The advertising regulator in the United Kingdom has banned two ads by Zara for using models who appeared “unheathily thin,” finding the photos were “irresponsible” to run. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said…
Month: August 2025
Flight attendant sues Delta for US$75M over upside-down plane crash in Toronto
An off-duty flight attendant who helped passengers escape and suffered her own injuries during a fiery upside-down crash of a Delta Air Lines flight at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport has filed a…
Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls
new video loaded: Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls By Annie Karni, John Pappas, Gabriel Blanco, Nikolay Nikolov and Claire Hogan•August 5, 2025 The booing started in seconds at Representative…
Raw milk sold by Florida farm sickens 21 people
Florida health officials on Monday issued a warning about drinking unpasteurized raw milk after it sickened 21 people, seven of whom were hospitalized. Source link
Victoria Mboko reaches semifinals of 2025 National Bank Open
Victoria Mboko (Sarah-Jade Champagne, Wikimedia Commons) Victoria Mboko is in the semifinals of the 2025 National Bank Open. On Monday night at IGA Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Mboko defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro…
5 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander-like trades in the CFL
In July 2019, the Los Angeles Clippers traded Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, five first-round picks, Danilo Gallinari, and two more first-round swaps to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for six-time (now nine-time) All-Star…
U.S. Coast Guard releases report on OceanGate, 2 years after fatal Titan implosion
Two years after the fatal implosion of the Titan submersible, the United States Coast Guard has released the results of its investigation. (Galafilm Productions) The United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation…
Police continue search for suspect after three found dead in Ontario's prime cottage country
Police were continuing a wide-scale search Monday for a man wanted in a murder investigation after three bodies were found at a fire-gutted home in the Muskoka region, one of Canada’s most…
Amish schools ask Supreme Court to uphold their right to refuse vaccinations in New York
Three Amish schools in New York petitioned the Supreme Court, asking the justices to rule that the First Amendment supersedes a state law requiring that school children be vaccinated. Source link
McIntosh wins World Championship gold in the women’s 400 IM
Summer McIntosh (Jack Spitser, Wikimedia Commons) Canadian Olympic gold medalist Summer McIntosh of Toronto, Ontario won the gold medal on Sunday in the women’s 400 metre individual medley at the 2025 World…