In his forty-plus years in the textile industry, Larry Severini has seen hundreds of factories close, as companies moved women’s wear and home furnishings and then other textile manufacturing overseas.

But Severeni was able to maintain two factories that make the blue backgrounds and white stars for American flags—until January 31, 2025. On that day, he closed his factory in Gaffney, S.C., for good, getting rid of millions of dollars of machinery and laying off dozens of workers, some of whom had been laboring there for decades. 

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“People are buying flags from China at an artificially low price that we can’t compete with,” says Severini, who still has one factory open, in Kingstree, S.C., which makes star fields for the …

Cool kids watched Pokemon when they were growing up, but cooler kids were into Digimon, a pretty cool animated series about digital monsters and unhinged cooking. Fans of the show won’t want to miss out on the upcoming Digimon movie collection releasing soon, as the first three films will be released on Blu-ray on December 17. What makes this release special is that not only are you getting a crisp Blu-ray transfer, all three movies have been redubbed with the original English cast and these are the uncut versions to boot.

After selling out immediately when they first became available, preorders for the Digimon movie Blu-ray collection are back in stock at Amazon for $30. This is more expensive than Crunchyroll’s preorder deal, but keep in mind that Amazon won’t charge yo…

Season 1 arrives in Call of Duty on November 14, and the big update will finally integrate Black Ops 6 with Warzone. A new Warzone trailer has released to show off some of the Season 1 content, including plenty of vehicular combat on the new Area 99 Resurgence map.

Fitting for the ’90s setting of Black Ops 6, the Season 1 trailer opens with The Offspring’s classic hit “Come Out and Play.” The gameplay is featured on the upcoming Area 99 Resurgence map, which Treyarch has described as the birthplace of Nuketown. The action reveals the map will also feature helicopters, dirt bikes, and four-wheelers. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches

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A photo of Kitana’s fan has appeared online, shared by series co-creator Ed Boon on X (formerly Twitter). The image, taken from the upcoming Mortal Kombat 2 movie, shows the Princess of Edenia’s fingers gripping her iconic accessory.

“I recently saw an unfinished cut screening of the Mortal Kombat 2 movie,” Boon tweeted Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches . “During the screening, I broke into [producer] @Todd_Garner’s phone, found this image from the film, and sent it to my phone. I can leak stuff too.” Garner responded to Boon’s “leak,” tweeting, “Damn you @noobde!!! I was wondering what you were doing. You beat me to it.”

A crowd at San Diego Comic-Con got an early look at the image,…

Special editions are often the best way to grab a game you might have missed at launch, particularly if that game saw expansions and downloadable content after release. More often than not, you can snag the game and all its goodies in one easy package. That’s the case with Fanatical’s Build Your Own Special Editions bundle, which includes post-release versions of some top-caliber games, including Dishonored, Fallout: New Vegas, Frostpunk, and many more.

As is usually the case with Fanatical bundles, the more games you buy, the lower the price for each game. You can get two games for $7, or $3.50 each; three games for $3.33 each, or $10 total; or five or more games for $3 apiece Come from South African Online C…