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STORRS, Conn. — Sue Bird walked onto the court at Gampel Pavilion on Sunday to a rousing ovation just as she did in her four seasons as one of the best players in UConn women’s history.The members of the top-ranked 2025-26 team stood on either side of the UConn legend as Bird stepped onto the court before a game against DePaul, this time without her famous UConn No. 10 jersey. A few minutes later, Bird joined classmate Swin Cash and Rebecca Lobo as the only UConn women’s basketball players to have their numbers retired.”This is home, this is where it…

Every ski trip starts with a deceptively simple question: What do you really need to bring, and what’s smarter to rent? After years of traveling to ski mountains with friends, I’ve learned that the right ski and snowboarding gear strategy can really transform a trip. And with resorts updating rental fleets, shops offering seasonal packages, and online reservations making ski lodge pickups effortless, choosing wisely is about more than saving money—it’s about maximizing time on the slopes, true comfort, and safety in every regard.For occasional skiers, renting skis, snowboards, and boots is often the most practical move. Lodge-side rentals allow…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Chinese trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Chinese exports to south-east Asia are growing at almost twice the rate of the past four years, as Donald Trump’s trade war pushes Beijing to tighten trade links with its neighbours.Chinese exports to the six largest economies in south-east Asia — Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia — rose 23.5 per cent from $330bn to $407bn in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period last year, according to official import data from those countries collated…

Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus ZDNET’s key takeaways The Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus expands up to 24,000 Wh, powering a home for two weeks. Built-in wheels and handle make the Explorer 2000 Plus easy to move. The Explorer 2000 Plus delivers 3,000W power, fast charging, and rugged durability. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.If you see the sun regularly, solar generators are the way forward. They allow you to capture and store the free energy that’s beaming down from the sun, convert it into electricity, and store it in batteries.Solar generators consist of two parts: a portable power station…

Ohio State’s Lorenzo Styles Jr. breaks up a pass intended for Indiana’s Omar Cooper Jr. during the first half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game in Indianapolis, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Conroy/AP Nobody paying attention for the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana – yes, Indiana – leading the way into this year’s College Football Playoff. But anyone paying attention over the last 24 hours knew the only sure thing beyond that was that the selection committee that set this 12-team bracket was destined to get destroyed…

Mars was once home to wet, humid areas that received heavy rainfall, similar to tropical regions on Earth, a new study of unusually bleached rocks suggests.Researchers were intrigued by peculiar light-colored rocks that NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered on the Martian surface. Upon closer inspection, the rocks turned out to be kaolinite, an aluminum-rich type of clay, the scientists reported in the study, which was published Dec. 1 in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.On Earth, kaolinite almost always forms under very warm, steamy conditions, such as those found in tropical rainforests. It typically forms in rocks that have been stripped…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

The distress call went out to the Canadian coast guard station after midnight on an October night. The Nathan E Stewart, an American-flagged tugboat, sailing through the light winds and rain of the central British Columbia coast, had grounded on a reef.The captain tried to reverse, moving the rudder from hard over port to hard over starboard. The boat pivoted but did not move, and the tug repeatedly struck the sea bed.Four hours later, the ship began taking on water, and leaking diesel into the sea. That evening, a coast guard helicopter confirmed the “worst-case scenario”: a large sheen of…

Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists recently found no connection between simple genetic variants and behavioral traits in more than 3,200 dogs, even though previous studies suggested that hundreds of genes might predict aspects of a dog’s behavior and personality. That’s despite the popularity of at-home genetic tests that claim they can tell you whether your dog’s genes contain the recipe for anxiety or a fondness for cuddles. This is Max, and no single genetic variant can explain why he is the way he is. Credit:…

Getty ImagesPhotographer Martin Parr, whose colourful images captured British life, has died at the age of 73.He died on Saturday at his home in Bristol, the director of the Martin Parr Foundation, Jenni Smith, told BBC News.In a statement, the foundation said he would “be greatly missed” and was survived by his wife Susie, daughter Ellen, sister and grandson. It added the family asked for privacy.The documentary photographer rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, with The Last Resort, his study of working class people on holiday in New Brighton in Merseyside.Martin Parr FoundationA photograph from New Brighton, England, 1983-85,…