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In Britain, scientists have developed high-fashion dresses that can disappear even faster—dissolving in hot water. The material is the brainchild of University of Sheffield chemist Tony Ryan, aided by British designer Helen Storey and a team from the University of Ulster. They don’t intend to market the dress, but see it as a “metaphor for wastefulness,” says Ryan. He and Storey are experimenting with other forms and possible uses for their dissolving polymer, such as in containers of detergent: when you’re done with the jug, you just throw it in the washer....

The stakes for Turkey in this unofficial proceeding are huge. For the real jury is not the state-appointed judges who will decide Zana’s fate. It’s the gallery of Western diplomats, members of the European Parliament, human-rights advocates and the media who gather for each hearing to witness the proceedings. Their charge: that despite much-vaunted reforms passed by Parliament this summer guaranteeing free speech and other basic rights, Turkey isn’t serious about modernizing the ultraconservative (and sometimes corrupt) judiciary that must enforce those new laws....

Here’s the clip. It’s truly unbelievable. “I haven’t played a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, but I can’t imagine there’s a whole hell of a lot of difference,” Gooch said. LIV Portland was a success for the golf league in a number of ways, but the size of the gallery wasn’t among them. Outside of crowd following the big names on the tour, Pumpkin Ridge was generally empty. Fans in attendance had no issue being in the first row on any hole....

As shown in the Peacock documentary The Battle for Justina Pelletier, the hospital was concerned that she had fallen prey to Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a psychological condition in which a child’s carer, usually their mother, fakes or induces illness in the child. It is a form of abuse and gets its name from Munchausen syndrome, a related condition in which people fake sickness in themselves. These conditions are also known as fabricated or factitious disorder....

Dybala revels in dream night A brilliant brace from Paulo Dybala set Juventus on their way to a crushing win, with a second-half Giorgio Chiellini header extending the Serie A leaders’ advantage in Turin on Tuesday. But Barcelona came from 4-0 down after their first leg against Paris Saint-Germain in the previous round, with Sergi Roberto’s injury-time strike sealing a 6-1 victory to complete one of football’s unlikeliest comebacks....

Verratti signed a five-year contract with Ligue 1 titleholders PSG in August but the Italy international continues to be linked with a move away from Paris. My dream is to win in Paris - Verratti Serie A champions Juventus have emerged as a possible destination but Marotta insisted the 24-year-old will not be moving to Turin. “I’m very happy for him and our national team,” Marotta told Mediaset Premium prior to Juve’s 4-1 rout of Palermo on Friday....

Lawyer Gustavo Galasso said the forward’s father was “is in good shape” as he announced the news about Segundo Tevez to reporters in Argentina. He asked television stations not to transmit live from the home of the player’s family outside the Argentine capital. Police did not immediately provide information about the incident. But Argentine TV station C5N said Tevez was set free after a payment of $400,000. Galasso did not confirm this....

The Serie A champions were hit with the financial penalty, while Agnelli and three other officials were given suspensions and individual fines. They have always denied any wrongdoing. Several prominent figures at Juve were called to testify at a parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission amid claims of a connection between club officials, fanatical ‘ultra’ supporter groups and suspected organised crime bosses regarding the distribution of tickets. Along with Agnelli’s punishment, the FIGC’s National Tribunal gave Juve security director Alessandro D’Angelo was a 15-month ban and a €20,000 fine, while ticketing director Stefano Merulla and former marketing director Francesco Calvo were also given one-year suspensions....

Despite that inauspicious beginning, 2017 is shaping up to be a good year for Kaka and Orlando City. He has returned from his hamstring injury looking as dangerous as ever — as evidenced by his recent wonder-goal in Orlando’s draw with Sporting Kansas City — and the Lions look like they have the best team they’ve had since entering MLS two years ago. Kaka is having fun, and rather than thinking about retirement, he believes he has at least two more years to play....

A Hill-HarrisX poll conducted from November 18 to 19 showed Harris and Obama ahead of other possible candidates, including Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Harris is experiencing low approval ratings - even lower than Biden’s - but she enjoyed a narrow lead over the former first lady with 13 percent of respondents saying they would support her if Biden isn’t running. Obama was supported by 10 percent of respondents, while the other candidates in the poll received the support of just 5 percent or less....

