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☆ Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’ Music Video Cuts ‘Fat’ Scene Following Backlash
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A screen-grab of the bathroom scale scene from Taylor Swift’s music video for ‘Anti-Hero’ on YouTube. A scene was removed from Taylor Swift ’s “Anti-Hero” music video during which she stepped on a scale that read “fat,” a segment some critics called fatphobic. In the video, which was released on Oct. 21, Ms. Swift goes through a series of what she calls her nightmare scenarios. The moment in question involved her stepping on a scale in a bathroom before a camera zooms into the reading, which has no numbers and just says “FAT.”
☆ LAPD Launches Criminal Investigation Into Recording With Councilwoman’s Racist Comments
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Christine Mai-Duc | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Los Angeles Police Department said it is opening a criminal investigation into whether the leaked audio recording that captured a city councilwoman making racist comments was made illegally. Nearly two weeks after the recording circulated and upended city politics, the officials caught on the tape—Councilwoman Nury Martinez and three others—asked the Los Angeles police to investigate how the recording was made, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday. The officials told police they believed the recording was made illegally without their permission.
☆ Penn State Cancels Event With Proud Boys Founder, Citing Threat of Violence
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Protesters took to Penn State’s campus in recent days as both students and university officials denounced the event’s speakers. Pennsylvania State University canceled a comedy event with the founder of the Proud Boys, Gavin McInnes , citing the threat of escalating violence ahead of the Monday night show. Protesters took to the campus in recent days as both students and university officials denounced the speakers: Mr. McInnes, who founded the extremist group the Proud Boys, and Alex Stein , a far-right commentator.
☆ Soaring Inflation Pushes Halloween Candy Prices Scary High
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ Protesters Arrested for Tossing Mashed Potatoes on a $110-Million Monet Painting
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
In what has become a familiar scene, two climate protesters splattered a gooey substance on a famous painting, this time defacing a roughly $110-million Claude Monet painting in Germany with mashed potatoes. As visitors milled around Monet’s “Grainstacks” painting Sunday, a man and woman in orange vests hurled containers of mashed potatoes onto the canvas, according to a video taken at the scene. They had set off alarms to distract the staff at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, where the artwork was displayed, the museum said.
☆ Former UCLA Doctor Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Patients
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A former UCLA doctor at the center of a sexual abuse scandal that has cost the University of California nearly $700 million was found guilty of five counts of sexually assaulting his patients, authorities said. The doctor, James Heaps , was accused by hundreds of women of sexual misconduct while he was an obstetrician-gynecologist at UCLA from 1983 to 2018. His patients have said he groped them, conducted invasive exams and made sexual comments.
☆ Social Security Administration Is Allowing People to Select Their Gender for Its Records
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Social Security Administration will applicants to choose a gender that doesn’t necessarily match their passport or driver’s license. The U.S. Social Security Administration said it is allowing people to select their gender in its records, a move the agency said would give more options to transgender and gender diverse people. The Social Security Administration, which administers Social Security benefits, has required people since 1936 to designate their sex for its records. This is the first time the agency will allow applicants to choose a gender that doesn’t necessarily match their passport or driver’s license.
☆ Prime Minister Liz Truss vs. Lettuce: The Vegetable Triumphs
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss was trounced by a head of lettuce. As Ms. Truss scrambled to hold on to her post this month, a U.K. tabloid decided to have some fun. The tabloid, the Daily Star, picked up a 60-pence head of lettuce from Tesco and started live-streaming it on Oct. 14. It was a stunt to see if the unrefrigerated vegetable would stay fresh long enough to see Ms. Truss out of office.
☆ Stephen Curry Appeals for Brittney Griner’s Release
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors offered support to Brittney Griner , the American basketball player serving a prison sentence in Russia, saying he hoped everyone was doing their part to bring her home. Mr. Curry, a star shooter, denounced Ms. Griner’s incarceration during his team’s championship ring ceremony. He was the latest high-profile figure to condemn her detention since she was arrested in February at a Moscow airport on suspicion of drug smuggling.
☆ First-Edition Apple iPhone Sells for More Than $39,000 at Auction
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Apple’s then-CEO Steve Jobs holding the new iPhone during his keynote address at MacWorld Conference & Expo in 2007. For the price of dozens of brand new iPhones, a buyer purchased a first edition of Apple Inc. game-changing device for more than $39,000. LCG Auctions, a Louisiana-based auction house, sold an unopened 2007 iPhone on Sunday, according to the auction house. They didn’t name the buyer, but said he lived in Australia.
☆ FDA Warns of Adderall Shortage, Months After Patients Raised Concerns
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The FDA confirmed a shortage of Adderall, which is used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The Food and Drug Administration confirmed a shortage of Adderall and generic versions of the drug, saying patients could use alternative treatments until supply issues are resolved. The FDA this week said what patients, manufacturers and retailers have been signaling for months: that patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are having trouble obtaining the medications that can help them focus.
☆ Amazon’s October Attempt at Prime Day Falls Flat, Analysts Say
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The ‘Prime Early Access Sale’ appears to have fallen short of the Prime Day sales events typically held in summer, analysts said. Amazon Inc.’s latest Prime Day-like event appears to have fallen short of the company’s normal summer sales bonanzas. Analysts said Amazon’s 48-hour “Prime Early Access Sale,” which occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday, didn’t give the e-commerce company the same revenue boost, or attract as much social-media buzz, as prior Prime Days. This was Amazon’s second such shopping event this year. The previous one was in July.
