Author: Olive Metuge
If you’ve recently witnessed a 10-year-old smear their face with an $80 anti-wrinkle cream — either in real life or in any number of “Get Ready With Me” TikTok videos — you’re probably already aware of the “Sephora kids” skin-care trend that has young people clamouring for anti-aging products thanks in part to what they see on social media.Now, a new study published in Pediatrics this month, the first peer-reviewed paper of its kind, found that skin-care solutions promoted on TikTok not only offer little to no benefit for children and teens, but they can actually be harmful. And the risks go beyond skin damage (although, there is…
On Wednesday, June 18, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. Recommended Citation: SCOTUSblog , Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, June 18, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 18, 2025, 1:19 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/announcement-of-opinions-for-wednesday-june-18/ Source link
Home Daily News Did Trump violate law by deploying National… Constitutional Law Did Trump violate law by deploying National Guard troops? Commentators see issues as California sues By Debra Cassens Weiss June 10, 2025, 9:15 am CDT National Guard troops stand guard near the Metropolitan Detention Center on June 9 in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Eric Thayer/The Associated Press) The state of California is filing a lawsuit that seeks to set aside President Donald Trump’s order sending at least 2,000 state National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to protests there over immigration raids, the state announced Monday.…
Nothing says self-care like a massage and zero notificationsSome days just call for disappearing – just you, a robe, and a room that smells like eucalyptus. A slow slide into calm, quiet, and the kind of silence that feels like a reset button and the version of you who isn’t replying to emails or watching the clock. No special occasion – just a solid excuse to hide from the world in a steam room and do absolutely nothing. Some of the best spas in Dubai will make you feel worlds away without actually going anywhere. Dreamy, quiet, and just the…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. What Happened: A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of grants by the National Institutes of Health was “void and illegal,” ordering some of them to be reinstated, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months. District Judge William G. Young made the ruling in two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s directives and cancellations: One case was brought by more than a dozen states’ attorneys general, and the other was led by…
The Fairfax County Police Department, located in the US state of Virginia, responded to a caller who reported seeing an alligator early Monday morning. The reptile was located outside of a motel just 20 minutes south of Washington DC. Police told the BBC that they determined the owner was transporting the alligator from New York to a North Carolina zoo when it escaped. Due to a Virginia code which prohibits the possession of certain non-native, exotic animals, the alligator and its owner were escorted out of the county, officials said. Source link
Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food.Video shared on social media showed around a dozen mangled bodies lying in a street in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military acknowledged firing in the area and said it was looking into the incident.Eyewitnesses interviewed by Reuters said Israeli tanks had fired at least two shells at a crowd of thousands, who had gathered on the main eastern road through Khan Younis in…
In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. It became one of the great “I told you so” moments in Supreme Court history. Justice Antonin Scalia, dissenting alone in Morrison v. Olson, warned that letting Congress chip away at executive power in favor of unelected bureaucrats would come back to bite us – while giving us one of the most memorable judicial lines of all time. Forty years later, for better or worse, the court may finally be ready to follow his lead. A law for the times, not the…
Home Daily News Disbarred lawyer Girardi’s son-in-law pleads… Criminal Justice Disbarred lawyer Girardi’s son-in-law pleads guilty to contempt for former firm’s failure to pay Lion Air clients By Debra Cassens Weiss June 10, 2025, 9:51 am CDT Attorney Tom Girardi is pictured outside a Los Angeles courthouse in July 2014. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes/The Associated Press) Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi’s son-in-law pleaded guilty last week to contempt of court for failing to obey a court order calling for the distribution of $7.5 million in settlement funds to four clients in connection with the October 2018 crash of Indonesia’s Lion Air…
Sponsored: Wine lovers won’t want to miss thisAn exclusive, one-night-only event is about to take place by Penfolds, one of Australia’s most prestigious wine estates and if you’re into good wine and great food, you’ll need to check it out.Taking place on Thursday, June 26 in Jara by Martín Berasategui, and located at ultra-luxury hotel, The Lana – Dorchester Collection, this special dinner will also have a very special guest.The acclaimed contemporary Basque restaurant in the Lana will welcome Penfolds’ chief winemaker, Peter Gago, for his first visit to the UAE in over a decade. This intimate evening promises an…