Interest in sustainability is growing as the cost of living bites – and secondhand stores are listeningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiz Randle wants to know where else you could find a ra-ra dress next to a pair of pyjamas on a sales rack. She pulls the dress out, and its blue sequins glitter under the warehouse light.“Only here,” Randle says, before moving down the next aisle, where TV monitors sit on shelves next to fluffy rugs, which sit next to outdoor TV projectors, which sit next to rows and rows of new shoes, all…
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The New York Giants’ main priority this offseason is to find themselves both a short-term and long-term solution at quarterback. Their other priority is to find that quarterback some more weapons to work with. Offensive lineman Jermaine Eluemunor has one particular wide receiver in mind in the upcoming NFL draft — Iowa State’s Jayden Higgins. Him, Leek, and Wandale will do numbers in 2025 https://t.co/tQ8McU0vYn — Jermaine Eluemunor (@JEluemunor) January 30, 2025 The Giants have Rookie of the Year candidate Malik Nabers and chain mover Wan’Dale Robinson already in the fold but could use that big, imposing receiver who can…
Here’s the report card on college basketball contenders coming out of midweek action Here’s the report card on college basketball contenders coming out of midweek action Getty Images No. 12 Kentucky was backed into a corner entering its showdown at No. 8 Tennessee on Tuesday night. The Wildcats had dropped two straight for the first time under first-year coach Mark Pope and were down two key players while entering a hostile road environment. On the heels of getting court-stormed in a loss at Vanderbilt and with a showdown against Arkansas and former coach John Calipari looming next, Kentucky delivered in…
Study finds too few women are told chemotherapy can cause early menopause – or given the drug that can lessen that riskGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Patsy Mullen was diagnosed with breast cancer, she had no idea that chemotherapy treatment could lead to early onset menopause.It was Mullen’s oncologist who mentioned the possibility, and offered the then 47-year-old the drug Goserelin, which reduces the risk by up to 70% compared with women receiving chemotherapy alone.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…Study finds too few women are told chemotherapy can cause early…
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Sydney Water plans to build new facilities inland and expand a pilot scheme to recycle wastewater for drinking, but will need outfalls for foreseeable futureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney Water plans to spend $32bn to improve the city’s sewerage system over the next 15 years but waste will continue to be pumped into the ocean off its famous eastern suburbs beaches.The water authority says it doesn’t plan to upgrade the Malabar, Bondi and North Head sewage treatment plants but it will send less waste through them once it overhauls the rest of the city’s…
Lakeside School classmates Maximilian Snyder and Teresa Youngblut both are in jail, accused in killings on opposite sides of the country. Lakeside School classmates Maximilian Snyder and Teresa Youngblut both are in jail, accused in killings on opposite sides of the country. They went to high school at one of Seattle’s most-fabled private schools. Then they went their separate ways, both to elite colleges where they studied computer science. Former classmates at North Seattle’s Lakeside School aren’t sure if Maximilian Snyder, 22, and Teresa Youngblut, 21, ever interacted when they were students there. But they found each other again online…
One water manager described the situation — below-normal snowpack coupled with a statewide drought emergency — as “ominous.” One water manager described the situation — below-normal snowpack coupled with a statewide drought emergency — as “ominous.” Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. Clouds broke over Seattle this month, pillars…
England played like a side that cannot get into the departure lounge soon enough. Airport hospitality would be well advised not to serve the visitors a cup of tea. They’d probably spill that as well. England played like a side that cannot get into the departure lounge soon enough. Airport hospitality would be well advised not to serve the visitors a cup of tea. They’d probably spill that as well. Analysis Sport Cricket Australian cricket By Andrew Wu January 31, 2025 — 9.18pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your…