☆ Protesters Swarm Los Angeles City Council Meeting After Audio Leak of Racist Comments
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Christine Mai-Duc | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Protesters interrupted a Los Angeles City Council meeting Tuesday, joining the growing number of calls for the resignation of a councilwoman who made racist comments on a leaked audio recording. Dozens of protesters packed into Los Angeles City Hall during the council’s regularly scheduled meeting. They chanted that the councilwoman, Nury Martinez , should resign after a tape was released over the weekend on which she insulted local politicians and compared a councilman’s Black son to a monkey.
☆ A Carbon Monoxide Leak at an Allentown Daycare Center Sends Dozens of People, Mostly Children, to Hospital
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Twenty-six people, mostly children, were taken to the hospital after carbon monoxide leaked at a daycare center in Allentown, Pa., Tuesday morning, according to the city’s fire department. John Christopher of the Allentown Fire Department said 25 children and eight staff members were evacuated from the Happy Smiles Learning Center. Parents picked up a few of the children and said they would handle their medical care, he said, while the rest of the children and the staff were taken to local hospitals in stable condition.
☆ Retailers Kick Off Black Friday in October Again, This Time With Too Much Stuff
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Black Friday may be more than six weeks away, but retailers are already rolling out the deals. Target said Monday that it was beginning its Black Friday sale, which will include half-priced electronics and toys. Walmart also said it was offering sales this week for holiday shoppers.
☆ Fast Food: See the Top Drive-Through Chains Ranked Quickest to Slowest
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
KFC customers waited about 5 minutes in the drive-through line, on average, according to a recent study. In a battle of restaurant chain drive-throughs, a new survey says KFC’s is the quickest and Chick-fil-A’s is the slowest. Chick-fil-A customers spent on average about 8.5 minutes waiting in line in their cars, while drivers at KFC waited just over 5 minutes, according to a survey of 10 U.S. restaurant chains by Intouch Insight a customer-experience management company. The firm surveyed more than 1,500 drive-through locations in June and July.
☆ Fast Company Hack Sends ‘Obscene and Racist’ Alerts to Its Apple News Users
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Followers of Fast Company’s Apple News feed received push notifications with obscene and racist language after its content management system was hacked. Fast Company a business news organization, said it shut down its website because it was hacked twice this week and “obscene and racist” push notifications were sent to its Apple News users. The company, which describes itself as a progressive business brand, said in a statement Wednesday that it experienced two apparently related hacks. The company said it was investigating what happened and that its website would be shut down until the situation was resolved.
☆ Ned Fulmer Is Out of Comedy Group the Try Guys Amid Affair With Employee
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Ned Fulmer, seen here in 2017, was one of the founding members of the Try Guys, an internet comedy group. The Try Guys said Ned Fulmer , one of the internet comedy quartet’s founding members, was no longer working with the group after word spread on social media that he had cheated on his wife with an employee. The group said in a statement Tuesday that it conducted a thorough internal review and didn’t see a path forward with Mr. Fulmer.
☆ British Bank Notes With King Charles III’s Portrait Won’t Circulate Until 2024
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Currency with the image of Britain’s new King Charles III won’t circulate until the middle of 2024, the Bank of England said. One of the many changes that comes with the new sovereign is rebranding the U.K.’s bank notes, which for the past seven decades have featured Queen Elizabeth II on the front. The Bank of England, the U.K.’s central bank, said that once the currency featuring the king is released, it will circulate alongside bank notes with the queen’s portrait.
☆ Brett Favre’s SiriusXM Show Is On Hold
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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☆ Hurricane Ian Path: What to Know as Strong Storm Threatens Cuba, Florida
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Ian strengthened into a hurricane Monday morning as it closed in on Cuba, where it could bring rain, floods and mudslides, and threatened Florida’s western coast, hurricane forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center urged residents in Cuba and Florida to prepare for a possible major hurricane this week, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm’s arrival.
☆ Hurricane Fiona Makes Path for Eastern Canada as Area Braces for Most Powerful Storm in Years
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Eastern Canada is bracing for what forecasters said could be a once-in-a-lifetime storm. Hurricane Fiona is set to make landfall there Saturday as it barrels up the Atlantic Ocean, where it has left behind a trail of destruction in parts of the northern Caribbean.
☆ Apple Music to Replace Pepsi as Sponsor of NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Mary J. Blige performing during the Super Bowl halftime show in February. Apple Music is set to be the new sponsor of the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show, replacing longtime sponsor PepsiCo after Apple signed a multiyear deal with the league. The NFL announced the deal with Apple Inc.’s streaming service on Friday.
☆ Walmart to Offer Free Return Pickups at Home for Some Members
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Walmart is trying to make it easier for you to return that thing you don’t want anymore. The retailer said Thursday that some of its subscription members can get their returns picked up free starting next month, a new perk ahead of the busy holiday shopping season.
☆ ‘Fat Leonard’ of Navy Bribery Scandal Is Captured in Venezuela Weeks After Escaping House Arrest
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A former contractor known as “ Fat Leonard ,” who was at the center of a Navy bribery scandal, was arrested in Venezuela this week after he cut off his ankle monitor to escape house arrest earlier this month in San Diego, officials said. The former contractor, Leonard Glenn Francis , was arrested by authorities Tuesday in Venezuela, where officials believe he had flown without using an alias, said Omar Castillo , a supervisory deputy U.S. He was set to be extradited to the U.S.
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