Trump has upped the ante on his assaults on Biden’s character and record, as he trails the Democratic presidential candidate in the polls, but thus far this has not made a major dent on his ratings. According to YouGov’s tracker, Biden’s rating is 49.9 percent favorable compared to 47.1 not, a minor boost from recent weeks. Trump’s falls behind on both counts, with 42 percent favorable and 57.1 percent not, and Biden seemingly fairing better in the war of words between them....

Biden made the announcement on August 11 of that year and he and Harris have been the standard bearers for the Democratic Party ever since, defeating former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence in November, 2020. However, two years later Vice President Kamala Harris is suffering stubbornly low approval ratings and has been the subject of a series of damaging news stories, including an exodus of staff from her office late in 2021 and reports that she is difficult to work with....

A Ryan Shawcross own-goal broke the deadlock and Son Heung-min got in on the act with a fine second before Kane’s double moved him on to 50 goals for club and country in 2017. It marked an emphatic return to winning ways for Spurs, who had only taken two points from their past four Premier League matches. “That was what we needed, we had to get the first goal and we did that and that was it....

The 22-year-old midfielder contributed nine goals and 10 assists as Tottenham finished third in the Premier League in the 2017-18 season. And with the World Cup on the horizon, Kane is confident that his Spurs team-mate’s game-changing ability - as evidenced by his brace in a 3-1 win over Chelsea in April - can stand to benefit England in Russia. “Dele has scored goals, assisted goals and he’s a game-changer,” Kane told his club’s official website....

Tattoo lands Man Utd man in trouble Kane ended the season in red-hot form, scoring four goals in the 6-1 victory over Leicester City, prior to netting a hat-trick in the 7-1 thumping of Hull City on the final day. However, EA Sports chose to give in-forms to Sergio Aguero, who scored twice against Watford, Alexandre Lacazette, who netted a brace against Nice, and Marco Reus, who also scored twice for Borussia Dortmund against Werder Bremen....

The Tottenham striker has been prolific at club level since making the breakthrough at White Hart Lane. Ox ends 607-day wait for a goal He has collected back-to-back Golden Boots in the Premier League, with a 29-goal haul in 2016-17 seeing him net at a rate of one every 87.28 minutes. Kane had, however, endured a barren run with his country which stretched back to before Euro 2016. Kane’s last goal for England came in a friendly clash with Turkey in May 2016....

The deal includes a $50,000 bonus if Crow is an All-Star, which he was in 2011. Crow had asked for $1.7 million and the Royals offered the same $1.28 million he made last year. Crow went 7-5 with a 3.38 ERA in 57 games last season. The former first-round pick is 14-10 with a 3.19 ERA in his three-year career. Holland, coming off his first All-Star appearance, asked for $5....

That’s not to say Florida won’t win again — that could very well happen — but Tuesday's game showcased two incredibly talented teams who are nowhere near their immense potential. They’re evolving before our eyes. The Gators who ran the 13th-ranked Jayhawks out of the gym in the first half weren’t the Gators we’ve seen this season. FAB FOUR FRESHMEN: Metrics weigh in Wiggins’ favor And not just in an observational, “oh, they look better, maybe they’re giving more of an effort” kind of way....

State Representative Steve Huebert insisted that gerrymandering was a normal part of “the process” during a Kansas House hearing about redistricting on Tuesday. The map drawn by the GOP-controlled state legislature was passed on Wednesday. It includes controversial district changes for parts of Kansas City and the liberal college town of Lawrence, moves that state Democrats maintained were overly partisan efforts to weaken the voting power of people of color....

Republican Mark Samsel reached the agreement with a local prosecutor after being accused of kicking a high school student in the testicles back in April. At the time, the prosecutor said Samsel had “rude, insulting or angry” interactions with two high school students. According to one of the students, Samsel had manhandled and kicked him in the testicles. The students are both minors, according to court documents where they are referred to only by their initials....