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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doubled down on false claims about vaccines and claimed he isn’t limiting access to Covid shots during his Senate testimony on Wednesday, as senators grilled him on his sweeping changes to immunization policy and federal health agencies.Kennedy said he supports a statement made by a newly appointed member of a key government vaccine panel that mRNA vaccines pose a dangerous risk to people. Numerous studies have demonstrated that shots using mRNA technology, including Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, are safe and effective, and serious side effects have happened in extremely rare…
by Shane Nelson Last updated: 9:50 AM ET, Thu September 4, 2025 Tourism ministers from seven different Caribbean nations took part in the fourth-annual American Society of Travel Advisors’ (ASTA) Caribbean Showcase, held last week at the Sandals South Coast Resort in Whitehouse, Jamaica, where more than 350 travel advisors, suppliers and industry stakeholders participated in a program loaded with destination and product information all aimed at growing travel sales to the region. Examining topics like activity-based tourism, cruise infrastructure, airlift, sustainability and artificial intelligence – the showcase featured panel discussions with the ministers of tourism for Jamaica, Saint Vincent and…
Mike Liberatore, xAI’s chief financial officer, has left the company, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. This marks the latest in a string of high-profile executive departures. The former Airbnb executive joined the company in April and left around the end of July, per the WSJ. While at xAI, he helped orchestrate the company’s $5 billion debt raise, alongside another $5 billion in equity — almost half of which came from SpaceX. He also oversaw some of the Elon Musk-owned AI firm’s data center expansion in Memphis. Liberatore’s departure comes after xAI’s general counsel, Robert Keele, left in…
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Kim Novak was worried she’d made a mistake. The 92-year-old star of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” had made the long trek from Oregon to Venice, Italy, for the film festival. There she’d be receiving a lifetime achievement award and supporting the world premiere of a documentary about her life and career, “Kim Novak’s Vertigo.”But on that first day, she wasn’t feeling strong or up to the task.“I thought I could handle it, then I thought, no I can’t, I’m not physically strong enough,” Novak told The Associated Press this week. “Then I heard my mother’s voice from…
Ford’s redesigned three-row Expedition SUV is seeing explosive growth.The Detroit automaker reported Wednesday that it sold 8,724 Expeditions in August, up 53.7% from the same time last year and marking its best sales in 21 years. It’s sold 61,022 of the vehicles so far this year, a 13.1% increase from the same period in 2024.The Expedition is outperforming Ford’s sales overall. In total, the company’s August sales were up 3.9% from the same month last year.While the Expedition only made up about 5% of sales in August, Ford’s profit engine for decades has been large trucks and SUVs.It also has a…
Apple’s Siri overhaul may include an AI-powered web search tool with technology powered by Google’s Gemini, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker, which has been criticized for falling behind in the AI race, delayed its long-awaited Siri update until 2026. In the meantime, the company has been scrambling to determine whether its own AI models alone will work well enough to make its upgraded Siri competitive with the AI answer engines available today from tech companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Google. Per Bloomberg, Apple could be turning to Google for a solution to its…
From the executive office to the Hollywood screen, Giorgio Armani dressed the rich and famous in classic tailored styles, fashioned in super-soft fabrics and muted tones. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Models presenting the Giorgio Armani fashion collection stand in showcases at the end of the showing for Fall-Winter 1985-86 in Milan, March 13, 1985. (AP Photo/Ferdinando Meazza, file) Models presenting the Giorgio Armani fashion collection stand in showcases at the end of the showing for Fall-Winter 1985-86 in Milan, March 13, 1985. (AP Photo/Ferdinando Meazza, file)Read More Giorgio Armani receives his share of…
Japan Airlines passengers in Honolulu faced multiple flight delays ranging up to 18 hours long after one of the airline’s pilots was taken off duty for drinking.The incident began on Thursday, August 28, at Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) when a Japan Airlines pilot who was scheduled to operate a flight to Nagoya, Japan (NGO), called in sick that day for having drank too much the night before. Pilots have strict limits on how much they can drink in the hours leading up to a flight. The FAA, for instance, doesn’t allow pilots to consume any alcohol within…
Scale AI, which helps tech companies prepare data to train their AI models, filed a lawsuit against one of its former sales employees and its rival Mercor on Wednesday. The suit claims the employee, who was hired by Mercor, “stole more than 100 confidential documents concerning Scale’s customer strategies and other proprietary information,” according to a copy seen by TechCrunch. Scale is suing Mercor for misappropriation of trade secrets and is suing the former employee, Eugene Ling, for breach of contract. The suit also claims the employee was trying to pitch Mercor to one of Scale’s largest customers before he…
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani’s work spanned the worlds of celebrity, fashion and power. His death announced Thursday at age 91 has elicited an outpouring of tributes.Donatella Versace“The world lost a giant today. He made history and will be remembered forever.” — the Italian fashion designer, on Instagram.Julia Roberts“A true friend. A Legend.” —- the actor, adding a broken heart emoji, on Instagram.Charles Leclerc“A great honour to have had the chance to meet and work with such an amazing person. You will be missed Giorgio.” — the Ferrari F1 driver and an Armani ambassador, on Instagram.Giorgia Meloni“Giorgio Armani leaves us…