By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tapestry, parent company of luxury handbag and accessories retailer Coach, is buying the owner of fashion brands including Michael Kors, Versace and Jimmy Choo, Capri Holdings. The approximately $8.5 billion deal will strengthen Tapestry’s foothold in the luxury space as it looks to take on
Continue ReadingBy David Close, CNN (CNN) — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan cited “anxiety” as the reason he took an unexpected break from his role, following the PGA Tour’s proposed partnership with Saudi’s Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) – the backers of LIV Golf – and the European-based DP World Tour. “I was dealing with anxiety,
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, shot dead on the campaign trail on Wednesday, was known as a tireless anti-corruption campaigner and investigative journalist. A 59-year-old lawmaker in the National Assembly, he had been outspoken about corruption and the violence caused by drug trafficking in the country, telling CNN En
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Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The wind-whipped fires in Maui spread swiftly and created a deadly tinderbox, overwhelming residents and local officials in one of the nation’s deadliest wildfires. “It’s very strange to hear about severe wildfires in Hawaii – a wet, tropical island – but strange events are becoming more common with climate
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Robbie Robertson, cinco veces nominado al Grammy y célebre compositor, cantante, guitarrista y compositor de cine, murió a los 80 años tras una larga enfermedad, según un anuncio enviado por su agencia de publicidad Costa Communications, Inc. a CNN. En un comunicado, el gerente de Robertson durante 34 años, Jared Levine,
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A group of teenage hackers managed to breach some of the world’s biggest tech firms last year by exploiting systemic security weaknesses in US telecom carriers and the business supply chain, a US government review of the incidents has found, in what is a cautionary tale for America’s critical
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The 16 Michigan Republicans who served as fake electors in 2020 have pleaded not guilty to the first-of-their-kind felony charges stemming from the Trump-backed election subversion plot. Nine of the defendants were arraigned on the state charges Thursday at a virtual court hearing in Lansing. The other seven defendants
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) — Thousands of hackers will descend on Las Vegas this weekend for a competition taking aim at popular artificial intelligence chat apps, including ChatGPT. The competition comes amid growing concerns and scrutiny over increasingly powerful AI technology that has taken the world by storm, but has been
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business New York (CNN) — When college administrator Lance Eaton created a working spreadsheet about the generative AI policies adopted by universities last spring, it was mostly filled with entries about how to ban tools like ChatGPT. But now the list, which is updated by educators at
Continue ReadingBy CRAIG JOSEPH of NerdWallet An estimated $135 billion will be spent on back-to-school and back-to-college shopping in 2023, according to the National Retail Federation, representing the second-largest spending period of the year, behind only the holidays. But there are ways to help bring down some of those costs. Tools that can help include sales
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The lifestyle Justice Clarence Thomas has enjoyed over the last three decades bankrolled by gifts and hospitality from his wealthy friends is more extensive than previously known, according to a new ProPublica report, and has included numerous flights on private planes, skybox tickets to sporting events, stays at
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An American nurse and her daughter have been released in Haiti after being kidnapped around two weeks ago. This comes after the abduction garnered international attention and reignited conversation about Port-au-Prince’s kidnapping-for-profit epidemic. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) — The wildfire that has brought sheer devastation to Maui is especially heartbreaking for Hawaii because it struck one of its most historic towns and the onetime capital of the former kingdom. Lahaina holds deep cultural significance for Hawaiians. Kings and queens once resided
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A prosecutor says required safety standards weren’t met at a vacation home housing adults with disabilities at which a fire killed 11 people in eastern France. The victims include 10 adults with slight intellectual disabilities and one person accompanying them. The deputy prosecutor of Colmar, Nathalie Kielwasser, said Thursday that the first
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — On September 19, 2022, three days after Mahsa Amini died after being sent to a “re-education center” by Iran’s morality police for allegedly infringing the country’s strict dress code, photographer Yalda Moaiery was arrested, beaten and jailed. She had been taking pictures of the resulting protests in the capital
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China accused Washington on Thursday of trying to block its development after President Joe Biden stepped up a feud over technology and security by tightening controls on U.S. investments that might help Beijing develop its military. The Foreign Ministry accused the Biden administration of pursuing “technology
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — El líder de Corea del Norte, Kim Jong Un, despidió a su principal general en medio de una reorganización del liderazgo militar del país y quiere que su Ejército “se prepare para la guerra”, informaron este jueves medios estatales. El general Pak Su Il fue despedido
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — State and local health officials across the United States are bracing for a rise in respiratory illnesses this fall, and they are making plans to urge everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated against Covid-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus once those shots become available. “We are very, very
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Hello, Central Oregon! Expect dry weather for at least the next seven days. Chances of rain in our direct area are extremely low, as the Pacific Northwest experiences a northwesterly flow, combined with as a high pressure system off the coast that will likely intensify over the weekend. As a result, much of Central Oregon
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