There’s a growing backlash to the cheap stuff – and retailers are taking notice. For example, Gap’s Old Navy is offering shoppers a full refund for uniforms purchased during the upcoming back-to-school season if the clothes don’t hold up for a year.
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Trump, 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling as former president faces 4th criminal case
Defendants include former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
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Ukraine says it thwarted 3 waves of drone air attacks on Odesa
The Dutch and British say they scrambled fighter jets when Russian bombers were tracked flying toward the airspace of the Netherlands and off Scotland, respectively.
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Michael Oher, former NFL tackle known for ‘Blind Side,’ sues to end conservatorship
Oher has filed a petition in a Tennessee probate court saying the couple he thought adopted him actually remain his conservators, and he asked for a full accounting of the money earned off the use of his name and story.
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Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices
As the Maui wildfire approached, residents of Lahaina were on their own, with their families and neighbors, to choose whether to stay or to run, and where to run to.
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Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
However, it’s up to the state Legislature to determine how to bring the policy into compliance, and that leaves slim chances for immediate change in a fossil fuel-friendly state where Republicans dominate the statehouse.
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Hawaii’s governor warns scores more could be dead following wildfires on Maui
The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina, are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, with a death toll of at least 96.
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Mishmash of how U.S. heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms
Death certificates don’t always reflect the role that extreme heat played in ending a person’s life even when it seems obvious it was a factor.
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Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese
A common practice in drawing state legislative districts has come under question in Wisconsin, where a lawsuit is seeking to reshape voting districts before the 2024 elections
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Police face criticism for raiding central Kansas newspaper, seizing phones and computers
The newspaper plans to sue the police department and possibly others, its publisher and co-owner said and called the raid an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment’s free press guarantee.