Walmart customers may want to inspect the contents of their frozen shrimp bags more closely after a proposed class-action lawsuit raised questions about how much seafood they are actually receiving.

The lawsuit accuses the retail giant of selling Great Value frozen shrimp that allegedly contains less actual seafood than the amount stated on the package label.

Elijah Baptist, an Illinois shopper, claims some bags contain up to 11 percent less shrimp after the protective layer of ice is removed.

According to the complaint, Baptist purchased Walmart’s frozen shrimp regularly for about three years before noticing the alleged shortfall.

His frustration reportedly peaked in June, when he purchased the seafood for a party he was hosting.

The lawsuit focuses on jumbo packages of raw, tail-on shrimp. The bags reportedly cost about $16 for two pounds and are marketed as containing between 21 and 25 shrimp per pound.

The complaint alleges that roughly one-tenth of the package’s weight may instead consist of an icy glaze covering the shrimp.

Applying a thin layer of frozen water is a common seafood industry practice. Manufacturers use the coating to help protect shrimp from freezer burn.

Baptist’s objection is not necessarily to the ice coating itself. Rather, he argues that shoppers should not be charged for the glaze as if it were part of the seafood they purchased.

The lawsuit claims some Walmart shrimp packages contain up to 11 percent less seafood than the listed net weight once the shrimp has been thawed and drained.

For someone buying six pounds of shrimp for a 10-person seafood meal, the complaint estimates that the difference could equal about 15 shrimp and approximately $5 in product.

Baptist says he would not have purchased the shrimp—or paid the same price for it—if he had known how much actual seafood the bags contained.

At the heart of the allegations is a seafood-processing practice known as “glazing.”

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The Food and Drug Administration permits an ice coating when it is used appropriately, but says the glaze’s weight should not be included in a seafood product’s net weight.

In other words, a frozen shrimp bag may look substantial on the way home, only for part of that apparent weight to disappear into the sink as the ice melts.

The complaint alleges that Walmart’s Great Value shrimp fails to comply with those requirements and accuses the company of engaging in unfair and deceptive business practices.

Walmart, for its part, has rejected the suggestion that it is intentionally giving seafood customers less than they paid for.

‘We have policies in place to help ensure suppliers provide correctly labeled products,’ a Walmart spokesperson told the Daily Mail.

‘We are reviewing the complaint and will respond in court.’

The allegations are particularly notable because Walmart has previously faced a class-action case over the weight of certain food products.

In that case, the retailer agreed to pay $45 million to settle claims involving allegedly inaccurate weights on meat, poultry and seafood products, without admitting wrongdoing.

The latest lawsuit seeks to represent Illinois consumers who purchased the Great Value shrimp and is asking for damages, restitution and an order requiring Walmart to change its practices.

Baptist is also requesting a jury trial.

For now, there is no finding that Walmart intentionally included excess ice in the advertised weight, and the allegations have not been proven in court.

But the case could leave shoppers wondering whether their next frozen seafood bargain is actually a bargain – or just an expensive bag of very cold water.

A Maine father has been arrested in connection with the death of his 13-month-old daughter, who authorities say succumbed to hypothermia in a frigid room last December.

Shane McLaughlin, 37, was charged Wednesday with manslaughter and other offenses after the state medical examiner determined that Eleanora Ray McLaughlin died from exposure to extreme cold, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Investigators have not publicly released a full account of what led to the toddler’s death. Shortly afterward, however, McLaughlin described the discovery in an interview with NEWS CENTER Maine at the family’s Milford home.

McLaughlin said he realized the bedroom where he and his children were sleeping had become dangerously cold after a pet left the door open. The space had been heated with a portable heater, but he recalled being able to see his breath inside the room.

“I grabbed a package of Pop-Tarts, opened it up, and I went to wake up Eleanora, and that’s when I found her dead,” McLaughlin told the station.

Erika Dupuis, McLaughlin’s estranged wife, later said she felt “angry and upset” that he had not initially faced criminal charges over their daughter’s death.

