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Opinion | Clothing donations pile up as textile waste in Africa

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Kenya Wiley is a policy counsel and fashion law professor at Georgetown University. She previously served as counsel and senior policy adviser for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. If you’ve donated clothing to a local charity or tossed your stained shirts in a drop-off bin, chances are your discarded items will be dumped in Africa, winding up in landfills, water and eventually breaking down into microplastics. Your castoff T-shirt will be among millions of items harming human health, marine life and local economies. Read More...

Tayven Jackson, Trayce Jackson Davis Brother And Family

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Trayce Jackson-Davis’ brother, Tayven Jackson, is a four-star enroll and one of the main 300 players from the class of 2022. He is remembered to have some crude ability to pass however oozes the actual ability expected to turn into an extraordinary quarterback at the power-five level. In the game against Akron on September 17, he finished his most memorable university toss, going 2-for-2 for 28 yards. He likewise scored his most memorable score, a 1-yard run into the checkerboards in the final quarter. Read More...

Alisal wildfire near Santa Barbara, Calif., sparks evacuations, Highway 101 partial closure

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A wildfire continuing to rage Tuesday in Santa Barbara, Calif., is triggering evacuations and closing down part of the famous Highway 101, officials said. The Alisal Fire began Monday around 2:30 p.m. local time near the Alisal Reservoir, according to an official interagency information management system. Brush, grass and dense chaparral were largely fueling the fire pushed south by strong northwest winds, creating plumes of dense smoke visible throughout southern Santa Barbara County. Read More...