigan, who has run LV= for just over two-and-a-half years, will leave the company in the autumn. His departure could be announced
A series of failures by multiple agencies could have contributed to the horrific outcome in the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, according to a Texas House investigative report. The investigation, conducted by two members of the Texas House of Representatives alongside a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, concluded that law enforcement
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As she sits cross legged on a blush throw rug in her Brooklyn apartment, Victoria ‘Vic’ Styles recounts the first time she ever felt connected to true creativity. The then-24-year-old had just moved to Los Angeles from Alabama after dropping out of university, mere months before graduation, with dreams of becoming a fashion designer. “It
When more than 100 big rigs jammed the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this week, it wasn’t just your typical big cargo surge. A 24-hour trucker protest staged on Wednesday, July 13, grew spontaneously, one observer said, as social media posts urged drivers to take a stand against Assembly Bill 5, a state
An elderly woman who fell into a pond in Florida was killed after being grabbed by two alligators, authorities say. She was seen falling into the water by a golf course in Englewood late on Friday and struggled to stay afloat. While she was in the water, two alligators were seen grabbing her. She was
A former leader of the Conservative Party has criticised Rishi Sunak’s approach to the economy, accusing the former chancellor of fuelling inflation. Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme, Liz Truss backer Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the Treasury, overseen by Mr Sunak, has demonstrated a “failure” of monetary policy. Sir Iain continued:
Joe Biden pushed back against criticism of his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, telling reporters that he raised the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi “at the top” of their meeting. But Biden faced criticism of an image that preceded the meeting in Jeddah, when he gave a fist bump to
Researchers have disclosed details about a security vulnerability in the Netwrix Auditor application that, if successfully exploited, could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected devices. “Since this service is typically executed with extensive privileges in an Active Directory environment, the attacker would likely be able to compromise the Active Directory domain,” Bishop Fox said
Up and coming honky tonker South Texas Tweek is back with his latest single “Feelin’ Good.” Acquiring the peculiar nickname “Tweek” after being diagnosed with tourette’s syndrome as a child, the Houston, TX area native has quickly and quietly amassed a strong following of fans. He released his first single “Count on Me” in December
LeAnn Rimes, Mickey Guyton and award-winning pop percussionist Sheila E. take a stand in their anthemic new song “The Wild.” Released Friday (July 15), the powerful collaboration echoes the empowering themes of Rimes’ upcoming album God’s Work, which is set for release on Sept. 16 via Thirty Tigers. “My new album as a whole looks at the
Oppo Pad Air will debut in India alongside the Oppo Enco X2 TWS earphones and the Oppo Reno 8 series of smartphones on July 18. To keep the buzz going, Oppo has teased the processor and RAM details of its first tablet in India. It is confirmed to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 680 SoC,
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, controlled by the country’s de facto leader Mohammed bin Salman, is to become the second-largest shareholder in Aston Martin Lagonda as part of a fundraising to shore up the struggling sports car brand. The company said on Friday it was looking to raise £653m in total. This would be done
Roger Waters threw shade at both the Weeknd and Drake after the former Pink Floyd rocker found himself overshadowed in the Toronto press by the two hometown artists. Waters’ This Is Not a Drill Tour rolled into Toronto on July 8, the same day the Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn trek was set to kick
Brittney Griner’s lawyers told a Russian court that the WNBA star was prescribed medical cannabis at the latest hearing for Griner’s drug possession trial on Friday. Griner was detained at a Moscow-area airport for having vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage, resulting in the drug smuggling charges. However, during the hearing, Griner’s lawyers produced
“This report was birthed in trauma.” It’s a striking and heartbreaking opening statement for the groundbreaking 2022 Urban Library Trauma Study Report, released in late June at the 2022 American Library Association Annual Conference. While the beginnings of the study were rooted in library trauma before the COVID-19 pandemic, the initial grant application was written
With the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium, we look at the history of one of America’s most sung songs. Baseball has inspired a lot of music. There have been pop songs and polkas, quicksteps and two-steps, mambos and marches and even operas have been written in celebration of America’s favorite pastime. Here
When Donald Trump touched down in Saudi Arabia in 2017, King Salman was waiting on the tarmac. It was the president’s first overseas trip and the capital Riyadh had been transformed into a celebration of American culture, with flags, projections and music. Joe Biden‘s arrival could not have been more different. Awaiting him as he
Rishi Sunak has vowed to scrap hundreds of remaining EU laws and regulations if he triumphs in the Tory leadership race, as Penny Mordaunt faces scrutiny for her views on trans rights. In a fresh pitch to win over Brexiteers, the former chancellor promised to appoint a Brexit minister to comb through the remaining 2,400
ESPN+, which has grown dramatically over the past couple of years while also adding a significant amount of live sports offerings, will increase its monthly price to from $7 to $10 a month on August 23. The 43% rate hike is the second one in a little more than a year for ESPN+, which launched