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The duck — about six stories tall, according to its website — is looming on the roof edge of the Sodo neighborhood parking garage in Seattle. The duck — about six stories tall, according to its website — is looming on the roof edge of the Sodo neighborhood parking garage in Seattle. Interstate 5 commuters may be asking themselves a question this week as they look in the direction of Lumen Field: “What the duck?” A giant rubber duck — about six stories tall, according to its website — is looming on the roof edge of the Sodo neighborhood parking…
A cyclone threat remains for north Queensland from the weather systems lying off Cairns and the Gulf of Carpentaria, which have brought torrential rain in recent days. A cyclone threat remains for north Queensland from the weather systems lying off Cairns and the Gulf of Carpentaria, which have brought torrential rain in recent days. National Queensland Extreme weather By Savannah Meacham and Laine Clark January 31, 2025 — 9.13am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Advertisement Two tropical lows are…
The penguin came shore 1800 kilometres from home, only to survive encounters with a shark and fox. The penguin came shore 1800 kilometres from home, only to survive encounters with a shark and fox. Environment Conservation Wildlife By Bianca Hall January 31, 2025 — 10.51am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Advertisement A hungry and exhausted crested penguin swam ashore at Ninety Mile Beach at Lake Bunga, near Lakes Entrance, on Thursday – more than 1800 kilometres from home. After…
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For today’s news updates as they happen, follow us here. For today’s news updates as they happen, follow us here. The Crisafulli government is refusing to release the advice and modelling it relied upon to suspend the use of Best Practice Industry Conditions (BPIC) on new major projects. Premier David Crisafulli and Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie have repeatedly claimed BPIC made projects more expensive, that it favoured unions like the CFMEU, and needed to be scrapped to deliver capital works on time and on budget. Loading While the LNP has so far failed to follow Labor’s lead by proactively releasing…
Houses have been trained down and cliches trotted out after every single player’s pre-season has been the toughest in the long, sweaty history of tough pre-seasons. Now the games begin. Houses have been trained down and cliches trotted out after every single player’s pre-season has been the toughest in the long, sweaty history of tough pre-seasons. Now the games begin. Broncos v Bulldogs, Saturday February 22, Redcliffe Bulldogs Last year’s surprise packets won’t be catching anyone off-guard this time around, especially not when they’ve added Sitili Tupouniua (Roosters) and Marcelo Montoya (Warriors) to their line-up. Whether Tupouniua plays as a middle or…
Australia’s largest cybersecurity firm has issued a threat advisory, saying it believes DeepSeek user data is subject to control by the Chinese government. Australia’s largest cybersecurity firm has issued a threat advisory, saying it believes DeepSeek user data is subject to control by the Chinese government. Exclusive Technology Cybersecurity By David Swan January 31, 2025 — 10.54am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Advertisement Australian government agencies and critical infrastructure providers are being urged to ban DeepSeek, the Chinese generative…
Walgreens Boots Alliance announced Thursday that it is suspending its practice of paying cash dividends to stockholders — the first time it won’t pay a quarterly dividend in 92 years. The change comes amid struggles for the Deerfield-based retail pharmacy giant. Walgreens announced plans in October to shutter 1,200 stores over the next three years, including in Chicago. Walgreens has been cutting costs for years, including through layoffs in Illinois and other locations. Walgreens said in a news release Thursday that it was suspending quarterly dividends “as management continues to evaluate and refine its capital allocation policy consistent with the…
A federal lawsuit filed earlier this month alleges one of the main firms involved in managing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center racially discriminated against one of the project’s African American-owned local subcontractors, leaving them $40 million in the red and at risk of bankruptcy. But the company in charge of engineering and professional design services for the center pointed the finger right back, saying in an attached memo that construction costs and delays “were all unequivocally driven by the underperformance and inexperience” of that subcontractor, II in One. Robert McGee, the owner of II in One, a South…
The jurors in the landmark racketeering trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant deliberated for their first full day Thursday without reaching a verdict — though they should be all set on office supplies. The jury of eight women and four men resumed deliberations at 9 a.m. and left the courthouse at 4:40 p.m., putting their total deliberation time at about nine hours since getting the case Wednesday afternoon. Under their self-imposed schedule, the panel will return for more discussion at 10 a.m. Friday and call it a day at 3 p.m. So far the only…