Dupuis moved to West Virginia in the summer of 2025 and left the children in Maine. She told NEWS CENTER Maine that she expected authorities to pursue a manslaughter case against McLaughlin.

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The couple had previously come to the attention of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, according to state Sen. Jeff Timberlake.

Timberlake, a Republican, told the station that records he reviewed showed DHHS officials had investigated the family before Eleanora’s death.

McLaughlin acknowledged that he and Dupuis had been investigated multiple times since 2017, although he disagreed with the findings reached by authorities.

Following his arrest, McLaughlin was booked into the Penobscot County Jail. He is expected to appear at the Penobscot Judicial Center for a court hearing.

No attorney information for McLaughlin was immediately available.

Timberlake said the manslaughter charge in Eleanora’s death should have come sooner.

“I don’t know what took so long,” he said.

Ukraine officials said the country’s official air-raid alert app was likely hacked after residents in Kyiv received false emergency warnings on Sunday about a “radiation hazard” and a “chemical attack.”

The bogus alerts told people to remain indoors and avoid going outside.

“There is a radiation hazard alert in Kyiv. Do not go outside!” one warning stated.

A second message read: “There is a chemical attack alert in Kyiv. Do not go outside!”

Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine were also shown under a nuclear alert on the public air-raid map. The compromised app reportedly issued additional false warnings about Russia’s hypersonic Oreshnik missile and claimed that street fighting was taking place in Kyiv.

Recorded messages were also broadcast through street loudspeakers, urging residents to take precautions.

Ukraine’s Air Force later said the air-raid alert system had been hacked and stressed that there was no actual radiation danger.

“The air alert app appears to have been subjected to enemy influence. There is no radiation threat! Stay calm and follow our updates on our channel!” the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement posted to Telegram.

Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications accused Russia of being behind the disruption, though no organization had publicly claimed responsibility.

In a separate incident, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said early Monday that its mobile app had been targeted in a “massive cyberattack,” allowing attackers to distribute false information to the public.

“Attention! The mobile application of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia has been subjected to a massive cyberattack, enabling attackers to send false information to the public,” the ministry said on Telegram.

Blue Planet III finally arrived on Sunday night, giving viewers an intimate and often heartbreaking glimpse into life beneath the waves.

The celebrated natural-history series returns for the first time since 2017, with David Attenborough once again providing the narration after marking his 100th birthday earlier this year.

Following four years of filming, the opening episode explored tropical seas and centred on a humpback whale that died tragically after travelling across the globe in search of more suitable waters.

As the whale passed through the ocean, fish gathered around it. By the next morning, its body had been completely consumed.

The programme also highlighted the continuing effects of climate change on marine life, revealing how rising temperatures can cause coral reefs to become toxic.

Fans took to X to describe the episode as an emotional beginning, while many others celebrated the show’s ‘beautiful and mesmerising’ return.

The Daily Mail’s TV critic Christopher Stevens also hailed the opening as ‘extraordinary’. You can read his five-star review here.

They wrote: ‘Oh FGS it’s WAY too early in the series for a Humpback to be dying! You could have broken us in gently at least!

‘The camera work, lighting and David Attenborough’s voice create the most beautiful television. How anyone can watch this and not think we must do everything possible and more to preserve our planet; That poor whale;’

‘Oh no I’m too hungover to deal with dying whales;’

‘This man is incredible;’

‘Absolutely mesmerising television. Welcome back… Sunday evening sorted.’

Sir David has presented natural-history programmes for the BBC and other broadcasters since 1954, regularly travelling to remote locations to document some of the natural world’s most remarkable and unusual moments.

The original Blue Planet series premiered in 2001, with its second instalment following 16 years later in 2017.

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Earlier this year, the presenter looked back on his remarkable career in a one-off Netflix special released to mark his 100th birthday.

In 1978, the broadcaster travelled to Rwanda for a segment filmed for his show Life On Earth, where he was seen meeting a group of gorillas, including an up-close encounter with baby gorilla, Pablo.

Reading from the diary, David recalled the details of the moment he came face to face with Pablo. 

