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It was summer when Lauren Brown’s daughter begged her to buy a $89 hoodie.”I thought the price tag was a bit steep so I told her maybe for her birthday,” Brown told Business Insider. She continued to ask for it, and it got her dream hoodie in the fall for her 8th birthday.The hoodie was not a regular sweatshirt, at least in the eyes of General Alpha. It was a pink palm puff. It’s a new obsession with a tween and teenage girl, reminiscent of the Stanley water bottle trends.”I first saw a pink palm puff on YouTube. I thought…
ROADLEY, Providence — When Arkansas defeated Georgia 68-65 in Fayetteville on January 22nd, it was the cause of atypical season celebrations. One of the March or April variety shows – John Calipari does little.The Razorbacks were 12-7 by the end of the night, but they were still on track to be an embarrassing flop in their first year in Calipari’s tenure. They started 0-5 in the SEC, with only 64 points averaged with 38% shooting. The team looked like a mess. However, that victory over Georgia was the first team in league play, so Calipari bought some champagne and they…
Sarah RainesfordEastern Europe correspondentFrompoeni, report on Romaniabbc/Sarah RainsfordNationalist George Simion votes heavily in Romania ahead of the electionPoni, a Romanian village, has several shops, kebab grills and packs of stray dogs.There are also quite a few voters who wanted far-right candidates to become president.Poni, a little over an hour’s drive from the capital, is not alone.Last November, Karin Georgek, who praised Vladimir Putin and is not a fan of NATO, came from the extremist Fringe and won the first round of Romania’s presidential election with 23% of the vote.At Phoni, it was even better at 24%.The Constitutional Court then scrapped…
Zhanna bezpiatchukBBC UkraineMaria SmalechankaMaria’s life was reduced to waiting for another call from her husband. I don’t know if that’s the last one.Ivan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian fighter pilot, began defending the sky from the first hours of the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, and is currently flying over 200 dangerous missions with his old Soviet-era Mig-29 fighter jet.The Sentai Commander lost several comrades in the war. Some were close friends. The others were the godfathers of each other’s children. The location of his current air force base in western Ukraine cannot be revealed for safety reasons.But as US-led efforts…
March 22, 2025, 08:29 PM ETAfter two days of college basketball, the second round of the men’s NCAA tournament is ongoing. The field has been cut in half and the candidates have appeared – and we will do it all today.All March Madness Actions present updates from authors on all sites and analysis of the meaning of each final result.Jump: Live Update | Results and Analysis | Female TrackerSaturday Schedule (All Tips ET):(8) Gonzaga vs. (1) Houston, 8:40pm (TNT)(7) UCLA vs. (2) Tennessee, 9:40pm (TBS) Saturday ResultsFinal: Texas Tech defeated Drake 77-64How Texas Tech Won: Briefly, the Red Raiders were…
Parts of Paris have landed in New York City.French luxury retailer Printemps officially opened its first US store this week in the city’s financial district. The retailer celebrated the opening on Friday. This coincided with the beginning of spring.The 55,000-square-foot store spans upstairs and features a wide range of products including clothing, shoes, handbags and makeup. About 25% of the brands are not available or uncommon in the US, such as the Joseph Duclos brand, according to Printemps CEO Jean-Marc Bellaiche.In an interview with CNBC, Bellaiche said the retailer aims to stand out from other high-class players with eye-catching architecture…
ReutersSir Kiel met a group of military leaders from the UK’s “rejoiced coalition” on ThursdayKielstama’s plan for international forces to support a ceasefire in Ukraine was dismissed as “position and pose” by Donald Trump’s envoy.Steve Witkoff said the idea was based on a “simple” concept that the British Prime Minister and other European leaders consider “we’ve all become Winston Churchill.”In an interview with Trump journalist Tucker Carlson, Witkov praised Vladimir Putin and said he “loved” the Russian president.”I don’t consider Putin to be a bad guy,” he said. “He’s very smart.”Witkov, who met Putin 10 days ago, said that the…
Viktor Hovland has been stable amid a wild Saturday of charges and collapse at the Valspar Championship, leaving him in a three-way tie for a lead at Innisbrook, with 20 players still getting so many in the mix.Jacob Bridgeman first showed many mettles as a 36-hole leader, falling behind four shots on the turn, collecting 1-under 70, sharing the lead with Hovland (69) and Nico Echavarria (66). They were at 7 under, where everyone seemed to be on their heels. That includes Justin Thomas, who left Friday. He shot 30 on the back nine with a 65. I filmed his…
ReutersRiot police clash with protesters in Istanbul on Saturday nightThe fourth protest in Turkey has been raging after the mayor of Istanbul was arrested. This is some of the biggest demonstrations the country has seen over a decade.Ekrem Imamogul, a rival to Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan, was taken into custody on Wednesday, when he was scheduled to be selected as the 2028 presidential candidate.Imamoguru appeared at Istanbul Court on Saturday after being accused of corruption and support from terrorist groups. He denied the allegation.In a speech on Saturday, Erdogan repeatedly denounced his opposition of anxiety, denounced the Imamogul opposition…
March 22, 2025, 04:39 ETst. Louis – Three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Maroon said he has retired since this season.Maroon, who turns 37 next month, made an announcement in a pre-game television interview before he and the Chicago Blackhawks performed in their hometown of St. Louis Blues.”Sometimes you have to give up everything you know and everything you dreamed of for the rest of your life,” Maroon told Darren Pan on the Chicago Sports Network. “I’ll start a new chapter in our lives because it’s time for me.”The Maroon helped the Blues win the first championship in franchise history in…