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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
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Country Icon George Strait, 73, Fights Back Tears During Emotional Eulogy: 'I Miss Him So Much'
Country superstar , 73, spent his Memorial Day weekend remembering his good friend by delivering a poignant eulogy in his honor. Roy Cooper, nicknamed Super Looper, was a legendary, eight-time world champion rodeo cowboy who was tragically killed in a house fire at his Texas property on April 29. Cooper and Strait have been friends for decades. On Memorial Day, May 26, Cooper's family held a service at the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, where Strait gave a eulogy for the man he called one of his "very best friends." In the video, Strait is visibly holding back tears as he speaks about his lifelong friendship with Cooper. "A few months ago, we couldn't possibly have imagined that this is where we were gonna be this Memorial Day. It's supposed to be honoring our military heroes and the sacrifices they've made. And we're still gonna do that today, and I'm 100 percent sure that Roy would want that," said Strait. But he continued, "We're also honoring our brother, friend, father, grandfather, loved one, Roy Cooper. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 "Roy was one of my very best friends. I can count those on one hand. He was my hero. We shared a lot of good and bad times together. He didn't hang out with me, I hung out with him. You know, all you people that consider Roy a brother knows that he would give you the shirt off his back and we would do the same for him…Roy was one of the ones that they made that saying about. They broke the mold when they made him. They sure did." Strait also shared a story about the time Cooper hit up legendary rocker Stevie Nicks at the Kentucky Derby, which he said Nicks absolutely remembered even years later. "We went to the Kentucky Derby together one we were at a party after the derby. I looked around and Roy's trying to left foot Stevie Nicks," Strait said, adding, "I swear, years later I ran into her somewhere and she said, 'Hey, where's that crazy cowboy friend of yours that tried to rope me in the derby that night?' He always made a big impression, old Roy," said Strait with a laugh, before getting choked up again and saying, "I miss him so much. He was a good man." Country Icon George Strait, 73, Fights Back Tears During Emotional Eulogy: 'I Miss Him So Much' first appeared on Parade on May 28, 2025
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Health
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Ali Velshi: Creatively cruel: GOP's abortion crackdown means losing a pregnancy could land you in jail
This is an adapted excerpt from the May 24 episode of 'Velshi.' As the journalist and author Jessica Valenti recently wrote, 'We don't need to imagine a dystopian future where women are being used as incubators and arrested for miscarriages, because that future is already here.' It's been almost three years since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, ending the constitutional right to an abortion, and post-Roe America is turning out to be much worse than most of us imagined. It's not just the inhumanity of denying women rights over their own bodies and futures, or the deadly danger of forced birth. What we're witnessing is the criminalization of women's bodies. Women aren't just being arrested and jailed for their miscarriages; they are being pursued in creatively cruel ways that are a direct result of the radical anti-abortion ideology of fetal personhood. If a fetus is legally a person, then law enforcement is empowered to criminally investigate pregnancies. Let that sink in for a moment: If a fetus is a person in the eyes of the law, any miscarriage — which, by the way is not uncommon, 10% to 20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriages — if you live in the wrong state, can be treated as a potential homicide. This isn't theoretical. Consider the case of Mallori Patrice Strait, a Texas woman who was released from jail last week after spending nearly five months in custody for miscarrying in a public bathroom. Strait was arrested for 'corpse abuse' and accused of trying to flush fetal remains down the toilet. Ultimately, the medical examiner found she had, in fact, miscarried — that her fetus died in utero — and prosecutors found 'no direct evidence' that she tried to flush anything. But what she experienced cannot be undone: the compounded trauma of being criminalized after suffering something as emotionally and physically taxing as a miscarriage. Strait was dealt punishment when what she really needed was care. In Ohio, Brittany Watts was also arrested on corpse abuse charges after she had a miscarriage in a toilet; Watts' charges were also dropped. In Georgia, Selena Maria Chandler-Scott had a miscarriage and was arrested for disposing of the fetal tissue. Law enforcement accused her of 'concealing a death' and 'abandoning a dead body.' But just like the other cases, her charges were eventually dropped. According to the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice, there were at least 210 pregnancy-related prosecutions in the year after Roe was overturned, the highest number to ever be documented in a single year. It's important to note that low-income women and women of color have been disproportionately targeted. It's only expected to get worse as more states pass fetal personhood laws, declaring that fertilized eggs have the same legal rights as people, even though they cannot survive outside the womb. According to Pregnancy Justice, at least 24 states now include some form of personhood language in their anti-abortion laws. Seventeen already have laws on the books, and several others are considering extreme expansions, including Florida, where the University of Florida newspaper points out: If state lawmakers have their way, a simple sip of wine or a single cigarette — taken before a woman even knows she is pregnant — could become a criminal offense. Anything a woman does that could