He admitted that the encounter was never ‘supposed to happen’ as they had originally travelled to Rwanda to film a small segment on opposable thumbs, before it was revealed they could meet with the gorillas.

David read: ‘We start the one-and-a-half-hour walk up the mountain. Slowly the nondescript bush transforms into the high altitude rainforest.

‘Long-branched trees loaded with cushions of epiphytes. Green ribbon-leaved ferns with wispy pallid Spanish moss everywhere.

‘We found a group of females and juveniles in a small clearing and to my astonishment, they allowed me to approach.’

Recalling the moment he met the gorillas, David continued: ‘I had to pause and exchange a deep-throated grunt. The reassurance noise meaning, “I’m here”.’

‘What I don’t say there is that this wasn’t supposed to be a film of meeting gorillas directly.

‘The function of the sequence was the importance of the thumb and forefinger, the opposable thumb and forefinger. We didn’t think we were going to be in touch with them.

‘I turned to look back at the camera, I felt a weight on my feet and I looked down, and there was little Pablo. I couldn’t talk about the evolution of the thumb and forefinger, I just sit back and let it happen.

‘Look at this lovely little creature. Absolutely engaging, you want to hug him. Just sheer bliss, really. Many people would think it was the most important sequence in that series, if not in my filmed life.’

‘I will never forget him or the impact he had on me,’ David concluded of Pablo

A $2 million private jet caused “cataclysmic” damage when it plunged into a Florida mobile home community, killing all nine people aboard and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate.

The Bahamas-bound Learjet 60 crashed and erupted into a fireball near the entrance of the Greenacres mobile home community at about 1:25 p.m. Sunday. The impact left a large crater at the scene.

Despite the scale of the crash, Gov. Ron DeSantis and local officials said Sunday evening that there was no evidence anyone on the ground had been injured or killed.

The force of the impact scattered debris across a “significant distance,” prompting the evacuation of roughly 600 people from the adjacent community as federal investigators prepared to examine the wreckage.

“Obviously, this was a cataclysmic plane crash. It looked like a missile going down, it left a big crater on the side of the road,” DeSantis told reporters.

“There was a lot of debris that was spewed as a result of this crash,” the governor said. “As of now, we don’t have any reports of anyone who was on the ground, apart from the people in the plane, who were killed or injured as a result of debris,” he said.

“But the debris was significant, and it went over a pretty significant distance.”

Joel Flores, the Palm Beach County commissioner for District 3, said officials were focused on making sure displaced residents had shelter and food by nightfall. He also said nearby businesses would be “shut down for the near future.”

“Right now our priority is evacuating the adjacent community right behind. We have about 600 people that we have to make sure have shelter tonight, food,” Flores said.

Flores said he was also concerned that the mobile community’s main entrance had been completely destroyed, leaving county officials scrambling to establish alternate traffic routes.

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Shocking dashcam footage showed the jet plunging almost vertically toward the ground before exploding in a huge burst of fire and smoke.

“When you see that video, you know it’s a jarring thing … a massive explosion, debris going everywhere,” DeSantis said.

“And to have those people on board is really a tragic way to see people pass away. We should offer our thoughts and prayers to their family.”

Disturbing air traffic control audio captured the aircraft’s final moments, including a pilot heard saying, “holy f–k, we’re out of time.”

Rep. Debra Tendrich said fire rescue crews arrived at the crash site “immediately” and “did an incredible job.”

The National Transportation Safety Board told The Post that it had begun assembling a “go-team” to reach the scene Sunday night and Monday morning.

AccuWeather meteorologists reported heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area when the crash occurred, with rainfall rates estimated at about 0.25 inches per hour.

“The combination of thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and reduced visibility created challenging weather conditions in the area,” Alan Reppert, an AccuWeather senior meteorologist, said in a statement.

“What’s particularly important is that visibility could deteriorate significantly as heavier bands of rain moved through, meaning conditions were not necessarily consistent from one moment to the next,” Reppert said.

Authorities had not publicly identified any of the victims as of Sunday night.

The NTSB is expected to hold a press conference on the crash on Monday morning.