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A new generation of products is designed to curb single-use waste, but experts aren’t sure if it’s a long-term solution. Beauty routines are laden with disposables, with products like makeup wipes, sheet masks, and under-eye patches that spend mere minutes on our faces before being thrown out. Source link
While the museum is not highlighting its seven-year anniversary with any grand plans, some visitors to the mosaic find the seven-year timing biblical. “The numbers 7, 12 and 40 are special in the Bible and seven is the biblical number of completion,” noted the Rev. Samuel Wilson, a pastor Des Moines, Iowa, who strolled into […]
The funeral service for fallen CPD officer Enrique Martinez will be streamed live on NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago and in the player above once it begins. It will be available in both Spanish and English. Fallen Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez, who was gunned down during a traffic stop earlier this month, will be laid […]
(ANALYSIS) Democracy depends upon using words wisely. With the right words, citizens can live and work together, even in disagreement – and resolve conflicts peacefully. Today, politicians routinely describe their opponents as “enemies,” disparaging them as “evil,” “monsters,” “demonic” and “garbage. By creating the impression that people “on the other side” are irredeemable monsters, such […]
Spirit Airlines CEO said customers can continue to book tickets on the airline. Spirit has struggled since its failed acquisition by JetBlue Airways, a Pratt & Whitney engine recall and weaker-than-expected sales. The company has faced mounting losses and has been against a deadline to renegotiate $1.1 billion in debt payments due next year. Spirit […]
If you are starting your week with a game of Connections, you’re not alone, as it’s The New York Times‘ second-most-popular word game, after Wordle. Newsweek has compiled some hints and tips, followed by the answers, to help you along and make sure your puzzle goes smoothly. Each Connections puzzle includes 16 words, which players […]
(NewsNation) — Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, who recently made history as the city’s first mayor to win re-election in two decades, is highlighting significant progress in reducing violent crime through a comprehensive approach to public safety. One Baltimore neighborhood, Brooklyn, has marked more than 400 days without a homicide — a dramatic turnaround for an […]
Kelly Green, 34, went to visit her parents in Tristan Da Cunha and fell in love. The island is a British Overseas Territory with 236 inhabitants, and the only way to travel there is by ship. Green got married and is happily raising her two kids on the island. This as-told-to essay is based on […]
Michael Reaves/Getty Images The first game with Thomas Brown as offensive coordinator provided a much-needed boost for Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears, but it wasn’t enough in a 20-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field. One week after the Kansas City Chiefs won a game by blocking a field goal as […]
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Joe Biden toured the drought-shrunken waters of the Amazon River’s greatest tributary Sunday as the first sitting American president to set foot in the legendary rainforest, while the incoming Trump administration seems poised to scale back the U.S. commitment to combating climate change. The massive Amazon region, which is about the […]