Tomb Raider's Lara Croft almost looked very different in Japan The game's publisher wanted an anime-style redesign, and it's freaking people out. Creative Bloq · Jan 22
Lara Croft's design could've gone full FF7/Street Fighter in Japan to appeal to audiences in the mid-'90s, says co-creator, but 'All that was changed was the manuals & guide' Looking at these renders, I'm pretty certain they made the right choice. PC Gamer · Jan 20
Tomb Raider's Japanese publisher wanted to give Lara Croft a Crash Bandicoot-style redesign for the region, but her co-creator "really didn't want to alter" her, even after a whole new model was created "Victor wanted us to change in-game Lara to appeal more to a Japanese audience" GamesRadar · Jan 19
Following Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis reveal, series co-creator says he'd prefer "exploring new lost worlds" over more remakes "Dinosaurs will always be cool though…" GamesRadar · Dec 15, 2025
Real America’s Voice: How a tiny pro-Trump news network founded by a convicted criminal got so close to the president The channel covers Trump the president while doing business with a Trump company. Fortune · Mar 26, 2025
32 Old Hollywood Movies You Should Rewatch They're considered classics for a reason. Marie Claire · Oct 11, 2024
Ticket touts who ‘fleeced’ Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga fans jailed Firm run by the ‘Ticket Queen’ sold tickets worth more than £6.5m on sites including Viagogo and StubHub The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2024
Jobs boost for Lanarkshire as Volvo factory looks to drive up numbers The company designs and builds Rokbak articulated haulers at the Motherwell site Daily Record · Jul 4, 2023
Volvo Haulers seeks 100 new staff at Motherwell base Both industrial and office-based roles required, as demand rises following a rebrand in September 2021 Insider UK · Jun 30, 2023
As Trump pleads not guilty, Liz Cheney warns: ‘We have a continued assault on the rule of law in this country’ Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney received the 2023 Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government — named after the Illinois senator and corruption fighter — in a ceremony hosted by the University of Illinois system. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023
PL could give EFL bigger share and still be richest league says Rotherham chief Paul Douglas, the Championship club’s CEO, argues the Premier League could help the lower divisions and remain the ‘strongest division in Europe’. The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022
The on-farm sexual revolution is getting closer to home More and more Australian farmers are adopting a process that allows them to choose the gender of their livestock. Dairy, beef and sheep farmers are using semen that has been sorted into male and female. ABC News · Sep 9, 2022
Diphtheria cases have been reported in Australia for the first time this century. What is it and who is at risk? Experts believe the two infections in children in northern NSW, which can cause nerve damage and life-threatening heart failure, developed locally The Guardian - AU · Jul 4, 2022
Diphtheria identified in two children in northern New South Wales, one child in ICU Two unvaccinated children have contracted diphtheria of the throat, the first cases of the life-threatening but preventable disease last seen in NSW in the early 1990s. ABC News · Jul 3, 2022
WEKU · Jun 16, 2022 Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts A school in southeastern Massachusetts latches onto a novel program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.
ABC News · Apr 21, 2022 Increase in northern NSW COVID cases following increased tourism, Byron Bay festival activity The region hosted more than 100,000 people at Bluesfest in Byron Bay over the weekend, but the local health boss says the 50 per cent increase in cases is probably due to more movement generally.
ABC News · Apr 6, 2022 Beds blocked and patients 'dumbfounded' as surgeries delayed by floods, pandemic A spike in hospital admissions and patients with nowhere to turn during the floods has caused delays for surgeries on the north coast. Now doctors are worried about a difficult winter to come.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 27, 2022 This week in history: Emily Taft Douglas goes to bat for bookworms The Chicago-born politician, who died Jan. 24, 1994, served just two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, but she focused on bringing greater access to libraries in her short tenure.