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Collette has launched its 2026 travel season offering over 170 worldwide tours.Highlights include 20 new tours and a new tagline, “By Travelers. For Travelers.” “Our travelers trust us to deliver not just a trip, but an experience that changes the way they see the world, and themselves,” said Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, President and CEO of Collette, in a statement. “For 108 years, Collette has built trusted relationships with our guests, our partners, and the communities we serve. This new season, and our new tagline, reflects how we do business, our love of travel and designing and managing tours the way we…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials put the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on administrative leave Saturday, a day after federal immigration agents arrested him because they said he was in the country illegally.The Des Moines school board voted unanimously to place Superintendent Ian Roberts on paid leave during a three-minute-long special meeting. The board said Roberts was not available to carry out his duties for the 30,000-student district and stated that officials would reassess his status after getting more information.After the meeting, school board president Jackie Norris read a statement, saying word of Roberts’ arrest Friday made for…

MILAN (AP) — Italian-Haitian designer Stella Jean returned to the Milan runway on Saturday after a three-year absence with a collection produced with artisans in Bhutan and an appeal for more political support for the withering class of artisans that gives luxury fashion its edge.“I said I would come back when I had something to say,’’ Jean said backstage.An appeal for artisansJean has long supported global artisans in her collections combining Italian tailoring with textiles, artistic details and garments sourced from traditional artisans in order to help safeguard their cultural heritage.Now, she says “Italian craftsmanship is dying out,” as fewer…

Researchers at consulting firm BetterUp Labs, in collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, have coined a new term to describe low-quality, AI-generated work: “workslop.” As defined in an article published this week in the Harvard Business Review, workslop is “AI generated work content that masquerades as good work, but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task.” BetterUp Labs researchers suggest that workslop could be one explanation for the 95% of organizations that have tried AI but report seeing zero return on that investment. Workslop, they write, can be “unhelpful, incomplete, or missing crucial context,” which just creates more…

Delta Air Lines will inaugurate daily, nonstop service from New York’s JFK Airport to Porto, Portugal, on May 21, 2026.The new route adds to six other European routes scheduled to debut next summer. “Delta’s new nonstop service from JFK to Porto is part of seven new European routes launching next summer, giving customers even more opportunities to experience Europe and enjoy our award-winning service and premium onboard experience,” said Paul Baldoni, Delta’s senior vice president of network planning.“Whether discovering Portugal or traveling to our other new destinations such as Sardinia and Malta, these additions expand choice for our customers and reinforce…

MILAN (AP) — Louise Trotter’s debut as creative director at Bottega Veneta on Saturday contained moments of fantasy most evident in the fringe that bounced on coats and swirled like shiny bristles on glimmering skirts and jackets.Trotter, a British designer who joined Bottega Veneta in January, is one of four creative directors who made their hotly awaited debuts in Milan this season, following Demna at Gucci, Simone Bellotti at Jil Sander and Dario Vitale at Versace. ‘Bottega’ means workshopBottega Veneta has some of the finest craftspeople in Italian luxury, and Trotter said they were an inspiration to her Spring-Summer 2026…

President Donald Trump declared Friday that Microsoft needs to fire Lisa Monaco, the company’s president of global affairs. Citing her roles as “a senior National Security aide under Barack Hussein Obama, and a Lawfare and Weaponization obsessed Deputy Attorney General under Crooked Joe Biden and Lisa’s Puppet ‘Boss’ Attorney General Merrick Garland,” Trump posted on Truth Social that Monaco’s current role gives her access to “Highly Sensitive Information,” which he deemed “unacceptable.” “It is my opinion that Microsoft should immediately terminate the employment of Lisa Monaco,” he wrote. As Trump noted, Monaco worked with both Barack Obama and Joe Biden,…

If you’ve been on the New York City subway recently, you’ve probably seen stark white ads promoting a wearable AI device called Friend. CEO Avi Schiffman told Adweek that the company spent more than $1 million on a campaign with more than 11,000 cards on subway cars, 1,000 platform posters, and 130 urban panels. Some stations, like West 4th Street, are completely dominated by Friend ads. “This is the world’s first major AI campaign,” Schiffman said. (There have been other AI ads of questionable effectiveness, but perhaps not a print campaign of this scale.) He described it as “a huge…

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 10-foot statue of rock n’ roll queen Tina Turner was unveiled Saturday in the rural Tennessee community where she grew up — before becoming a Grammy-winning singer, an electrifying stage performer, and one the world’s most recognizable and popular entertainers.The statue was revealed during a ceremony at a park in Brownsville, located about an hour drive east of Memphis. The city of about 9,000 people is near Nutbush, the community where Turner went to school as a child. As a teen, she attended high school just steps from where the statue now stands.The statue shows…

Fincantieri delivered the 177,800-ton, 4,300-guest  Star Princess to Princess Cruises during a handover ceremony at its Monfalcone shipyard in Italy.The ship, which is the second in Princess’ Sphere-class series—Sun Princess being the first—is the 17th vessel in the line’s fleet. The ship will inaugurate service on October 4, 2025, operating a Mediterranean itinerary roundtrip from Barcelona. Following its transatlantic crossing, Star Princess will begin its season of Caribbean cruises roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale on November 7, 2025.In the aftermath of its Caribbean season, the ship will transit the Panama Canal en route to Alaska for its inaugural season in the Great…