On Thursday, a pair of jeans was thrown on my desk like a floppy fish at a sushi market. What appeared to be a basic, dark-wash pair was a recreation of Marilyn Monroe’s iconic denim from the 1961 movie “The Misfits,” rebuilt by designer Vivian Rivetti for Lee Jeans with a tiny bit more stretch but the same 65-year-old silhouette — high waisted, ankle cuff and all. The jeans are a part of a new Lee x Marilyn Monroe limited-edition collab, which also features the iconic Lee Storm Rider Jacket and chic white button-down shirt she was famously photographed wearing…

Published on 21/08/2026 – 21:51 GMT+2 “It is clear that, with Donald Trump, I thought things would be easier, given our convergence on immigration and woke culture. But things turned out differently.”, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told to the New York Times, setting out her view of the difficult relations that have developed over time between her government and the Washington administration. In July Trump’s post about Meloni: ‘Needs a restraining order’ The tensions between the two governments peaked last July, ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, when the US head of state posted on his social network…

A nine-month-old polar bear is quarantining at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg after he was found orphaned in northern Manitoba. The unnamed polar bear cub arrived in Winnipeg late Thursday evening, the Assiniboine Park Zoo said on social media. He was transported via plane, accompanied by zoo veterinarians who assessed his medical needs earlier that day in Churchill, Man.“The bear is doing very well,” Chris Enright, the senior director of zoological operations at the Assiniboine Park Conservancy, told Global News in an interview Friday.Enright said the cub appears to be healthy but is still being monitored closely by zoo staff.“We found…

August 22, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWestern Australia’s contribution to the surging critical minerals market is heating up, with one company set to begin production at its antimony mine, while a second believes it is sitting on the biggest titanium deposit in the world.Antimony has been flagged as one of the minerals under the Commonwealth’s $1.2 billion strategic reserve, with the Australian government identifying the resource as crucial to clean-energy and high-technology manufacturing, as well as advanced military equipment.Larvotto Resources’ existing processing plant at its Hillgrove…

Anna Faris is opening up about her deep conversations with “religious” son Jack, 14, who she shares with ex Chris Pratt. “He’s as solid as a tugboat, emotionally,” Faris, 49, said on the Thursday, August 20, episode of the “Dear Chelsea” podcast. “He just doesn’t get easily jarred. He handles situations really well.” Faris then noted that her son is “religious,” leading host Chelsea Handler to wonder about the actress’ own feelings. “I didn’t grow up with religion,” Faris explained. “He’s asked me to accept Jesus Christ … I told him that I would do anything for him, including this,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police say a North Carolina girl, 12, was kidnapped by a 38-year-old man, who allegedly forced her into his truck before she was miraculously able to escape while he was parked at a DMV office.Daniel Gear allegedly abducted the girl, who has not been identified by authorities, while she was hanging out with his niece at his home on Aug. 16, WNCN reported.According to an arrest warrant, Gear abducted the girl without the consent of her parents or guardians with the intent of “terrorizing” her. Gear also pushed the girl to the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Trump-appointed federal judge dealt a blow to Colorado’s effort to ramp up oversight of an ICE detention center by temporarily blocking key provisions in a state law after finding the state likely overstepped its authority.Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico issued the preliminary injunction Thursday, ruling that Colorado likely crossed a constitutional line in a state law by imposing new requirements specifically targeting the GEO Group’s Aurora ICE Processing Center, which operates under a federal contract and is the state’s lone ICE detention center.”Here, GEO has shown that it is singled…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! INDYCAR is in Washington, D.C., this weekend for the Freedom 250, and the unique event is getting a unique trophy.The Freedom 250 will be a street race to celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday. It was designed as a 250-mile race on a 1.7-mile layout across landmark locations in D.C. Winning team owners will receive hardware built specifically for the event. The trophy scales and blends two D.C. icons: the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol dome.The trophy is a representation of this one-of-a-kind venue framed by two historic landmarks on either…

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Friday afternoon that US Pardon Attorney Ed Martin will be leaving the administration to take on a new outside legal role focused on the midterm and 2028 elections. Martin, 56, previously led the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group, spearheading internal efforts to review Biden-era prosecutions of Trump, and helped push forward a criminal investigation of New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud. “Ed Martin has been with me from the very beginning, and done an incredible job as an Attorney, Director of the Weaponization Working Group, and the United States Attorney for…

The San Antonio-based chain Whataburger, beloved by fans for its five-inch toasted buns and fresh, never-frozen beef patties, has served customers a new one-upper in its recent efforts to compete with larger fast food chains  — a $4 value meal menu, aptly coined “More for $4.” The high-value, low-cost selections on the freshly released menu include the Bacon & Cheese Whataburger Jr., the Whataburger Patty Melt Jr., the Honey BBQ Chicken Strip Sandwich Jr. and Buffalo Ranch Chicken Strip Sandwich Jr — all “junior” takes on some of the chain’s iconic classics. Particularly hungry guests can upgrade these selections to…

By&nbspEuronews Published on 21/08/2026 – 20:19 GMT+2•Updated 20:48 Prince Harry’s return to the United Kingdom comes at a particularly sensitive time. As the Duke of Sussex prepares to spend more time in the country with his wife Meghan Markle and their children Archie and Lilibet, a serious consequence of his legal battle against the Daily Mail’s publishing group has arrived from the High Court in London: Harry and the other six claimants must pay a total of £9.54 million, around €11 million, as an initial payment towards the publisher’s legal costs. The sum is not linked to the Sussexes’ move…

The cost of tying the knot is exceeding many Canadian couples’ wedding budgets, a new Wealthsimple survey suggests. Sixty-nine per cent of married couples surveyed said they “felt pressured to spend more than they were comfortable with.”More than 1,200 people were surveyed regarding the costs of weddings, including those who paid for their own or turned up for someone else’s.In comparison, six per cent of couples said they spent “somewhat under budget” and just one per cent reported spending “very under budget.”On average, surveyed couples budgeted to spend $15,000, most of which came from personal savings. Yet, many couples’ final…

August 22, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAATwo very different inquiries have dominated recent news headlines. The ICAC hearings have exposed how a faction within the NSW Liberal Party was allegedly captured by religious conservatives, largely alumni from Opus Dei-aligned private school Redfield College. Meanwhile, the NSW parliamentary inquiry into Redeemer Baptist School has laid bare allegations of institutional control inside one of Sydney’s private schools.Former Tangara student Claire Harris: Religious private schools in Australia operate with almost no scrutiny in how they are shaping their students.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A newly released booking photo shows the face of the Albany woman accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS and plotting to bomb the New York state Capitol in an attack she allegedly hoped would kill scores of people, including state senators.Jessica Bowie, 35, appears in the three-view booking image from the Schenectady County Correctional Facility, a stark contrast to surveillance images released by federal authorities that showed her dressed in a burka during the investigation.The new image comes as an FBI affidavit paints a fuller picture of Bowie’s alleged transformation from a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The two Democratic candidates for United States Senate in Massachusetts took to the debate stage on Thursday night, with both making the case to voters in the deep blue commonwealth that their campaigns are most likely to deliver on far-left agenda items.Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., faced pressing questions over hot-button issues, including transgender athletes participating in women’s sports, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, term limits in Congress and socialism’s growing influence within the Democratic Party during their final debate.Transgender athletes in women’s sportsMarkey and Moulton both…