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PARIS (AP) — The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world’s most-visited museum in a daring daylight heist that prompted authorities to reassess security measures at cultural sites across France. The museum’s staff asked dozens of visitors who were queuing in front of the glass pyramid entrance to leave. In a message posted on social media, the Louvre said visitors who have booked tickets will be refunded. It did not provide additional details.On Sunday, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless…

by Brian Major Last updated: 1:00 PM ET, Sat October 18, 2025 Curaçao hosted 53,671 overnight, land-based visitors in September, an eight percent increase compared with September 2024. Regionally the results were positive, as North America led with a 13 percent increase in arrivals, followed by South America with an 11 percent increase, and Europe with a 4 percent increase compared to September 2024. In contrast, the Caribbean region as a whole recorded a decline of 8 percent. The European region remained the top source in absolute number of arrivals for Curaçao, with 21,407 overnight visitors, followed by South America…

Creative design giant Adobe is beefing up the products it offers businesses to include custom generative AI models. Adobe launched Adobe AI Foundry on Monday, a new offering that allows enterprises to work with the company to build custom generative AI models trained on their branding and intellectual property. The foundry’s custom models, which can produce text, images, video, and other mediums like 3D scenes, are built off Adobe’s Firefly family of AI models. These Firefly models were launched in 2023 and have been trained entirely on licensed data. Adobe’s foundry service then fine tunes these models for each customer…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Being bald is sexy. It’s an attitude. It’s a luxury. It’s a lifestyle.”That’s how Brennan Nevada Johnson, who shaved her head voluntarily 14 years ago, opens the video podcast she launched last November to celebrate the advantages of choosing a bald look.Sensuous, self-assured and glamorous are not the adjectives typically assigned to women with shorn hair. For centuries, many cultures have viewed long hair as a symbol of femininity, health and fertility. But more women are defying that traditional beauty standard and finding empowerment by baring their heads.“Once you do it, it brings all this confidence…

Generation Z is rewriting the rules of travel, and Caribbean resorts are transforming to keep up. No longer just a destination for honeymooners, the region is being reimagined by this new wave of travelers (ages 13 to 28) who prioritize authenticity, sustainability, and immersive cultural experiences over passive leisure. As this influential generation’s spending power grows, forward-thinking resorts are swapping traditional vacation models for sophisticated, eco-conscious programming designed to connect these younger travelers more deeply with the destination.“Younger generations, especially Gen Z, are gravitating toward more mindful, nature-centered experiences,” says John Hadad, co-founder of HADCO Experiences, a family-owned eco tourism…

Oura announced on Monday that it’s launching a new redesigned app experience and a “Cumulative Stress” feature. The company also shared that it’s pursuing FDA clearance for blood pressure features that give users a likelihood assessment of hypertension. The redesigned Oura app introduces more personalization with three main tabs. The “Today” tab surfaces the most relevant insights for daily decisions, and the “Vitals” tab provides at-a-glance views of things like sleep, stress, and cardiovascular trends. The “My Health” tab offers insights into the user’s long-term well-being, highlighting strengths, trends, and opportunities for proactive care. The tab also includes “Habits” and…

LONDON (AP) — He won’t call himself a duke anymore, but that is not enough for many of Prince Andrew’s critics.Buckingham Palace and the British government were under pressure Monday to formally strip Prince Andrew of his princely title and sumptuous home after new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.After discussions with his elder brother King Charles III, Andrew agreed on Friday to stop using titles including Duke of York. It was the latest effort to insulate the monarchy from years of tawdry headlines about Andrew’s suspicious business deals, inappropriate behavior and controversial friendships.But he still…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:45 AM ET, Sat October 18, 2025 As of October 14, air traffic controllers throughout the United States will not receive another paycheck until the government shutdown ends—and in concern and admiration for the work they do, one pilot’s union is stepping up to provide free lunches for them. Nick Daniels, the president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told Business Insider that airline pilots, flight attendants and even Canadian air traffic controllers have begun buying free food for air traffic controllers.  The Air Line Pilots Association, a union representing over 80,000 pilots, recently delivered…

An outage affecting web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) has taken out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks and some government services. Amazon said on Monday morning that the outage had been “fully mitigated” and that most services are returning to normal after an hours-long stretch during which much of the internet could not load.  The internet giant blamed the outage, which began around 3 a.m. on the U.S. east coast, on DNS, a system that converts web addresses into IP addresses so that customer apps and websites can load. While some glitches can resolve quickly, DNS…

A worker at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant on April 30, 2025.Michael Wayland | CNBCDETROIT — “A lot of cost and a lot of chaos.” That’s how Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley described the state of the automotive industry earlier this year amid geopolitical tensions, tariffs, inflation and other disruptions.All those factors created massive uncertainty for the U.S. automotive industry that led to relatively bearish outlooks for the sector in 2025. Some of those concerns have come to fruition, but the industry has proven to be far more resilient than many had expected.”Six months into the onset of tariffs, we’ve been…