Arizona has sued cosmetics giant L’Oréal over chemical hair relaxers, accusing the company of selling products primarily used by Black women and girls without adequately disclosing research linking frequent use to increased risks of uterine, ovarian and other cancers. Attorney General Kris Mayes filed the consumer-fraud lawsuit in September 2026 against L’Oréal USA, related L’Oréal … Read more
Macklemore was removed from the remaining U.S. dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour in September 2026 after using his opening performances at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium to express support for Palestinians, criticize Israel’s actions in Gaza and perform his protest song “Hind’s Hall.” The performances triggered criticism from several Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, a petition … Read more
Cesar Oriol Cardoso is a 53-year-old former Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher accused of showing sexually explicit material to elementary school students and engaging in inappropriate physical contact with multiple girls at Sunset Park Elementary School in Miami. Miami-Dade Schools Police arrested Cardoso on September 11, 2026, following an investigation that began in April. Investigators … Read more
Julie Kaputa is a senior, honors student and student body president at Beaver River Central School in northern New York who received an in-school suspension after refusing to throw away a cup of coffee on the first day of the 2026-27 school year. The punishment initially appeared to be a dispute over a school beverage … Read more
The University of Michigan is facing a federal lawsuit from 16 former men’s hockey players who allege that younger members of the Wolverines program were subjected to ritualized sexualized hazing and abuse for years while coaches and other staff members knew about, tolerated or encouraged the practices. The anonymous former players competed at Michigan between … Read more
Donald Trump Jr.’s May 2026 wedding to Bettina Anderson has become the center of a new controversy following an investigation reporting that Russian oligarch and boxing executive Umar Kremlev secretly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward the couple’s lavish Bahamas celebration. The controversy centers not simply on a wealthy friend helping finance a wedding, … Read more
Sydney Sweeney became the center of another advertising controversy in September 2026 after appearing nude and nearly nude in a campaign for sports prediction market Novig. The “Just Sports” campaign was intended to emphasize that Novig focuses exclusively on sporting events, but several prominent female athletes accused the advertising of sexualizing women’s sports and undermining … Read more
HYROX faced an international hygiene and safety controversy after Australian elite athlete Joanna Wietrzyk suffered fecal incontinence during a September 2026 race in Beijing but was allowed to continue competing, use shared equipment and finish first in the women’s Pro division. The incident generated criticism of Wietrzyk’s decision to remain in the race and of … Read more
Anlan is the online name of a Chinese social-media influencer who became the subject of a major controversy after posting what appeared to be proof of a 1 million yuan — roughly $150,000 — donation to flood-relief efforts in Guangxi. The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Red Cross later said it had received no individual donation … Read more
Jeffrey Pribble is a 48-year-old teacher and head varsity football coach at Tracy High School in California who was arrested after police said students discovered his cellphone recording them while they changed clothes inside the school’s boys’ locker room. Tracy police arrested Pribble at Tracy High School on September 11, 2026, one day after a … Read more
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