Author: Press Room

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. October is one of my all-time favorite months. Why, you may ask? Well, it’s spooky season leading up to Halloween on the 31st. Any excuse to dress in costume and eat candy is fine by me! It’s also officially fall, so we get to sip pumpkin spice lattes while taking in the crisp air and crunchy leaves. And this year, I’m counting down the days until Taylor Swift releases her new album Midnights. As a Swiftie, autumn has always made me think of…

A group of progressive lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to rethink his administration’s strategy in Ukraine, writing in a letter on Monday that it is “America’s responsibility to pursue every diplomatic avenue” to reach a ceasefire. “We agree with the Administration’s perspective that it is not America’s place to pressure Ukraine’s government regarding sovereign decisions, and with the principle you have enunciated that there should be ‘nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,’” 30 Democratic lawmakers wrote in the letter. “But as legislators responsible for the expenditure of tens of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars in military assistance in the conflict, we believe such…

A 22-year-old Brooklyn woman who was randomly punched onto subway tracks last month claims she was able to scramble to safety thanks to her experience climbing up on the stage at Gwen Stefani concerts. “It’s because Gwen’s called me on stage so many times,” the anonymous woman told Fox 5 News. “That’s why my body knew what to do.” The woman said she was returning home from work and had just gotten off the train in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn when a man she didn’t know punched her and pushed her onto the subway tracks. “Being in the…

New York Jets GM Joe Douglas was proactive in filling the void left by the season-ending injury to running back Breece Hall, as he reportedly made a deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars to land veteran James Robinson. The Jets are reportedly sending a conditional sixth-round pick to the Jaguars that could turn into a fifth-round selection if Robinson rushes for 600 yards this season, ESPN says. Robinson already has 340 yards on the year. New York learned on Monday following test results that Hall did tear his ACL as well as a meniscus tear in the team’s win over the Denver Broncos…

The Jets expect to have disgruntled wide receiver Elijah Moore back for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Moore, who is unhappy with his usage, was sent home Thursday after an outburst before practice directed at offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur. He later demanded a trade. The Jets made him inactive for their game against the Broncos and left him in New Jersey as they went to Denver. Saleh said Moore was with the team on Monday as players went through weight lifting and a few other day-after-game activities. Saleh said he has not spoken to Moore, but probably will on Tuesday.…

A former State Department employee pleaded guilty Monday to engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors while working at the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. Dean Edward Cheves, 63, served at the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines from 2017 to 2021. During that time, he met multiple minors over the internet, according to the Department of Justice.  Between December 2020 and March 2021, Cheves communicated with a then-15 to 16-year-old Philippine minor whom he paid to produce and send sexually explicit images, the DOJ said. ACCUSED FLORIDA CHILD MOLESTER ARRESTED AFTER TINDER MATCH REVEALS CONVERSATION TO COPSIn February 2021, Cheves engaged in…

India’s IT outsourcers have started cracking down on their workers as they try to eradicate moonlighting out of fear that staff will share corporate secrets with rivals.Many outsourcers, which do work for global businesses such as Microsoft, AstraZeneca and Vanguard, raised concerns in an unprecedented way about multiple employment on their latest quarterly earnings calls. These worries have led to a growing cottage industry of businesses offering intermittent background checks on employees to identify moonlighting.The biggest warning has come from Wipro. Chair Rishad Premji claimed last month that the outsourcer had dismissed 300 workers in a single move who were…

This story is part of CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. “I can say antisemitic s*** and Adidas cannot drop me,” Kanye West said during his now infamous tirade against Jews during the Drink Champs Podcast earlier this month. With a social media uproar focused on Adidas brewing, Ye’s theory is now being tested. Here’s the deal: The list of brands distancing themselves from West is growing by the day. Balenciaga and Vogue publicly cut ties last week, and on Monday talent agency CAA dropped West as a client, and production…

Unilever United States has issued a voluntary recall of 19 shampoo products with potentially high levels of benzene.On Oct. 18, Unilever shared details of the recall on the Food and Drug Administration website. According to the announcement, the recalled items are dry shampoo aerosol products made before October 2021. In its report, Unilever said it had conducted an internal investigation and found the aerosols’ propellant was the source of benzene.The affected products come from Dove, Nexxus, Suave, both Rockaholic and Bed Head by TGI, and Tresemmé. Some specific items on the list include Dove Dry Shampoo Volume and Fullness, Nexxus Dry…

CNN  —  Fifteen days from the midterm elections, new CNN polls in battleground states show that the issue at the front of voters’ minds is the economy and inflation – a reality that could tilt the outcome of key races with Democrats’ narrow House and Senate majorities in the balance. A similar political landscape exists in three key states – Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – with likely voters ranking the economy and inflation as the most important issue in their state, new CNN polls conducted by SSRS found. The share of voters ranking the issue first was similar in each…