A highly anticipated ruling on the subject by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was derailed when Amazon and the plaintiff reached a settlement. A woman was half-blinded after a retractable leash snapped into her eye from an allegedly defective product.

Thousands of unsuspecting Britons may be buying imitation Ugg boots made from the pelts of animals skinned alive. The fur comes from raccoon dogs, a species related to domestic dogs, farmed in China.