potentially injure a fetus, whether that be accidental or intentional, could be deemed as child abuse and neglect according to the proposed fetal personhood bill. Meanwhile, as the push to police and criminalize pregnant women intensifies, the Trump administration has been working to decriminalize activists who target abortion providers and their patients. One of Trump's first presidential actions was to pardon nearly two dozen people who'd been convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (known as FACE), a federal law that protects patients from violence, threats and obstruction when seeking reproductive care. Then, the Justice Department announced that, moving forward, it would limit enforcement of the FACE Act. The FACE Act was passed 30 years ago with bipartisan support amid a wave of extremist violence against abortion providers. According to the National Abortion Federation, the violence has continued in post-Roe America. Over the past two years, there have been more than 700 incidents of obstruction, over 600 trespassing attempts, nearly 300 violent threats and over 128,000 protests aimed at abortion providers across the country. Despite this reality, Republicans in Congress are now pushing legislation to repeal the FACE Act altogether. This article was originally published on
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Country Icon, 73, Faces Backlash For Controversial Memorial Day Message
's Memorial Day tribute caused a bit of controversy amongst fans. The 78-year-old country crooner took to Instagram on Monday, May 26 to celebrate the patriotic holiday, but a number of his followers weren't pleased with the wording of his post. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 The caption of the now-deleted post read, "God bless our heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. Happy Memorial Day! 🇺🇸," which featured a smiling photo of the singer along with the words "Happy Memorial Day." But several users in the comment section pointed out that Memorial Day is not a "happy" occasion for many veterans and veteran families. "Not happy, but thanks," one user wrote under Strait's post, while someone else reminded the "All My Ex's Live in Texas" artist that it "ain't a happy day man." "It's very disappointing to see the word 'happy' in this message," another user pointed out. "As the widow of a US Marine, I assure you there is nothing happy about this day. Today is a day of remembrance of those who gave all for our country." Someone else called for Strait's social media team to alter the post to remove the insensitive wording as they implored, "To whomever made this post for George Strait. Please remove the word 'happy.'" UPDATE: The post has since been removed from Strait's Instagram account. Country Icon, 73, Faces Backlash For Controversial Memorial Day Message first appeared on Parade on May 26, 2025
Newsroom
25-05-2025
- Business
- Newsroom
An Ode for .. Nicola ‘No BS' Willis
Budget Advice The Grand Court is filled with hubbub. Scribes and Minions scurry around frantically. It is the Day of the Royal Disbursements. 'This is a No BS budget,' Announces Nicola, Keeper of the Privy Purse. 'What does BS stand for?,' whispers a Scribe. 'Beneficial spending,' whispers a Minion in reply. 'What I say to the House of Red,' Thunders Nicola, Lady of the Strait, 'Is show us the money!' The Boy Prince Chipkins is confused. 'I thought all the money had been redirected To tax relief for King Lux's property empire,' He wonders aloud. 'There will be no rainbows, and no unicorns,' Glares Nicola, Admiraless of Ghost Ferries. 'What will there be then?,' A disconsolate rainbow unicorn quavers from the back. Nicola stops and consults Her twenty parchment rolls of hieroglyphics. 'It says here a crust of jail bread, Plus a cube of hard cheese,' she announces proudly To the raggedy and forlorn serfs. 'And you will love it!' Then The Lady of the Strait steps off the wharf Onto her leaking Royal Coracle Great Expectations And sails off into the setting sun across the Sea of Disappointment, Busily hand cranking the bilge pump.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
George Strait Surprises Dairy Queen Worker in Viral Video
The King of Country needs sweet treats too — in a new viral video, a Dairy Queen worker named Becky Gonzalez posted a photo of herself with George Strait ordering at the drive-thru of her DQ in Boerne, Texas, which is a small city in the suburbs of San Antonio. The short video is captioned "The King George Strait stopped at DQ Today." Gonzalez set the video to Strait's hit "You Look So Good in Love" and she used the hashtags #thekingofcountry, #shookmyhand and #notwashingit. Fans took to the comments to express their delight that Strait hits the DQ drive-thru just like everybody else. "Imagine his voice coming over the speaker placing an order 😳 😍," wrote one fan. Another added, "Imagine his voice coming over the speaker placing an order 😳 😍." "Imagine his voice coming over the speaker placing an order 😳 😍," wrote a third fan. Another fan chimed in with a joke about having "the KING at the Dairy QUEEN," to which Gonzalez replied, "Yessss." In a follow-up video talking about how crazy it was for her video to go viral — it has over 400,000 views as of this writing — Gonzalez said Strait could not have been nicer. "He's a really cool guy. He was ready to talk, we asked him a few things, he smiled, we shook hands and he was ready to take that selfie as you can tell in that picture, look at that smile! He's all happy," said Gonzalez. According to KNUE 101.5, Strait owns The Less Ranch in Boerne, which is a 2200-acre property featuring lakes, fields and even a cave with a natural spring inside. Strait also used to have a 12-acre hilltop property with a 7300-square-foot mansion. The property is located inside the Dominion Country Club outside of San Antonio, but The Real Deal reported in 2022 that Strait sold the property for $7 million after being on the market since 2017. Strait has definitely earned his title of "The King of Country." He has sold over 120 million albums and has 60 No. 1 hits, according to Texas Monthly.
