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A historic airport construction project is underway at one of the busiest airports in the United States. For the past couple years, New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has been undergoing a complete, $19 billion transformation. The sweeping project includes more than 4 million square feet of new space, with two massive totally rebuilt terminals and an additional two terminals that will be refreshed and modernized. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the project is the $9.5 billion new Terminal One, which will replace the former Terminal 1, as well as the former Terminal 2 and 3. It’s scheduled…

Google is upgrading its image-generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web. Dubbed Nano Banana Pro, the new model is built on Google’s latest large language model, Gemini 3, released earlier this week. The company claims Nano Banana Pro improves on its predecessor, Nano Banana, with the ability to create more detailed images and accurate text, and generate text in different styles, fonts, and languages. Image Credits:Google The model also has web-searching capabilities, so you can do things like ask it to look up a recipe and generate flash…

HOUSTON (AP) — A group of Buddhist monks in the middle of a 2,300-mile (3,700-kilometer) walk across the U.S. to promote peace planned to resume their journey after two of them were injured during a traffic accident near Houston, a spokesperson for the group said Thursday.The collection of about two dozen monks began their walk on Oct. 26 from Fort Worth, Texas, to “raise awareness of peace, loving kindness, and compassion across America and the world,” according to the group, Walk for Peace. The monks planned to travel through 10 states before reaching Washington, D.C.So far, the monks have visited…

Shoppers walk past a GAP fashion retail store on Oxford Street on October 30, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesApparel retailer Gap said Thursday its comparable sales rose 5% during the fiscal third quarter, driven by strong revenue at its namesake brand after its viral “Better in Denim” campaign with girl group Katseye. Putting aside pandemic-related spikes, the rise in comparable sales is the strongest growth for Gap since its fiscal 2017 holiday quarter and is well ahead of Wall Street expectations of 3.1%, according to StreetAccount. In an interview with CNBC, CEO Richard…

The 2025 Dream Vacation and CruiseOne National Conference in Ft. Lauderdale this month unfolded as a statement of intent from one of the industry’s most influential travel franchise networks. Part celebration, part strategy summit, part technology showcase, the weeklong gathering aboard the new Star Princess demonstrated how an organization with deep cruise roots continues to reinvent what it means to support travel advisors in a rapidly evolving marketplace. This year’s theme—THRIVE—captured both the tone and trajectory of an event designed to equip advisors with the tools, insights, and confidence to grow their businesses in 2026 and beyond.More than 1,000 attendees…

Another fire has broken out at the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York that supplies sheet metal for Ford’s trucks, including its all-electric F-150 Lightning. The four-alarm fire started Thursday morning but is still burning. “Everyone who was working at the plant was safely evacuated,” Novelis told TechCrunch. “The fire is under control but crews are on site to make sure it’s fully extinguished.” Local news outlet CNY Central was the first to report the new blaze. The Novelis plant suffered a major fire in September that stopped operations, and Ford has said the disruption would likely cost the…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:05 AM ET, Thu November 20, 2025 In a bid to restore funding to Brand USA, the nation’s destination marketing organization, ahead of critical world events like the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a bipartisan group in Congress has unveiled the VISIT USA Act on Wednesday, November 19. The U.S. Travel Association celebrated the new bill, introduced by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Kathy Castor (D-FL).  The bill would allocate funds generated from ESTA to continue funding Brand USA, which saw…

Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has secured $1 billion from private equity firm TPG as part of a multi-year, $2 billion project to build a network of gigawatt-scale data centers in the country. The project, dubbed “HyperVault,” comes as demand for AI compute is rising faster than companies can build the power-hungry infrastructure needed to support it. The demand-supply gap for AI compute in India is particularly stark: The country generates nearly 20% of the world’s data, but accounts for only about 3% of global data center capacity. Big tech companies and cloud providers have been investing billions…

Sale signs inside the Bath and Body Works store in Edmonton. On Thursday, January 6, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBath & Body Works Inc. stock plunged Thursday after the company reported “disappointing” third-quarter earnings and slashed its full-year outlook, citing “macro consumer pressures.”Shares sank nearly 25% on Thursday and hit a new 52-week low. The stock has plunged more than 50% this year.CEO Daniel Heaf announced a turnaround plan for the company, with expectations of $250 million in cost savings by 2027, aimed at attracting younger consumers and recentering the company’s focus to its…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:25 AM ET, Thu November 20, 2025 Travelers who don’t have a REAL ID or passport with them the next time they head to the airport might be charged an $18 fee, according to a new proposed rule by The Transportation Security Administration. The new rule is located in the Federal Register and is currently under a public comment period, according to ABC News.  The rule would require those without a REAL ID, which went into effect this past May after twenty years of delayed implementation, or a passport, which is the alternative form of identification, to have their identity verified…