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Your junk could be Gen Z’s treasure with Y2K fashion resurgence

From Juicy Couture sweat sets and low-rise, bedazzled jeans to chunky belts and baby tees, early 2000s fashion is all the rage again. That potentially makes that old box of clothes sitting in the back of your closet a sitting cash cow. Generation Z — born from about 1997 to 2012 — has taken to the Y2K aesthetic that many millennials cringe at. Fashion-forward college students and TikTok influencers are flaunting the miniskirts, chunky sandals and other bright, brand-heavy and borderline tacky items they likely bought secondhand. Jackson Mangum, a 24-year-old tailor in ...

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THE SHADYSIDE Community Band will present a free concert in Shadyside on Tuesday. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the Shadyside Community Center, located at 50 E. 39th Street. The program will consist of medleys of more than 20 tunes from movies dating back to 1939. Accompanying the music will be a slideshow of related images. This concert is a repeat performance that the band premiered on May 13. At the conclusion, the audience will be treated to free popcorn. COLERAIN RURITAN will hold a quarter auction on Sept. 13 at The Homestead Event Center (formerly Shannon’s Place), ...

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) 2. “She Didn’t See It Coming” by Shari Lapena (Viking/Dorman) 3. “Not Quite Dead Yet” by Holly Jackson (Bantam) 4. “The Deal (collector’s ed.)” by Elle Kennedy (Bloom) 5. “The Hamptons Lawyer” by Patterson/Lupica (Little, Brown) 6. “Never Flinch” by Stephen King (Scribner) 7. “Wrath of the Dragons” by Olivia Rose Darling (Delacorte) 8. “Onyx Storm” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 9. “An Inside Job” by Daniel Silva (Harper) 10. “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman ...

From Stephen King to New Jersey diners, History Press books cover local lore around the country

NEW YORK (AP) — With deep knowledge of Stephen King’s books and curiosity about their inspirations, writer Sharon Kitchens began a journey around Maine. As she learned about the real-life settings and people behind such fiction as “IT” and “Salem’s Lot,” she arranged them into an online map and story she called “Stephen King’s Maine.” “It was amateur hour, in a way,” she says. “But after around 27,000 people visited the site one of my friends said to me, ‘You should do something more with this.’” Published in 2024, the resulting book-length edition of ...

Browns’ Sanders impressive in his NFL preseason debut

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rookie Shedeur Sanders’ NFL preseason debut was so impressive even LeBron James took notice. Sanders completed 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards and two touchdown passes in the first half to Kaden Davis on Friday night as the Cleveland Browns defeated the Carolina Panthers 30-10. “That young (man) looking good out there,” James posted on X. “Keep going UP!!! HEAD down on the grind and HEAD high to the most high.” The four-time NBA champion followed up with another post, adding “And I don’t wanna hear that ‘It’s only preseason’ bs. Cause if he was ...

Astros take 10 to beat Yankees

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Correa hit a tiebreaking single through a drawn-in infield off struggling reliever Devin Williams in the 10th inning, and the Houston Astros outlasted the New York Yankees 5-3 on Friday night. Taylor Trammell added a two-run homer off Williams to make it 5-2. New York lost for the sixth time in seven games and dropped to 3-8 in extra innings. MARLINS 5, BRAVES 1 ATLANTA (AP) — Edward Cabrera struck out 11 and allowed two hits in eight innings, Xavier Edwards went 3 for 5 with an RBI and Miami beat Atlanta. Cabrera (6-5), in his 20th start of the ...