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The offseason addition of Saquon Barkley helped elevate a sluggish offense for the Philadelphia Eagles and lead the team to a Super Bowl. While building teams through the draft is still the most desirable avenue for success in the NFL, free agent additions have played a major role for several Super Bowl teams since unrestricted free agency came to the NFL in 1993. If Barkley can help deliver a Super Bowl title to Philadelphia when the Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9 in New Orleans, he will join a list of stars from Reggie White to…
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 31, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 65 degrees (1989) Low temperature: Minus 21 degrees (2019) Precipitation: 1.52 inches (1914) Snowfall: 9.5 inches (1914) Mourners line up at Greater Salem Baptist Church in Chicago for one of the three funeral services for Mahalia Jackson on Jan. 31, 1972. (William Kelly/Chicago Tribune) 1972: ‘Heaven came a little closer to Chicago.’ A visitation for gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who died…
Scott Grandchamp was cleaning out the backroom last month at the LaGrange Park Ace Hardware store he owns when he found an untouched Illinois state flag tucked into a safe. He decided to replace a company anniversary flag that he designed with the state flag and has flown it under the American flag every day since. “It’s nice, and I think it’s something that should be flown, and it does represent our state,” Grandchamp said. “I think everybody’s always just raised the American flag, and they don’t raise the state flag. Since I found it and had an extra set…
Groundhog Days in Woodstock: Don’t sit at home watching the 1993 classic Harold Ramis movie, “Groundhog Day.” Instead, catch the show in Woodstock, the town where it was filmed. Bill Murray won’t be there but you can take a walking tour to see the B&B where he woke up, morning after morning. And you can meet Stephen Tobolowsky, the actor who played insurance agent Ned Ryerson. A weekend-long slate of events centers on the big moment Sunday morning: Will the Woodstock Willie see his shadow? Through Feb. 2 in various Woodstock locations; details at woodstockgroundhog.org Lunar New Year: You’ll have…
Damon Locks is the creative process come to life. He embodies art. He represents the dreams and aspirations creative folks hold for themselves, but may not actually achieve. And yet he does, again and again. He does so through his visual art, which as it turns out, is how he first entered the creative world. And he does so through his music. Since the ’90s, Locks has established himself as a unique creator unbounded by the limitations of genre or the expectations of others. Whether performing in his hardcore band, Trenchmouth, or helping lead jazz-based groups such as the Black…
Two competitors sat side-to-side, hands jittering around their equipment as they waited to prove, in the heat of competition, that they were the best fighters. A live audience, cheering and heckling, watched on a giant projected screen above. The sounds of grunts, punches and a little soft jazz ran through the speaker system. Tucked in the corner, two broadcasters provided colorful commentary for an online audience of over a thousand watching from home. The competition wasn’t boxing, but a fighting video game, “Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes,” with the tournament taking place last weekend in the Junior…
Ties between China and the Philippines are at a new starting point, and Beijing is ready to work with Manila to bring more benefits to its people, President Xi Jinping told his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Saturday. Ties between China and the Philippines are at a new starting point, and Beijing is ready to work with Manila to bring more benefits to its people, President Xi Jinping told his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting…
These are the best of the best These are the best of the best USATSI Ever since the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs faced off in 1967 for Super Bowl I, thousands of football players have taken part in one of the world’s biggest sporting events. Several of those players have become household names by virtue of their performance in the big game. Tom Brady, Joe Montana and many others etched their name in football lore after leading their teams to victory multiple times. The following 53-man roster comprised of some of the best players in Super Bowl history.…
Royal Rumble takes place in Indianapolis on Feb. 1 Royal Rumble takes place in Indianapolis on Feb. 1 WWE One of the biggest events of the wrestling year is set for Saturday night in Indianapolis. The 2025 Royal Rumble kicks off from Lucas Oil Stadium with 30 men and 30 women each competing to earn a spot in the main event of this year’s WrestleMania. This year’s pay-per-view features two Royal Rumble matches, one in the men’s and women’s divisions, as it has every year since 2018. CM Punk, John Cena and Roman Reigns are some of the high-profile superstars…