1+ week, 23+ hour ago (747+ words) Bass Pro Shops, Bed Bath & Beyond, Dick's, Foot Locker, Gap, JCPenney, Michaels, Nordstrom, Old Navy, and Wayfair were named as primary offenders. With Thanksgiving approaching and desperate retailers already offering Black Friday discounts, shoppers are on the hunt for holiday bargains. But a D.C.-based consumer expert says of many tempting sale prices: "They're really just lying to you." According to a new report titled "Sales Prices Are Usually Fake Discounts" by Washington Consumers' Checkbook, the majority of advertised markdowns are misleading. "Our researchers spent six months tracking prices at 25 major retailers and found pretty much all the markdowns that are offered by most stores aren't special prices or savings at all," said the executive editor of Washington Consumers' Checkbook, Kevin Brasler. The investigation, which began in February 2025, tracked prices for more than 25 items at 25 national chains over 24 weeks. Researchers found…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (686+ words) The former judge says he is considering filing a fraud and corruption complaint with the New York attorney general's office. A Miss Universe judge who quit the scandal-plagued beauty pageant " claiming it is rigged " is now threatening to file a formal complaint with the attorney general of New York citing fraud, corruption, abuse of power, and other issues. The Lebanese-French composer Omar Harfouch announced this week that he was resigning in an Instagram post to his more than one million followers. He claims that a secret vote was held to pre-select 30 finalists out of the 136 contestants. Mr. Harfouch said that he could not pretend to legitimize the vote during the televised competition. "Some of the countries eliminated through this process could be at war, discriminated against, or geopolitically sensitive," Mr. Harfouch stated. "Viewers would assume the jury made these decisions,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (306+ words) The New York Sun covers America and the world from a base in New York. Its report comprises straightforward news dispatches and a lively editorial page that views the world through a prism of principles over politics and people over party. The New York Sun Marie Antoinette, the "Most Fashionable Queen in History," Reclaims Her Throne at the Victoria & Albert Museum The Parisian queen who lost her head is given a sprawling retrospective in one of London"s toniest neighborhoods. LONDON" The legend of Marie Antoinette was born the moment the steel of the guillotine sliced the skin of her neck. That is the impression gathered from "Marie Antoinette Style" at the Victoria & Albert Museum, which calls her "the most fashionable queen in history." This jewel of tony South Kensington has assembled an spectacular show of the legacy of the…...

23+ hour, 57+ min ago (456+ words) The findings raise "serious health concerns associated with the tattooing practice," the researchers say. As tattoos become increasingly mainstream, particularly among young adults, new research raises questions about their long-term effects on the immune system." A new study has found that tattoo ink doesn"t just stay in the skin; it quickly travels to the lymph nodes, where it can trigger persistent inflammation, kill immune cells, and even alter the body"s response to vaccines. With more than 30 percent of Americans " and an even greater percentage of younger people " now sporting at least one tattoo, the findings highlight a significant public health question about the safety of substances injected into the body. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used mice to track what happens to tattoo ink after it"s injected into the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (587+ words) The reporter is best known for her August interview with Huckabee that enraged the former governor. A CBS News correspondent behind a controversial interview with the American ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is reportedly considering legal action after she was laid off on Wednesday. As sweeping layoffs roiled CBS News, Debora Patta claims in her lawsuit that she had been told by company representatives that she was safe. After she got the bad news, she found out that she was being let go instead of a Rome-based correspondent, Chris Livesay, who was originally supposed to be let go but asked to be reassigned as an Israel correspondent." Ms. Patta interviewed Mr. Huckabee in August and asked him about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and about whether he is "deeply troubled by images of starving children." At the end of the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (382+ words) The congresswoman says she is running against "America's worst governor.' Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is announcing her long-expected run for governor of New York, days after voters at New York City elected a democratic socialist to be their next mayor." In a post on X on Friday morning, Ms. Stefanik called New York's governor, Kathy Hochul, the "worst governor in America." "Under her failed leadership, New York is the most unaffordable state in the nation with the highest taxes, highest energy, utilities, rent, and grocery bills," the New York congresswoman said. "When New Yorkers were looking for leadership from our Governor, she bent the knee to the raging Defund the Police, Tax Hiking Communist causing catastrophe for New York families." Ms. Hochul responded to Ms. Stefanik's announcement, writing on X, "Elise Stefanik is running to deliver New York for Donald Trump…...

4+ day, 52+ min ago (788+ words) The fired MSNBC host suggests it would be the "most perfect fairy tale." The fired MSNBC host, Joy Reid, is facing a firestorm of criticism after she speculated that Vice President Vance might leave his wife, Usha, for Charlie Kirk"s widow, Erika, in order to upgrade to what she called "a white queen." Ms. Reid appeared on the "I"ve Had It podcast, co-hosted by Jennifer Welch, who has been cast as liberals" answer to podcaster Joe Rogan." "They can"t have the successor to MAGA be the guy with the brown Hindu wife, Ms. Reid claimed. "They"re also Christian nationalists. That ain"t going to work. That"s why he"s throwing his wife under the bus. Poor Usha. Or she"s in on it. Ms. Welch then made a derogatory reference to a close hug between…...

23+ hour, 58+ min ago (447+ words) Few major outlets are spared from inclusion on a list of "repeat offenders" on a new White House web page Almost no mainstream news media outlet is spared from appearing on a new "Hall of Shame" appearing since Friday on the White House website. Prominent on a list of "repeat offenders" that "don"t just get it wrong " they do it over and over again" are the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, CNN, Politico, Axios, Los Angeles Times, and three of the four major networks: ABC, NBC and CBS. Less politically oriented outlets such as People Magazine and USA Today are included among the 22 named news sources, as are a pair of British outlets " BBC and The Independent. Absent from the list is President Trump"s preferred broadcaster, Fox News. The inaugural issue of the web page focuses…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (727+ words) This is not just about racing. It's about a gathering of icons redefining what's possible in water sports.' Tom Brady won seven Super Bowls, more than any other player in NFL history. But this weekend at Miami, the 48-year-old retired football player turned broadcaster is chasing another kind of back-to-back championship " not on the gridiron, but on water. To do it, he'll have to defeat a field as glittering as any Hollywood awards show, including NBA legend LeBron James, tennis icon Rafael Nadal, Academy Award-winning actor Will Smith, and Grammy Award-winning singer Marc Anthony. No, it's not "Dancing With the Stars." It's the season finale of the 2025 E1 Championship Series. The Miami Grand Prix brings the E1 Series, the first all-electric powerboat racing league, to the United States for the first time. E1, launched in 2024, is part of Motorsports E360, a multi-year partnership between…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago (414+ words) The attempt to limit the scope of the lawsuit comes as Paramount is facing mounting discrimination lawsuits. Paramount and its subsidiary CBS " which had some of the most aggressive "diversity, equity, and inclusion" policies in the media industry prior to President Trump's return to power " are trying to limit the scope of a major lawsuit brought by a former local news anchor who claims she was discriminated against because she is white." Paramount's biggest champion of diversity, CBS boss George Cheeks, pledged at the height of the "racial reckoning" in 2020 that by the 2022-2023 season, half of the personnel in CBS writers' rooms would be people of color. Despite this, Mr. Cheeks is the only top Paramount executive who survived the Skydance acquisition. On Monday night, attorneys for Paramount, CBS, and WBZ filed a motion to dismiss four out of the…...