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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are leaving sunny California to move back to the United Kingdom -- but the pair is not expected to return to royal life.

Brookings police are looking into two apparent assaults tied to a South Dakota boys high school match, per Keloland News.

The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.

It was a dramatic departure from a chaotic joint practice with the Titans one week earlier.

Mack Hollins' latest touchdown celebration might have some sheepish NFL fans reaching to shield their eyes.

A group of immigrant-owned grocers who have threatened to sue New York City over Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to open government-owned supermarkets is poised to take legal action as soon as this week, The Post has learned.

California Retail Theft Blitz Leads To 97 Arrests And $1 Million In Stolen Merchandise

A coordinated crackdown on organized retail crime across California ended with 97 arrests and the recovery of thousands of stolen products, according to KTLA.

Over nine days in early August, California Highway Patrol investigators worked alongside more than 100 law enforcement agencies as part of the National Organized Retail Crime Blitz. The enforcement effort focused on suspected theft activity at retailers, shopping centers and other businesses throughout the state.

The KTLA report says that authorities ultimately recovered more than 8,500 items believed to have been stolen. CHP estimated the merchandise was worth roughly $1.05 million. Of the 97 people arrested during the operation, eight were taken into custody on felony charges.

The enforcement push included operations in several communities. In San Diego, authorities recovered a large quantity of stolen sneakers, while officers in Roseville, Lodi and Stockton carried out proactive operations that led to additional arrests.

CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee said retail theft can have lasting consequences for businesses and the communities they serve, and said the agency plans to continue committing resources to identifying and apprehending those involved.

The latest operation adds to several years of organized retail crime enforcement by the CHP. Since its Organized Retail Crime Task Force began operating in 2019, the agency has been involved in more than 4,700 investigations and over 5,300 arrests.

During that period, authorities have recovered more than 1.6 million stolen products with an estimated combined value exceeding $76.6 million, according to CHP.

Tyler Durden Wed, 08/19/2026 - 17:20

“Going to bed as a kid, you definitely dream about that moment – and you never know if it's going to happen,” Brandon Bussi told The Post. 

You don’t always get what you pay for.

Turns out, maybe it was... accidentally?! But there's plenty of Statham to go around.

The Democratic Socialists of America had a shocking breakthrough in Florida's Senate primary Tuesday evening, with state Rep. Angie Nixon scoring an upset win over Alexander Vindman.

SoCal needs blood now — and you can help.

The actress and singer first sparked dating rumors in December 2025.

The actress and singer first sparked dating rumors in December 2025.

The prosecution announced the change in charging in a surprise move last week.  

Hernandez, a limo driver without a boat license, was in the US illegally when he capsized the overloaded 21-foot vessel on Aug. 8, drowning Sara Sanchez and her baby daughter, Antonella Garcia, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.

Tourists taking selfies were swept away by a sudden flash flood at Mae Sa Waterfall in Chiang Mai, Thailand, after allegedly entering a restricted area. Park rangers rescued the group, who reportedly suffered only minor injuries.

Harvard To Pay $53 Million To Families Of Donors Whose Body Parts Were Sold Off

Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times,

Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to resolve lawsuits brought by the families of those whose loved ones' body parts were donated to its medical school only to be sold on the black market by its morgue manager.

A flag hangs on campus at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Sept. 4, 2025. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

A state court judge in Boston preliminarily approved a class action settlement on Aug. 18 that would resolve the lawsuits filed against the Ivy League institution eight months after Cedric Lodge, the former manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue, was jailed.

Dozens of relatives of individuals whose bodies were donated to Harvard filed lawsuits accusing the school of negligence, contending it turned a blind eye to Lodge's years-long misconduct until he was indicted in 2023.

On Dec. 16, 2025, Lodge, 58, pleaded guilty to charges related to the interstate transportation of stolen goods and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

He admitted to stealing body parts from cadavers donated to Harvard Medical School's Anatomical Gift Program and selling them to buyers across the country.

Morgue Manager Stole Brains, Skin, Bones

Prosecutors said that between 2018 and March 2020, Cedric Lodge stole and trafficked "heads, brains, skin, bones, and other human remains" after the donated bodies had been used for teaching and research.

His wife, Denise Lodge, 65, was also sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison.

Denise Lodge (L) covers her face with a printout of the indictment against her as she walks from the federal courthouse in Concord, N.H., on June 14, 2023. Steven Porter/The Boston Globe via AP

Cedric Lodge, who had worked in Harvard's morgue for almost three decades, smuggled the body parts from the morgue in Boston to his home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, where he and his wife sold them, prosecutors said.

A judge had initially dismissed the class action lawsuit against Harvard, but in October 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturned that decision, finding that the plaintiffs had sufficient claims that the institution had failed to act in good faith in handling the bodies.

"Instead of the dignified treatment and disposal of human remains required ... the donors' remains were ghoulishly dismembered and sold for profit under the most horrifying of circumstances," Justice Scott Kafker wrote in the court's opinion at the time. "This horrific and undignified treatment continued for years and involved numerous donors."

'Flagrant Betrayal of Our Values'

Harvard's dean of the faculty of medicine, George Daley, and the dean for medical education at Harvard Medical School, Bernard Chang, said in an Aug. 17 message to the school's community that Lodge's actions took place without the school's knowledge.

Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass., on April 22, 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

"His violations ... were despicable, abhorrent, and a flagrant betrayal of our values as a medical community," they wrote. "These events do not reflect the reverence we hold for the altruistic individuals who selflessly donate their bodies to our Anatomical Gift Program (AGP) to provide essential educational opportunities to medical and dental students, practicing surgeons, and allied health professionals."

Daley and Chang offered their "deep sorrow and empathy" to the families of the donors and said that, in addition to the financial payment, they will provide a statement to the families via a live webinar "confirming that Lodge's criminal acts were morally reprehensible" and inconsistent with the standards Harvard Medical School expects for the treatment of anatomical donors.

John Morgan, whose law firm Morgan & Morgan represented families in the litigation, said, "We hope that this resolution ensures that this never happens to another family ever again."

The remains were sold to, among others, Katrina MacLean, who ran Kat's Creepy Creations, a studio and store in Peabody, Massachusetts, the indictment stated. Payments were often made to Denise Lodge through her PayPal account.

On Aug. 18, MacLean, 47, was jailed for 24 months by Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann for interstate transportation of stolen property.

Bill Pan and Reuters contributed to this report.

Tyler Durden Wed, 08/19/2026 - 17:00

Season 3 of The McBee Dynasty concluded on Monday night (Aug. 17).

Time for one final cross.