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A shopper enters a Target store, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Woodbury, Minn. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Target pulls kids’ Halloween costume amid blackface backlash

Target has pulled a children's Halloween costume from sale after social media users said the design evoked blackface and 19th-century minstrel imagery, and the retailer apologized for the "Kids' Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit" following the online backlash.

August 25, 2026
Are handwriting skills worse for young Americans thanks to the amount of technology they're using to communicate with today? (File photo credit: katuSka via Shutterstock)

Gen Z is losing handwriting skills. Is this the end of clear communication?

Handwriting is slowly receding from everyday life among younger generations. At the University of Stavanger in Norway, researchers report a startling figure: after just one year of using only keyboards, 40 percent of students see a decline in how legible and fluid their handwriting is

August 24, 2026
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Tennessee health firm settles false claims case for $2.4 million

Monogram Health Professional Services PC and Monogram Health Inc., collectively known as Monogram Health and headquartered in Tennessee, have agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false diagnosis codes to increase payments under the Medicare Advantage program, the Justice Department announced.

August 24, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Philadelphia man charged with underpaying $7M in employment taxes, DOJ says

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has returned a superseding indictment charging Jimmy Fabian of Philadelphia with engaging in a scheme to underpay more than $7 million in employment taxes owed by his staffing business and filing false tax returns for the company, the Justice Department announced

August 24, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Four charged in alleged $12 million Bronx Medicaid fraud scheme, DOJ says

Federal prosecutors unsealed a nine-count indictment charging four members of a Bronx-based racketeering organization known as the "War Room" with participating in a scheme that allegedly generated fake transportation data used to support millions of dollars in fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to the Justice Department.

August 24, 2026
This image provided by Cari Kieffer shows part of the Hawk fire in Reno, Nev. (Cari Kieffer via AP)

5 questions about the Hawk Fire in Reno, Nevada

A wind-driven wildfire near Reno, Nevada, has forced roughly 90,000 people to evacuate, destroyed homes and injured six people. Here's what to know about the out-of-control Hawk Fire.

August 24, 2026
Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks as President Donald Trump listens at a campaign rally for Graham at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Darline Graham, Ralph Norman clash in tight South Carolina Senate runoff

Sen. Darline Graham's advantage in unpublished polling had narrowed in the run-up to Tuesday's Republican Senate primary runoff in South Carolina, but President Trump's rally on her behalf Friday in Myrtle Beach could provide a decisive late boost, according to the story.

August 23, 2026
David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, speaks during the Paramount Pictures presentation at CinemaCon on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Paramount Skydance accuses Mark Ruffalo of ‘antisemitic tropes’ in Warner Bros. takeover attack

Paramount Skydance is accusing actor Mark Ruffalo of invoking "antisemitic tropes" in his latest attack on the media giant's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, escalating a public feud over the blockbuster deal. Ruffalo criticized the transaction on Instagram, where he targeted Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, David Ellison's father, while raising concerns about Oracle's technology and its relationship with Israel.

August 22, 2026
Hugh Hefner, born 1926 and Crystal Harris, born 1986, Age Difference: 60 years Hugh Hefner, left, and model Crystal Harris at a party celebrating the release of the book "Hugh Hefner's Playboy" a limited edition anthology by Taschen in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

Crystal Hefner says Playboy Mansion marriage left her ‘brainwashed’

"BRAINWASHED" BUNNY? Crystal Hefner is speaking out about what she describes as years of coercive control during her relationship with the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. "I think I was absolutely brainwashed, but there was nothing out there that validated me," she said.

August 22, 2026