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Weekly Notable Ruling Roundup – October 2023 #2
Our weekly roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent notable rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space. Stephen Dunn, et al. v. Ancient Brands LLC, No. 5:21-cv-00390-LEK-ML (September 15, 2023): The Northern District of New York granted defendant’s motion for judgement on the pleadings of a class action alleging…
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Israel-Hamas War: Biden Urges U.S. to Remain ‘Beacon to the World’ in Aiding Allies at War
In an Oval Office speech, the president said that if terrorists and dictators weren’t stopped, “the cost and the threats to America” would keep rising. The address set the stage for his planned request to Congress for tens of billions of dollars in aid for Israel and Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s Economy Starts to Rebound as It Adapts to War
Economists predict a return to growth, but many challenges lie ahead, including the rebuilding of war-torn cities and labor shortages.
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Deal Lays Groundwork for Aid to Reach Desperate Gazans, Officials Say
Trucks loaded with food and medicine are lined up tantalizingly close to people who need it, separated only by border gates that war and diplomatic wrangling have kept closed.
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Javier Milei and His 5 Cloned Dogs in Argentina’s Election
Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian, might soon be Argentina’s next president. He credits his cloned “four-legged children.”
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Photos: Life Under the Bombs in Khan Younis, Gaza
Civilians in Gaza face an unending nightmare of airstrikes and deprivation — if they manage to survive.
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The Killer
In many ways, “The Killer” is exactly what you’d expect from a David Fincher movie centered on a hired assassin: a detail-rich procedural about what a hitman is forced to do as his calculated world implodes. And by telling this story of a deadly perfectionist who repeats phrases like “Forbid Empathy” to keep himself centered,…
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Their Show Was the Gateway: Matt Singer on His New Book, Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
Every film lover of my generation has a story about how they first encountered “Siskel & Ebert,” the game-changing film review program that brought together competing journalists, Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune and our site’s namesake, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, to discuss the week’s new releases. As a child mesmerized by visual storytelling, I was…
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Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls
Andrew Bowser made a name for himself posting videos on his YouTube and TikTok channels where he plays a nerdy-wannabe-occultist guy named Onyx the Fortuitous. Onyx speaks distinctively, almost like an old-timey radio announcer, except with less confidence. There are bursts of vocal power, crescendoing, before petering out into uncertainty, punctuated with a barely-heard (and…
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The Agony and Ecstasy of Home Winemaking
An estimated 500,000 hobbyists in North American are making wine with purchased grapes, juice, even berries. Some even grow their own.
