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50 Cent Shares a Popsicle PSA After Outshine Recall: ‘Can’t Eat Lettuce, Can’t Eat Popsicles’
Rapper 50 Cent has posted an Instagram video and meme urging fans to check their freezers after Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream issued a voluntary recall of several Outshine popsicle flavours over possible glass contamination. In the clip, the rapper and film producer is shown discarding boxes of the affected fruit bars, jokingly lamenting that he…
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Downpours to continue for UK with risk of flash flooding
Heavy showers and thunderstorms are set to continue across large parts of the UK on Thursday, bringing a risk of flash flooding and travel disruption after a summer largely dominated by high pressure. A Met Office yellow thunderstorm warning covers northern England and north Wales until 10:00 BST, with the wet weather then tracking southwards…
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Farm where Tony Martin shot and killed teenage burglar given green light to develop four new homes
Planning permission has reportedly been granted to build four new homes on the site of the Norfolk farm where Tony Martin shot dead a teenage burglar in 1999, a case that became a landmark in the British debate over homeowners’ rights to defend their property. The development marks a significant change of use for a…
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Timber! Million-pound home built secretly instead of horse-breeding clinic is razed to the ground
A newly built million-pound house in the UK has been demolished after it emerged the property had been constructed in secret in place of an approved horse-breeding clinic. Planning authorities discovered the discrepancy between what had been permitted and what was actually built, leading to enforcement action that culminated in the building being torn down.…
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Charley Crockett Takes Aim at Jack White, Again
Country singer Charley Crockett has renewed his public feud with guitarist Jack White, exchanging pointed social media posts on 19 August 2026. The spat began after Crockett booked “Satanic doo-wop” duo Twin Temple as opening act for his Age of the Ram tour; when the duo later said they were dropped over their satanic imagery,…
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Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’
Stripe has confirmed it is acquiring OpenRouter, the AI model-routing startup, for a reported $7.5 billion, a huge jump from its $1.3 billion valuation just three months earlier. A leaked letter from Stripe’s founders, Patrick and John Collison, jokingly cited the “singularity” as their rationale, but the real drivers appear to be the growing overlap…
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Federal Reserve officials hint rate increase may be necessary
Multiple Federal Reserve officials indicated the central bank may need to raise interest rates later this year, according to newly released minutes of the Fed’s July meeting. While most participants at the joint meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and the Fed’s Board of Governors “anticipated that inflation would step down over the…
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Centrelink cash boost for millions of Aussie pensioners and JobSeeker recipients: What you need to know
More than 5.3 million Australians receiving social security payments will see increased rates from Thursday 20 September, as part of a scheduled indexation adjustment. Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek said the change will deliver an extra $4 billion in cost-of-living relief, helping recipients cover rent, food and everyday bills, with the government also lifting…
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Mail-Order Media Giant Columbia House Shutting Down After 71 Years
Columbia House, the mail-order media company famous for its penny-per-record membership offers, is closing down after 71 years in business. The company confirmed to CNN that it will cease operations on 15 September 2026, following a since-removed closure notice that briefly appeared on its official website, bringing an end to a business that once symbolised…
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Trump administration plans crackdown on some immigrants’ alleged tax refund ‘abuse’
The Treasury Department and the IRS on Wednesday proposed stronger restrictions on certain immigrants’ ability to claim refundable tax credits — the latest in the Trump administration’s efforts to curb access from non-U.S. citizens to federal benefits. The department suggested the refunded portion of four tax credits be classified as “federal public benefits,” potentially disqualifying…