Target, Walmart and Amazon removed a controversial “German Army Soldier Adult Costume” from their online marketplaces in September 2026 after critics said the outfit closely resembled the uniforms worn by German military personnel during World War II. The costume, manufactured by Orion Costumes and sold through third-party retailer Toynk, was marketed as a “1940s” military … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting a major antitrust investigation into the American beef industry, examining whether dominant meatpackers illegally coordinated the prices they pay ranchers for cattle and whether anticompetitive conduct has contributed to record-high beef prices for consumers. The investigation focuses on Tyson Foods, Cargill, JBS and National Beef, four companies that … Read more
Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Trent Thornton went viral after an angry dugout outburst during the Cubs’ 9-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field on September 2, 2026. After manager Craig Counsell removed him with the bases loaded in the fifth inning, television cameras captured Thornton entering the dugout, violently throwing his glove into … Read more
Carla Jeffery was an actress and dancer best known for playing Bree in Disney Channel’s “Zombies” franchise. Jeffery died on September 1, 2026, at age 33. Her longtime manager, Carla Alexander of Alexanders Talent Management, announced her death the following day. No cause of death has been publicly disclosed. Jeffery began acting as a child … Read more
Thomas Christopher Ross is a 37-year-old Republican candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives who was arrested in September 2026 and charged in federal court with conspiring to distribute a controlled substance. Federal prosecutors allege Ross instructed his then-campaign manager to plant cocaine and an Adderall capsule in the purse or vehicle of Louise Curchin … Read more
Benjamin Azariah Southworth is a 40-year-old Los Angeles podcaster, writer and former Christian television host who was arrested on September 3, 2026, after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, cyberstalking and making harassing interstate telephone calls. Federal prosecutors accuse Southworth of using Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and … Read more
The 2026 U.S. Open has become the center of a growing backlash over the tournament’s embrace of social-media influencers and content creators. The United States Tennis Association nearly doubled the number of creator credentials this year, from 54 in 2025 to close to 100 in 2026, as part of a strategy to turn the tournament … Read more
Three of the world’s largest artificial-intelligence services experienced overlapping outages on September 3, 2026, disrupting OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Codex, Anthropic’s Claude and xAI’s Grok. The nearly simultaneous failures were unusual enough to generate immediate speculation about a shared cloud-infrastructure failure or cyberattack, but no evidence has established that the incidents were connected. Anthropic and xAI … Read more
A Halloween candy sold at TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and Sierra Trading Post has been recalled after it was discovered that the product contained milk that was not disclosed on its packaging. Crystal Temptations of North Arlington, New Jersey, announced the recall of its Halloween-themed Chocolatey Eyeballs on August 31, 2026. The U.S. Food and … Read more
Aryna Sabalenka, the world’s No. 1 women’s tennis player and two-time defending U.S. Open champion, became involved in a media controversy on September 2, 2026, after sharply rejecting a reporter’s suggestion that her week before the tournament had involved “parties and fun.” Sabalenka said the question wrongly implied that her brand appearances and social events … Read more
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