A proposed law may change how Amazon, FedEx and others deliver packages — and it’s not good news for New Yorkers. For some time now, Walmart, Amazon, Target, FedEx and more have implemented last mile delivery — the final step of the shipping process where packages go from a local hub to one’s doorstep, which is heavily reliant on third parties, such as Delivery Service Partners (DSPs). In other words, those drivers delivering packages across NYC from an Amazon-marked truck and uniform aren’t technically employees of the company. However, a new NYC law, the Delivery Protection Act, might change that.…

New details have emerged about a couple’s marital issues before they died in a murder-suicide.. As Us previously reported, James “Jimmy” Brugger and Melinda “Mindy” Brugger were found dead at their home in Poughkeepsie, New York, just before midnight on August 21. Detectives determined that Jimmy, 66, shot Mindy, 54, several times. Jimmy then tampered with and removed evidence of the killing from the home before he died by suicide. It has since been revealed that Mindy filed for divorce from Jimmy about one month earlier on July 17, according to the New York State Unified Court System. The reason…

The egos have landed. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have touched down in the UK, 5,000 miles from the Montecito sun, to face a cooler British reception. And the rumor mill is at fever pitch. Will they set up their own court in the celebrity rural enclave of the Cotswolds? Is (long-resting) actress Meghan eyeing a return to the small screen? Will Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet have a proper reunion with at least one of their grandfathers? Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. Yet no spin can save this. The Megxit U-turn, no doubt rooted in fading US interest, represents a major…

By Anja Karadeglija The Canadian Press Posted August 28, 2026 5:23 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s privacy commissioner is asking the Federal Court to order Google to de-list specific search results, after Google refused to comply with the watchdog’s recommendations. The privacy commissioner’s office said a year ago that Google wouldn’t implement its recommendation to de-list specific articles in the search results for an individual’s name.The case, which has been ongoing since 2017, involves articles about a criminal charge that was dropped, which the individual said caused direct harm. Get daily National…

August 29, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAEach week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week, he talks with Holly Throsby. The singer-songwriter and author, 47, has been nominated for five ARIA awards – including two for Best Female Artist – and written three novels. Her forthcoming solo album is Normal Magic.Singer-songwriter and author Holly Throsby, 47, has been nominated for…

A mother in Wyoming was convicted of fatally shooting her 11-month-old son in the face so that his father could never get custody of him. The 6th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that the infant died on December 23, 2025, after his mother, Madeline Veronique Daly, shot him inside an RV near Silver City, New Mexico. The victim was not identified in the statement, but his name, Basil, was revealed in a GoFundMe set up to help his father, Jake Stoner. Daly, 36, was arrested on the same day she killed her son. She was initially charged…

Surf’s up. A new collaboration between two high-tech wave pool companies is using AI to create a more personalized, family friendly wave park experience. Developed by Endless Surf and Flowstate, “The Mixtape” is a system designed to allow all surfers to ride together, regardless of their surfing skill level. The collaboration has been more than two years in the making, according to the two companies. But how does it work? The wave tech factors in skill levels of riders in the group and customizes waves accordingly. Once you’re out on the water, the AI-powered computer vision identifies each surfer in…

European monarchs and world leaders paid tribute to Norway’s King Harald on Friday, after the royal palace announced his death at the age of 89. Harald was the continent’s oldest reigning monarch. His son Haakon automatically succeeded him to the throne. Here are some of the main tributes from across the continent and further afield. Danish and Swedish monarchs The kings of Denmark and Sweden called Harald an “extraordinary” leader and good friend who unified his country. “Both as head of state and a successful athlete, he was an outstanding representative of his country. He gave ‘All for Norway’,” Sweden’s…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Post on Friday reported a loss before tax of $277 million in the three-month period from April through June as the union representing roughly 55,000 postal workers ratified a new multi-year deal that ended years of labour uncertainty. That second quarter loss was up from a $205 million loss in the first quarter of the year, and down from a $407 million loss reported in the same period a year ago, when the company said in a statement that it “was facing a prolonged period of labour uncertainty in negotiations with…

August 29, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAARabbi Yehoram Ulman was given the final say as the powerful probe established after his son-in-law’s brutal killing concluded its public hearings. “Australia is at a crossroads,” Ulman told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion on Wednesday as former High Court judge Virginia Bell adjourned to finalise a seminal report that will shape how Australia deals with hate.Ulman lost his son-in-law and fellow rabbi Eli Schlanger on the first night of Hanukkah last year when two gunmen opened…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Want to know the style trick I learned from my 50-year-old aunt who always looks fab? Swap the basic pants-and-shirt look for an easy, billowy dress. The style is just as comfortable (or is even more so), looks super elevated and makes you seem instantly put together. Plus, loose dresses are truly versatile since there are so many ways to wear it. So as we enter the confusing transitional weather period between summer and fall, I plan to stock up…

It’s snowing in August. Police executed the “largest cocaine seizure” in decades this week when they seized 580 pounds of the cartel-tied drugs stashed in a Long Island City storage unit, officials announced Friday. Nelson Salcedo, of Englewood, New Jersey, was arrested in the middle of moving the alleged $10 million in coke Wednesday in what cops say is tied to a wide-reaching drug trafficking scheme. “This was a massive shipment of narcotics, tied to an interstate trafficking network with connections across the country, including in New York and New Jersey. And because of the work of the investigators standing…

Surrogacy was once viewed as an expensive, last-resort option for families desperate to have children but unable to, often glamourized by celebrities — Kim and Khloé Kardashian, Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, and Jimmy Fallon all used surrogates. It’s an emotionally and financially draining — and often complex — journey, as demonstrated with the recent headline-making McKenna West news: the surrogate from Alaska who refused to terminate the pregnancy of the couple whose baby she was carrying and is currently in court because of it. Today, surrogacy is legal in 48 states and the District of Columbia (still illegal in Louisiana…

Spain has asked the European Commission (EC) for the support from Frontex and Europol to assist with the screening of migrants who are staying irregularly in Ceuta, according to several Spanish media outlets. Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has asked the EC for Frontex, Europol and the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) to “reinforce the device set up to address the management of the triage and subsequent processing of the personal files of the immigrants who still remain in Ceuta irregularly.” The Interior Ministry also demanded the extension of Operation Minerva, a joint initiative of the Spanish police and…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Domestic travel increased 3.3 per cent in July from the same month a year prior as trans-border traffic to the U.S. tumbled, new data from Statistics Canada shows. With trans-border screen passenger traffic down by 8.7 per cent in July, the agency notes this number was “well below the same month in 2024,” which was 12.5 per cent.A nearly one per cent decline was observed in July from the same time a year prior, with three of the largest airports noting losses in July 2026 being Vancouver International (-4.5 per cent), Montréal/Pierre…