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The costume retailer is getting into the Christmas market with nearly a dozen pop-ups slated to open starting this October. Christmas in October? Well, ready or not, here it comes.

The influencer shared a misinformation-filled video criticizing FEMA’s response to Hurricane Helene. At one point in an influencer’s career or another, controversy will seek them out. For popular feel-good TikToker Ophelia Nichol, also known as “Mama Tot,” that moment is now. 

The lawsuits cited internal company documents to argue that TikTok created addictive features to “exploit children’s underdeveloped psychological and neurological controls.” Fourteen attorneys general sued TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the company created an intentionally addictive app that harmed young people and misrepresented the effectiveness of its safety tools.

Amazon has landed some big airport real estate. The tech giant has snapped up three properties just south of Denver International Airport for a combined $96 million. The deal includes a 625,000-square-foot warehouse and adjacent land to the south and east. “I can confirm that we have purchased this tract of land and the accompanying building on it,” an Amazon spokeswoman said in an email.

The rule is the strongest overhaul of lead-in-water standards in roughly three decades. A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans.

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