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Facing a public relations checkmate, the International Chess Federation surrendered and allowed world champ Magnus Carlsen to wear jeans Monday at the World Blitz Championship in New York City. “I sincerely regret that this situation escalated without a resolution being found by both sides in time to prevent Magnus’s withdrawal,” Arkady Dvorkovich, president of the chess federation, which uses the …

After the sophomore-season premiere of Netflix’s wildly popular thriller series “Squid Game,” many viewers are criticizing the South Korean show for casting a straight, cisgender male actor as a transgender woman contestant in the deadly games.  The new season, which debuted Thursday, features actor Park Sung-hoon, known for playing villains in the television series “The Glory” and “Queen of Tears,” as …

Experts and some public officials are warning against raw pet foods after a cat in Oregon was found to have died from a product contaminated by bird flu. The maker of that cat food, Northwest Naturals, has since recalled certain batches of the turkey-based food. Felines have been at risk from bird flu, either getting sick or dying, for years. …