Mary Ellen Christy in 1974 founded the St. Chrystostom’s Day School on the Gold Coast and went on to serve as its headmistress for 45 years, while also writing parenting columns and a children’s book. “Mary Ellen was a champion for early childhood education,” said Shelley Greenwood, the retired assistant head of school at the Latin School of Chicago. “Many of us would reach out to her for best practices and guidance for curriculum and program development.” Christy, 80, died of heart failure on Dec. 23 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said her daughter Lindsay Christy Amborski. She had lived on…
For the second year in a row, the NBA All-Star Game will not feature a player from the Chicago Bulls. Zach LaVine — a two-time All-Star in 2021 and ’22 — was passed over Thursday for a reserve spot in the Eastern Conference despite ranking 10th in the East in scoring (24 points per game) and shooting 51.1% from the field and 44.6% from 3-point range. After a frustrating 2023-24 season cut short by injury, LaVine has returned to the most lethal version of himself on offense while providing stalwart defensive effort as the Bulls cornerstone. Only one other top-25…
Heavy rainfall expected to move into the Chicago area Friday could raise area river levels, prompting a warning to conserve water from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The National Weather Service on Thursday forecasted heavy rain beginning Friday morning, with the heaviest rainfall expected from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.The rain is forecast to fall in the Chicago area, extending into the southern and western suburbs and part of Northwest Indiana. The weather service expects rainfall up to around half an inch but warned that some areas could see up to 1.5 inches. Forecasters said it was…
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration’s ambitions to boost fossil fuel production. The vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Burgum. Burgum, 68, is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who came from a small North Dakota farming community, where he worked at his family’s grain elevator. He served two terms as governor of the oil-rich state and launched a presidential campaign in 2023, but dropped out months later and quickly endorsed…
I did not know any of the members of the U.S. figure skating family who died in Wednesday’s tragic accident involving an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter. Yet I am among those who deeply mourn for them. Figure skating in the United States is an extended family that includes journalists, despite our best (and necessary) efforts to keep the appropriate relative distance from people we write about so that we can tell the stories that need to be told. In none of the other sports I covered on a regular basis have I found athletes, coaches and officials…
A spokesperson for Democratic Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said lawmakers needed more time to respond to a sweeping spending freeze attempted this week by the new administration of President Donald Trump. The California State Capitol. Democrats delayed a planned $50 million package to “Trump-proof” California Thursday. (File photo) California Democrats in the state Legislature were poised Thursday to approve $50 million to fund fresh and anticipated lawsuits against the Trump administration and fund legal defenses for immigrants facing deportation as part of a splashy special session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom. But when members of the state Assembly gathered in…
The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in San Jose on Thursday, comes days after a federal judge in Seattle issued a 14-day temporary restraining order to prevent Trump’s executive order from going into effect. U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS) Santa Clara County has joined more than 20 states, including California, in suing President Donald Trump to block an executive order that would end birthright citizenship for children born to parents who are not citizens or…
Their arrests follow the early-January jailing of a 15-year-old boy on murder and robbery charges. OAKLAND — Police here arrested two juveniles in the late-December robbery of a scooter, which presaged a deadly shooting later that day in which a 48-year-old father who tried to get the scooter back for his son was killed. Police, who announced the arrests on Thursday, said the two boys — ages 13 and 11 — were among three juveniles accused in the Dec. 26 hold-up. Their arrests follow the early-January jailing of a 15-year-old boy, Neal Cox, on murder and robbery charges in the…
Simon pledged to deliver a $2 million grant to connect Oakland’s Chinatown to the waterfront. California District 12 Rep. Lateefah Simon criticizes the Trump administration’s “flip-flopping” on a federal funding freeze on Wednesday at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. (Chase Hunter/Bay Area News Group) Rep. Lateefah Simon thought she would be delivering a $2 million check to the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation this week — the first federal money she had secured for District 12 since being sworn in as a first-term member of Congress in January — but that was before the Trump administration issued a memo…